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 Management and 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 supports the Design Education Special Interest Group and 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. 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 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 2024 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 and Technology Education: An International Journal.
- PI for the Digital Dairy Chain project 'Learning about regenerative farming through novel technologies'.
- PI and Design lead for a Standard Innovation Voucher project with Orchy MG Ltd.
Prize And Awards
- Nomination for a Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 25/4/2024
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Recipient
- 27/7/2023
- Nomination for two Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 25/4/2023
- Shortlisted for best in Faculty of Engineering at the Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 19/5/2022
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Recipient
- 4/10/2021
- Nomination for two Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 1/6/2021
Publications
- Is pen-to-paper the buggy whip of design? Assessing the use of ai tools for design sketching
- Holliman Freddie, Brisco Ross
- Design Research Society Conference Proceedings 2024 DRS2024: Boston Vol 1 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.289
- Empathic empowerment : an exploration and analysis of a situated interaction through empathic modelling and role-play
- Grech Amy, Wodehouse Andrew, Brisco Ross
- The 18th International Design Conference (2024)
- The EmotionProbe : an exploration of design students' emotions when designing
- Marji Hazar Taissier, Rodgers Paul, Brisco Ross
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 1015-1024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.104
- How designers think creatively : an exploratory study in the use of visual and emotional mental imagery
- Edgecomb Ian Marcus, Brisco Ross, Wodehouse Andrew
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 955-964 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.98
- Students’ perception of risks in computer-supported collaborative design teams
- Morman Beth, Brisco Ross
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 2925-2934 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.296
- Digital empathic healthcare : designing virtual interactions for human-centered experiences
- Grech Amy, Wodehouse Andrew, Brisco Ross
- Digital Health and Wireless Solutions Nordic Conference on Digital Health and Wireless Solutions Communications in Computer and Information Science Vol 2083, pp. 191–206 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59080-1_14
Professional Activities
- 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
- Organiser
- 5/9/2024
- International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 10/7/2024
- AI and Society (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 4/7/2024
- 18th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2024
- Chair
- 20/5/2024
- 18th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2024
- Chair
- 20/5/2024
- Transforming the Dairy Supply Chain
- Speaker
- 1/5/2024
Projects
- Digital Dairy Chain Innovation Voucher: Learning about regenerative farming through novel technologies
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- The project ‘Learning about regenerative farming through novel technologies will develop a learning experience for children and families around regenerative farming in a fun, exciting and technological way.
- 01-Jan-2024 - 19-Jan-2024
- Standard Innovation Voucher: Orchy MG Ltd
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator) Shepherd, Mia (Researcher)
- The development of a comprehensive, actionable roadmap that guides the future development of the physical component development of the MARKED wayfinding system.
- 04-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2024
- Digital Dairy Chain Innovation Voucher: Caldbeck Caddy Solutions
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator) Wong, Andy TC (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Rowan (Researcher)
- Product Design, Development and feasability study on the transportation of milk from farm to consumer.
- 06-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTA - University of Strathclyde) | Brisco, Ross
- Whitfield, Ian (Principal Investigator) Grierson, Hilary (Co-investigator) Brisco, Ross (Research Co-investigator)
- This project is investigating students utilisation of social network sites for conducting design activities and supporting the design process, such as, to support the reasoning and discussion required to make design decisions. Social network sites offer functionality which meets the needs of computer-supported collaborative design systems, such as, in the exchange and ideas, artefacts and documents. The ubiquity of social network sites and integration with student’s life allows them access to conduct teamwork at all times of the day and the integration of mobile devices allow them access from anywhere. Our findings show that students utilise this ability throughout their daily lives such as, utilising spare time on public transport or whilst waiting in a line in a shop to check in on team progress or contribute to a discussion. The growth of social network sites within academia and enterprise suggest that students will need to utilise the technology in the future. With this, and social network sites ability to support the design process identified in this study, there is a need to investigate the requirement for new design education pedagogies to support students learning. It is important to reason how this might be delivered and how we might encourage the use of best practices when engaging with the technology.
- 01-Jan-2015 - 15-Jan-2021
Contact
Dr
Ross
Brisco
Lecturer
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: ross.brisco@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5294