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Design processes for complex engineering products
Award Award | Duration Duration | Start dates Start dates | Application Application |
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PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available) | Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years | February and October February and October | January to April January to April |
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Design theory and methods for complex engineering products, including studies of designers’ processes; design cognition; functional modelling of products; planning and structuring of engineering design processes; and creativity in design. -
Computational design; shape grammars; generative methods; and computational making. -
Digital design, including: design for manufacture; simulation; and support for decision making.
Entry requirements
Potential research projects
Current/recent research projects
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Resilient hospital refurbishment -
Making rules, making tools: how can shape grammar support creative making? -
A decision tool for supplier selection that takes into account power and performance -
The role of testing in engineering product development processes -
Product family design using product simulation and multi-objective optimisation -
Additive manufacturing for functional prototyping in design and development processes -
Granularity of process models -
History of design practice in the aerospace industry -
The role of systems engineering in complex engineering design projects -
Right-sizing of building service tools
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
PhD fees
UK fee UK fee | International fee International fee |
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Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year | Full-time: £16,420 per year Full-time: £16,420 per year |
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year | Part-time: £8,210 per year Part-time: £8,210 per year |
