EDC Seminars
The Engineering Design Centre hold regular seminars and colloquia every term. The organisers invite internal speakers from the Centre itself which are held as Wednesday seminars. External speakers who are suitable for a wide audience are also invited and these talks are held on a Friday as colloquia.
Visitors are asked to please note the different schedules and locations of these talks:
- EDC seminars occur on a Wednesday in Full Term at 4.00pm in the Sir Arthur Marshall Meeting room.
- EDC colloquia occur on a Friday. The starting time and location of these talks will vary according to the speaker and details can be found in the list below.
EDC seminars and colloquia are open to all visitors of Cambridge University. Visitors without official Department badges are kindly asked report to the Engineering Department Reception on arrival.
Listed here are the EDC seminars and colloquia for the following term.
| Date | Title | |
| 5 September 2012 | Pranay Seshadri - Uncertainty Quantification for Compressor Blade Aerodynamics Abstract: Uncertainty quantification and its propagation within a system is a major area of focus for much of design research including process modeling and de ... | |
| 15 August 2012 | Katrina Schoen - How Can We Measure Reactions to Product Designs? Abstract: Design researchers often use interviews and questionnaires to measure consumer response to products. This practice continues despite the inherent li ... | |
| 8 August 2012 | Nathan Crilly - Some Problems with the Concept of 'Function' Abstract: Concepts of function are central to design research but statements about a device’s functions can be interpreted in different ways. This rais ... | |
| 18 July 2012 | David Brown - Some Issues in Computational Design Creativity Abstract: Computational Design Systems used to refer just to numerical analysis, or perhaps simulation, but in the early 1980s a number of researchers starte ... | |
| 4 July 2012 | Amaresh Chakrabarti - Towards an Integrated Model of Design Abstract: The talk discusses a model called SAP PhIRE. This model was originally created to model causality and explain how systems work. However, as it dev ... | |
| 9 February 2011 | Design thinking: beyond the buzzwords - Kevin McCullagh Time: 16:00 - 17:00, 9th Feb 2011 (Wed) Venue: Arthur Marshall meeting room AbstractThe noughties was a golden decade for design’s role in busine ... | |
| 10 November 2010 | Ghadir Siyam - Value in Product Development Time: 16:30 - 17:30, 13th Oct 2010 (Wed) Venue: Arthur Marshall meeting room Abstract: Lean is a system composed of well structured principles and s ... | |
| 17 June 2010 | Drug administration errors with injectable medicines - Dr Daniel Wheeler Time: 10.00-11.00 Venue: Loft Meeting Room, Engineering Design Centre Abstract: Dr Wheeler's research interests include studying different means of improving ... | |
| 9 June 2010 | Jeremy Eastwood - Towards Designing with 3D Bumps for Wing Drag Reduction An ever-increasing awareness of the environmental impact of our actions today has led to a shift inpriorities for designers in many disciplines. Particular atte ... | |
| 2 June 2010 | Use, Storage and Disposal of Medicines at Home (Christine Schneider) This talk discusses the preliminary results found during a PhD research project examining potential limitations of existing medication packaging as well as cur ... | |
| 26 May 2010 | Inclusive Design - Making it Happen (Ian Hosking, Engineering Design Centre) The Inclusive Design Toolkit has been very successful in both web and book form. However one of the key challenges is to turn interest into action. Recent work ... | |
| 19 May 2010 | Evaluating Healthcare Improvements: Has Pay for Performance been successful in the NHS? (Professor Martin Roland) Most developed countries are struggling to find the best way to improve the quality of medical care. Financial incentives to doctors are increasingly popular wi ... | |
| 12 May 2010 | Dr Tatsunori Hara - Introduction to Service Engineering - a modeling method and CAD tool for service Abstract: Dr Hara's research interests include modeling techniques and computer-aided design system for service. This talk discusses his top-down (or deducti ... | |
| 10 March 2010 | Leonardo Goncalves - Innovative nuclear fission concepts for sustainable energy production | |
| 3 March 2010 | John Stephenson & Tido Eger - Practising What You Preach? Some View Points on Product Development This week seminar will be presented by two Engineering Design Centre (EDC) alumnus, John Stephenson & Tido Eger both of PA Consulting. John will present his in ... | |
| 24 February 2010 | Saba Hinrichs - Buying Stuff in Hospitals (OR Inefficiencies and risks in medical device purchasing practice) ABSTRACT: If you have ever wondered how that piece of equipment reached the ward or clinic you visited, here is some insight into the decision-making processes ... | |
| 17 February 2010 | Mike Bradley - Fighting to apply ergonomics to engineering design Objective: The objective of the seminar is to learn from Mike's experience in trying to get basic ergonomic principles applied within the design process of a ... | |
| 10 February 2010 | Nathan Eng - An Introduction to Hypermedia Diagramming for Engineering Design and Research Engineering design combines concepts from heterogeneous sources like personal experience, colleagues, digital and hardcopy media. Despite this challenge, sup ... | |
| 3 February 2010 | Eva Hempe - Framework for Design Research in Health and Care Services In England, services addressing the complex needs of people with learning disabilities by integrating health and social care are currently designed in an ad ... | |
| 27 January 2010 | Alexander Komashie - Capturing the dynamic behaviour of healthcare systems using Discrete Event Simulation (DES) modelling - An A&E department and an Operating Theatre department The UK National Health Service (NHS) remains a vital part of the nation's economy. Receiving the biggest share of the nation’s annual budget, the demand f ... |
