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Professor P John Clarkson

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John Clarkson, Professor of Engineering Design
Director, Cambridge Engineering Design Centre

  • B.A., Engineering (Electrical Sciences), University of Cambridge, 1984
  • Ph.D., Engineering (Electrical Machines), University of Cambridge, 1988
  • Doctor Honoris Causa (Engineering Design), KU Leuven, 2012

John Clarkson returned to the department in 1995 following a seven-year spell with PA Consulting Group's Technology Division where he was Manager of the Advanced Process Group. He was appointed director of the Engineering Design Centre in 1997 and a University Professor in 2004. John is directly involved in the teaching of design at all levels of the undergraduate course.

At PA John gained wide experience of product development with a particular focus on the design of medical equipment and high-integrity systems, where clients required a risk-based systems approach to design to ensure timely delivery of safe systems.

His research interests are in the general area of engineering design, particularly the development of design methodologies to address specific design issues, for example, process management, change management, healthcare design and inclusive design. As well as publishing over 450 papers, he has written and edited a number of books on medical equipment design and inclusive design.

Selected Publications

  • CLARKSON, P.J., BUCKLE, P., COLEMAN, R., STUBBS, D., WARD, J., JARRETT, J., LANE, R. and BOUND, J. 'Design for patient safety: a review of the effectiveness of design in the UK health service' Journal of Engineering Design, 15 (2), 123-140, 2004.
  • CLARKSON, P.J. and HAMILTON, J.R. 'Signposting: a parameter-driven task-based model of the design process' Research in Engineering Design, 12 (1), 18-38, 2000.
  • CLARKSON, P.J., SIMONS, C.S. and ECKERT, C.M. 'Predicting change propagation in complex design' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 126 (5), 788-797, 2004.
  • CRILLY, N., MOULTRIE, J. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Seeing things: consumer response to the visual domain in product design' Design Studies, 25 (6), 547-577, 2004.
  • ECKERT, C.M., CLARKSON, P.J. and ZANKER, W. 'Change and customisation in complex engineering domains' Research in Engineering Design, 15 (1), 1-21, 2004.
  • GIFFIN, M.L., DE WECK, O.L., BUONOVA, G., KELLER, R., ECKERT, C.M. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Change propagation analysis in complex technical systems' ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 131 (5), 2009.
  • HEISIG, P., CALDWELL, N.H.M., GREBICI, K. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Exploring knowledge and information needs in engineering from the past and for the future' Design Studies, 31 (5), 499-532, 2010.
  • JARRETT, J.P., DAWES, W.N. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'An approach to integrated multi-disciplinary turbomachinery design' ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 129 (3), 488-494, 2007.
  • JUN, G.T., WARD, J.R. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Systems modelling approaches to the design of safe healthcare delivery' Ergonomics, 53 (7), 829-847, 2010.
  • LANGDON, P., LEWIS, T. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'The effects of prior experience on the use of consumer products' Universal Access in the Information Society, 6 (2), 179-191, 2007.
  • MAIER, A.M., ECKERT, C.M. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Identifying requirements for communication support: A maturity grid-inspired approach' Expert Systems with Applications, 31 (4), 663-672, 2006.
  • MOULTRIE, J., CLARKSON, P.J. and PROBERT, D. 'Development of a design audit tool' Journal of Product Innovation Management, 220 (B7), 1157-1174, 2006.
  • PERSAD, U., LANGDON, P.M. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Characterising user capabilities to support inclusive design evaluation' Universal Access in the Information Society, 6 (2), 119-135, 2007.
  • WALLER, S.D., LANGDON, P.M. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Using disability data to estimate design exclusion' Universal Access in the Information Society, 9 (3), 195-207, 2010.
  • WARD, J.R., BUCKLE, P. and CLARKSON, P.J. 'Designing packaging to support the safe use of medicines at home' Applied Ergonomics, 41, 682-694, 2010.

Full Publications List

Contact Information

The University of Cambridge,
Department of Engineering,
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 1PZ
UNITED KINGDOM

Phone: +44 1223 748247

Fax: +44 1223 332662

Email: pjc10@eng.cam.ac.uk