Loughborough, England, United Kingdom
Teaching Fellow in Industrial Design with expertise in CAD, rendering, digital prototyping, mixed reality, and generative AI.
Supporting the Programme Leader with programme and module updates, delivery planning and timetabling, and resourcing and financing.
Teaching advanced CAD and digital design skills including SubD NURBS, CG and generative AI rendering, AR+VR, computational design, etc. along with the theory, practice, and philosophy (including the socioeconomic, environmental, sociocultural, legal, and political ethical implications) of co-designing with generative AI.
Module leader for: - 'Design Encounters': teaching foundational design theory and practice including sketching and drawing, model making, and CAD - 'Design Visions': teaching more advanced design theory including sustainability, inclusive design, and semiotics and semantics, through design projects - 'Advanced Furniture Design': teaching human factors, CAD, DfMA, BoM, and costing. Also supervised final year students undertaking the 'Major Project Research' and 'Major Project' modules.
Module leader for 'Design Visualisation' teaching CAD, rendering, digital prototyping, technical drawing, and BoM creation. Also supported final year students with CAD, technical drawing, and rendering for their major projects.
Undertaking ethnographic research to gather insights into water collection, transportation, disinfection, consumption, and disposal practices in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, India, and sourced a manufacturer to produce the blow moulded prototypes for the project.
Module leader for 'Product Design for Manufacture', wrote and delivered CAD surfacing in second year, supported the teaching of sketching, model making, and design practice modules in the first year.
Module leader for 'Digital and Visual Communication' and 'Creative Thinking for Product Design'. Supported students with CAD, technical drawing, rendering, and prototyping across all year groups.