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Terry Dickerson
Terry Dickerson
Assistant Director, Healthcare Design and Senior Research Associate
- MIMechE; 1994
- CEng.; 1994
- Ph.D.; Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 1990
- B.Sc.; Combined Engineering Studies, Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic, Coventry, UK, 1986
Terry Dickerson is a Senior Researcher that works across the EDC but with a particular emphesis on Healthcare Design. He works alongside the EDC Director, Professor John Clarkson, on the strategic development of the EDC. Some responsibilities include improving technology transfer both within the EDC and development of new project opportunities.
Terry is a Chartered Engineer with a considerable range of industrial experience. He started his working life at 16, training as an apprentice toolmaker. At the age of 23 he went into full-time education and obtained BSc and PhD degrees in engineering. In the ten years prior to moving to the Department of Engineering, he worked for an engineering consultancy.
Selected Publications
- Hempe, E-M., Dickerson, T.L., Holland, A. and Clarkson, P.J. 'Framework for design research in health and care services' 1st International Conference on Exploring Services Science (IESS 2010), Geneva, Switzerland 53, 125-135, 2010.
- Hinrichs, S., Dickerson, T. and Clarkson, P.J. 'A case study of design applied to researching medical device purchasing processes' Australasian Medical Journal 3 (8), 471-487, 2010.
- Hinrichs, S., Dickerson, T. and Clarkson, P.J. 'Improving patient safety through procurement of medical devices: a systems approach' Patient Safety Research - Shaping the European Agenda Porto, Portugal, 2007.
- Dickerson, T. 'Components are 3-Dimensional But …' Booklet of examples No.2 NAFEMS, 2004.
- Dickerson, T.L. and Przydatek, J. 'Fatigue of Friction Stir Welds in Aluminium Alloys that Contain Root Flaws' International Journal of Fatigue 25, 1399-1409, 2003.
- Dickerson, T.L., Shi, Q-Y. and Shercliff H.R. 'Heat Flow into Friction Stir Welding Tools' Proc. 4th Int. Symp. on Friction Stir Welding Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 2003.
- Shi, Q.Y., Dickerson T.L. and Shercliff H.R. 'Thermo-mechanical Analyses of welding Aluminium Alloy with TIG and Friction Stir Welding' Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Trends in Welding Research Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA, 15-19 April 2002.
- Dickerson, T. 'Modelling Adhesively Bonded Joints' Booklet of examples No.1. NAFEMS, 2000.
- Dickerson, T. 'Choosing a FEA System - and getting it Right First Time' TWI Bulletin 34 (5), 110-113, 1993.
Full Publications List
Contact Information
The University of Cambridge,
Department of Engineering,
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 1PZ
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 (0)1223 764097
Fax: +44 1223 332662
Email: tld23@eng.cam.ac.uk
