Peter Foyer is a Visiting Professor in the Principles of Engineering Design at Coventry University.
In this lecture he talks about his long and varied career in Engineering Consultancy and Education. Including the work he has been doing on the Trucktrain project.
A collaboration between ergonomists and children’s geographers to understand factors which effect the participation of pupils in the Building Schools for the Future Programme.
The two year AHRC funded project was completed in June 2009. The funding was used to support Coventry and Northampton Universities’ observations of the way and extent to which pupils were involved in the early stages of the design of their schools. The activities of 10 diverse schools in rural and urban areas around the two universities were analysed with a view to understanding and locating best practice.
Sir Nicholas Scheele is a former Chancellor of the University of Warwick and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Company. Prior to being Chief Operating Officer for Ford, Scheele was responsible for European Operations and has also been Chief Executive of Jaguar, then a Ford subsidiary.
Here he discusses the future of automotive powertrains.
Professor Mike Blundell, from Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering and Computing, discusses the ‘Role of Computer Simulation in Vehicle Dynamics and Safety’ and talks about the projects he has been involved in.
Andrée Woodcock is Professor of Educational Ergonomics and Design in Coventry University’s School of Art and Design. She is currently director of the Design & Ergonomics Applied Research Group (DEarg).
Her work has covered a range of areas related to putting the ‘human’ back into the design process. This includes working in areas as diverse as Car Design, inclusivity, gender, building design issues and much more.
In this lecture, Professor Woodcock discusses the importance of championing the user.
The Health Design Technology Institute will be the home of a number of initiatives for designing technologies and ways of working to help people manage their healthcare.
This includes designing better products and systems to help the healthcare industry to manage the diverse needs of a number of people with long-term health conditions.
Apologies about the sound, but we simply had to show you this lecture given by Dr Alex Moulton.
Dr. Moulton’s professional life has been devoted to the research and development of innovative designs.
He developed The Moulton Bicycle, introduced in 1962, and pioneered small-wheeled, full-suspension thinking which was acknowledged as the most radical change in bicycle design for over 60 years. Over 150,000 were made and they still hold world and national speed records, testimony to their fundamentally advanced design.
He is also responsible for car suspensions from the rubber cone spring on the BMC Mini, to the Hydrolastic Austin 1100 and its successor, the Allegro (in collaboration with Sir Alec Issigonis) and the Hydragas on the Austin Metro, Rover 100 and MGF.
Between them, these systems have been fitted to some 8 million cars.
This lecture covers how his innovations in engineering have gained him a Queens Award, the CBE, 3 honorary doctorates, and have made him an icon for budding engineers. You can also watch it on Coventry University TV
Philip Oliver is best known as one half of U.K. Spectrum design duo the Oliver Twins. Along with his brother Andrew they produced some of the most popular games for the system and in the 1980s, they launched their own highly popular franchise, the Dizzy series of games. In 1990 they set up their own business, Interactive Studios – now known as Blitz Games.
In this Coventry Conversation, Philip talks about his views on the future of the games industry.
This is an inspirational talk that Richard Seymour gave at Coventry University about the challenges and responsibilities of designers in the future.
Richard Seymour is co-founder of Seymour-powell, one of the world’s top product design agencies. Based in London, Seymour-powell has been responsible for some of the most iconic products of the last 25 years, including the world’s first cordless kettle, pocket mobile phone and Bioform Bra. More recently, the company has been involved with helping to develop the interior of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic privateer spacecraft and a hydrogen-powered motorcycle.
He is holder of the D&AD Presidents Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Centre for Creative Studies, Michigan. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and was voted (with Dick Powell) 6th Most Important Mover and Shaker in British Culture 2004 by the BBC.
Richard is also a visiting professor at Coventry University.
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