Lectures by prof. Chris McMahon from the Uniwersity of Denmark
On 6-8 of June, 2018, professor Chris McMahon from Technical Uniwersity of Denmark in Lyngby will give on the our faculty some lectures concerning the problems of engineering design.
The following topics will be covered:
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“Engineering education for the 21st century: design thinking, systems thinking, life-cycle thinking”
Date: 6.06.2018, time: 12.15-13.00, place: multimedial room. -
“How do we build up design expertise over 3-4 years of a course?”
Date: 7.06.2018, time: 12.15-13.00, place: multimedial room. -
“How do we categorize design research ?”
Date: 8.06.2018, time: 8.30-9.30, place: room 3.12.
All interested in these subjects are kindly invited.
Chris McMahon is a member of the Engineering Design and Product Development section of the Department of Mechanical at the Technical University of Denmark, which he joined in January 2017 from the University of Bristol. In his early career as an engineer he worked in the railway industry and with a consulting engineering company specialising in IC engines. He teaches and researches in engineering design and design informatics. He is interested in many aspects of design and computing, in particular how computer aids can assist design in the organisation and management of the information used in design, and in design for a sustainable future. He is former President of the international Design Society, and on the editorial boards of a number of design and informatics journals.