Improving the Design Process
The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre undertakes research to create knowledge, understanding, methods and tools that will contribute to improving the design process. This will be achieved through: innovative fundamental and applied research; knowledge transfer via education, training, publications and industrial collaboration; and promotion of the importance and benefits of engineering design in the UK
The Centre's research and knowledge transfer activities are coordinated within the groups listed below.
Research Groups
Knowledge Management Group
Capture, storage & retrieval of Engineering knowledge
Process Management Group
Modelling the design process
Change Management Group
Modelling change in products
Computational Design Group
Integrated optimisation methods & tools
Intelligent Interactive Systems Group
Designing, building and studying interactive systems
Healthcare Design Group
Design for patient safety
Inclusive Design Group
Countering design exclusion
Design Practice Group
Relating designers, artefacts and users
Design Management Group
Managing design to create better products
