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by Coventry University
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Design talks from Coventry University
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Life in the Motor Industry - Richard Parry-Jones | Richard Parry-Jones is an automotive engineering leader who worked for the Ford Motor Company for 38 years. Richard spent nearly ten years as group Vice President in charge of Research and Development for Ford and its subsiduary companies worldwide, leading a staff of 30,000 Product Development professionals in 15 countries. He was also the company's Chief Technical Officer up until his retirement in 2007. He now consults a range of blue-chip clients and is involved in a number of engineering and education related projects in the UK and beyond. This lecture covers his career from designing the brakes on the Ford Capri right up until his ventures into motorsport, including working on the Jaguar Formula One team. | 5/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aston Martin and the British Motor Industry - David Richards | David Richards is one of the most familiar names in British motorsport. He has achieved international success as a competitor, team principle and businessman, and leads two of Britain’s most famous automotive companies. | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Learning by Osmosis and from Trucktrain: a Messy Engineering Career - Peter Foyer | Peter Foyer is a Visiting Professor in the Principles of Engineering Design at Coventry University. In this lecture he talks about his long and varied career in Engineering Consultancy and Education. Including the work he has been doing on the Trucktrain project. | 11/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Designing Health Communications - Dr David Sless | Dr David Sless, CEO of the Communication Research Institute, gives a talk on health information design. | 8/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPupil Participation in School Design - Design and Ergonomics Applied Research Group | A collaboration between ergonomists and children’s geographers to understand factors which effect the participation of pupils in the Building Schools for the Future Programme. The two year AHRC funded project was completed in June 2009. The funding was used to support Coventry and Northampton Universities’ observations of the way and extent to which pupils were involved in the early stages of the design of their schools. The activities of 10 diverse schools in rural and urban areas around the two universities were analysed with a view to understanding and locating best practice. | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Revolution On Wheels: Future Automotive Powertrains - Sir Nick Scheele | Sir Nicholas Scheele is a former Chancellor of the University of Warwick and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Company. Prior to being Chief Operating Officer for Ford, Scheele was responsible for European Operations and has also been Chief Executive of Jaguar, then a Ford subsidiary. Here he discusses the future of automotive powertrains. | 6/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Computer Simulation in Vehicle Dynamics - Professor Mike Blundell | Professor Mike Blundell, from Coventry University's Faculty of Engineering and Computing, discusses the 'Role of Computer Simulation in Vehicle Dynamics and Safety' and talks about the projects he has been involved in. This Lecture is part of the Professorial Lecture Series at Coventry University.You can also watch it on Coventry University TV. | 6/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The ‘H’ Factor: Championing the User - Professor Andrée Woodcock | Andrée Woodcock is Professor of Educational Ergonomics and Design in Coventry University's School of Art and Design. She is currently director of the Design 8 Ergonomics Applied Research Group (DEarg). Her work has covered a range of areas related to putting the 'human' back into the design process. This includes working in areas as diverse as Car Design, inclusivity, gender, building design issues and much more. In this lecture, Professor Woodcock discusses the importance of championing the user. | 3/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoHealth Design Technology Institute | The Health Design Technology Institute will be the home of a number of initiatives for designing technologies and ways of working to help people manage their healthcare. This includes designing better products and systems to help the healthcare industry to manage the diverse needs of a number of people with long-term health conditions. | 2/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr Alex Moulton - Bugatti Design Lecture | Apologies about the sound, but we simply had to show you this lecture given by Dr Alex Moulton. Dr. Moulton's professional life has been devoted to the research and development of innovative designs. He developed The Moulton Bicycle, introduced in 1962, and pioneered small-wheeled, full-suspension thinking which was acknowledged as the most radical change in bicycle design for over 60 years. Over 150,000 were made and they still hold world and national speed records, testimony to their fundamentally advanced design. He is also responsible for car suspensions from the rubber cone spring on the BMC Mini, to the Hydrolastic Austin 1100 and its successor, the Allegro (in collaboration with Sir Alec Issigonis) and the Hydragas on the Austin Metro, Rover 100 and MGF. Between them, these systems have been fitted to some 8 million cars. This lecture covers how his innovations in engineering have gained him a Queens Award, the CBE, 3 honorary doctorates, and have made him an icon for budding engineers. You can also watch it on Coventry University TV | 11/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Gaming - Philip Oliver, Blitz Games | Philip Oliver is best known as one half of U.K. Spectrum design duo the Oliver Twins. Along with his brother Andrew they produced some of the most popular games for the system and in the 1980s, they launched their own highly popular franchise, the Dizzy series of games. In 1990 they set up their own business, Interactive Studios – now known as Blitz Games. In this Coventry Conversation, Philip talks about his views on the future of the games industry. A snippet from this talk is available to watch on CUTV | 10/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Future Perfect - Designing for Tomorrow - Richard Seymour | This is an inspirational talk that Richard Seymour gave at Coventry University about the challenges and responsibilities of designers in the future. Richard Seymour is co-founder of Seymour-powell, one of the world's top product design agencies. Based in London, Seymour-powell has been responsible for some of the most iconic products of the last 25 years, including the world's first cordless kettle, pocket mobile phone and Bioform Bra. More recently, the company has been involved with helping to develop the interior of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic privateer spacecraft and a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. He is holder of the D8AD Presidents Award for Outstanding Contribution to Design and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Centre for Creative Studies, Michigan. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and was voted (with Dick Powell) 6th Most Important Mover and Shaker in British Culture 2004 by the BBC. Richard is also a visiting professor at Coventry University. | 11/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Episodes |
