Dr Ross Brisco
Lecturer
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Personal statement
Ross is a Lecturer at the Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management. Ross's research interests include; Computer-Supported Collaborative Design, Design Engineering Education, Novel collaborative technologies including Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality to support design, Strategic Technology Selection, Product Design, Development and Realisation.
Ross is responsible for the Design 1, Design 2, Design methods and Management and the Postgraduate Individual Projects classes in the department.
Ross is the DMEM 1st-year advisor of studies and the Social Media champion and Student Industry Projects champion within the department.
Ross has been a member of the Design Society since 2015 and sits as chair of the Design Education Special Interest Group and Early Career Chair Collaborative Design Special Interest Group in workshop facilitation, strategic planning and conference organisation (E&PDE conference series). In 2023 Ross was elected by members of the Design Society to join the Advisory Board. In 2025 he was elected as deputy chair. He is one of 27 members who advises, guides and supports the Board of Management in developing and furthering the aim and objectives of the Society.
Ross is a member of the IED sitting on the Education and Training Committee, and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - Advance HE since 2021.
He has developed and conducted CPD courses on Strategic Technology Selection for the engineering sector in Scotland with NMIS.
Ross current work includes:
- Guest Editor for the Design Science Journal Thematic Collection on Design Education.
- E&PDE 2026 conference organiser, presenter, session chair & panel host.
- Scientific Advisory Board member (within past 2 years) for the ICED, DESIGN, ICoRD and E&PDE conferences.
- Peer Reviewer (within past 12 months) for the International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Bentham Science Publishers, Design Science Journal, Owl Press (borgerhoff-lamberigts), International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, Design, Technology Education: An International Journal, Designing, AI EDAM, AI and Society, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.
Prize And Awards
- Chair of the Events and Membership Committee
- Recipient
- 6/3/2026
- Education and Training Committee member
- Recipient
- 5/2/2026
- Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board
- Recipient
- 23/8/2025
- Shortlisted for the Strategic Themes R&KE Impact Awards 2025
- Recipient
- 24/7/2025
- Innovate UK Design Champion
- Recipient
- 15/10/2024
- EPSRC Peer Review College Member
- Recipient
- 29/4/2024
Publications
- The pen or the prompt : investigating novice design students' use of sketching and generative AI for initial concept visualisations
- Holliman Freddie, MacFie Rebecca, Gunn Kieran, Brisco Ross
- DRS2026: Edinburgh (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1328
- NHS Flourishing for the Future : Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers Paul A, Tepehan Neslihan, Robinson Andrew, Brisco Ross
- (2026)
- "That's Fine..." Uncovering ambiguity through emotional labelling in Scottish design students’ design process
- Marji Hazar Taissier Eid, Rodgers Paul, Brisco Ross
- Design Research Society Conference 2026 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1497
- Engineering design through dialogue : a method for analysing speech-based human-AI conversation
- Gunn Kieran, Brisco Ross, Holliman Freddie, Yang Erfu, MacFie Rebecca
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol DESIGN 2026 (2026)
- PROMPT, COMPARE, REFLECT, REPEAT : learning responsible AI use for product design
- Brisco Ross, Gunn Kieran, Holliman Freddie
- 28th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 28th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE26) (2026)
- Mental imagery vividness and its impact on learning attainment in design education
- MacFie Rebecca, Brisco Ross
- 28th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 28th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE26) (2026)
Professional Activities
- International Conference on Research Into Design (Event)
- Peer reviewer
- 22/6/2026
- Engineering Academics Network (EAN) Annual Congress
- Organiser
- 17/6/2026
- Engineering Professors Council Engineering Academic's Network Annual Congress
- Organiser
- 17/6/2026
- Exploring the Impact of AI on Engineering Design and Designers
- Chair
- 16/6/2026
- Designing Better Project-Based Design Assessment using the D-LAD Framework
- Chair
- 18/5/2026
- 19th International Design Conference (DESIGN)
- Speaker
- 18/5/2026
Projects
- Digital Dairy Chain Innovation Voucher: Mooving the Scale
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator) Loeliger, Andrew (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2026
- Glasgow City Innovation District Makers Voucher
- Brisco, Ross (Academic)
- Providing design engineering support for SME's and start-ups in the GCID area. Working with four companies across four awarded vouchers.
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- Route to Market MARKED cycling wayfinding system
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- 24-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- NHS Flourishing for the future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) Robinson, Andrew (Researcher) Tepehan, Neslihan (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- UDLA 2527 University of Strathclyde | McGowan, Reiss
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) McGowan, Reiss (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2029
- Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia
- Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator) Tepehan, Neslihan (Researcher) Robinson, Andrew (Researcher)
- The University of Strathclyde’s Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management (DMEM) has begun important new research aimed at transforming dementia diagnosis and care across the UK. The six-month project, titled 'Flourishing for the Future: Caring for People Living with Dementia', is part of the NHS Fit for the Future Mission and is funded by UKRI and AHRC.
The project led by Professor Paul Rodgers with Dr Ross Brisco, Dr Neslihan Tepehan and Andrew Robinson brings together a multidisciplinary team of design researchers.
This ambitious initiative seeks to examine how we can reduce the need for hospital-based care for people living with dementia (PLwD) by identifying innovative, design-led interventions that support early diagnosis, bespoke care pathways, and community-based support systems. The project will also explore how national training, policy development, and public awareness can be enhanced to better support PLwD and their carers. - 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Ross
Brisco
Lecturer
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: ross.brisco@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5294