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Engineering Design Centre

Engineering Design Centre

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  • Research overview
  • Aeronautical Design
  • Change Management
  • Computational Design
  • Design Creativity
  • Health Systems Design
  • Inclusive Design
  • Intelligent Interactive Systems
  • International Health Systems
  • Sustainable Design
  • Transport Design
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    Research overview
    • Aeronautical Design
    • Change Management
    • Computational Design
    • Design Creativity
    • Health Systems Design
    • Inclusive Design
    • Intelligent Interactive Systems
    • International Health Systems
    • Sustainable Design
    • Transport Design
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Research

  • Research overview
  • Aeronautical Design
  • Change Management
  • Computational Design
  • Design Creativity
  • Health Systems Design
  • Inclusive Design
  • Intelligent Interactive Systems
  • International Health Systems
  • Sustainable Design
  • Transport Design

Research

Good design is fundamental to product success and improvements in people and processes are just as vital for the health of a business as developments in technology. The Cambridge Engineering Design Centre delivers practical tools and methods to industry, based on rigorous research and a deep understanding of engineering design.

 

The Centre's research and knowledge transfer activities are coordinated within the following groups:

Plain
Aeronautical Design

Faster, cleaner, safer

Digger
Change Management

Modelling change in systems

Power plant
Computational Design

Integrated optimisation methods and tools

Student writing
Design Creativity

Understanding and supporting creative design practice

People holding hands
Health Systems Design

Improving Improvement

Woman and boy looking at a screen
Inclusive Design

Countering design exclusion

Two people looking at white board
Intelligent Interactive Systems

Designing, building and studying interactive systems

Inserting breathing tube
International Health Systems

Systems for health equity

Windmills in a field
Sustainable Design

Resource efficiency and sustainable design

A couple crossing a road
Transport Design

Improving the passenger experience

Engineering Design Centre

Contact Information

Department of Engineering Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1PZ

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