Dr Ross Brisco
Lecturer
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Personal statement
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.
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Prize And Awards
- Innovate UK Design Champion
- Recipient
- 15/10/2024
- EPSRC Peer Review College Member
- Recipient
- 29/4/2024
- 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
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Publications
- Development and evaluation of a novel technological product development tool for education and industry
- Rutherford Jack Frank, Brisco Ross, Lynch Robert
- Design and Technology Education: An International Journal Vol 29, pp. 56–80 (2024)
- A comparison of artificial intelligence image generation tools in product design
- Dhami Sam, Brisco Ross
- Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2024) 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , No. 2024, pp. 13-18 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2024.3
- How can AI support the creation of novel ideas in product design
- Hamilton Victoria, Brisco Ross, Grierson Hilary
- Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2024) 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education , No. 2024, pp. 133-138 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2024.23
- Is pen-to-paper the buggy whip of design? : Assessing the use of ai tools for design sketching
- Holliman Freddie, Brisco Ross
- Proceedings of DRS2024 Boston Design Research Society Conference 2024 Proceedings of DRS (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.289
- Is design delightful? An examination of design students' emotions when designing
- Marji Hazar, Rodgers Paul, Brisco Ross
- Proceedings of DRS Vol DRS2024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.463
- 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, pp. 2373-2382 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.240
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Professional Activities
- Young Weir Wise Outreach Event - Product Design Engineering Challenge
- Chair
- 22/1/2025
- Applied AI Workshop
- Speaker
- 17/1/2025
- 3rd Canadian Design Workshop
- Invited speaker
- 12/12/2024
- Digital Dairy Chain & The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs - Young Farmers Innovation Workshop Series
- Participant
- 24/10/2024
- Research Project Management
- Participant
- 9/10/2024
- Young Farmers Innovation Workshop
- Speaker
- 26/9/2024
Projects
- Digital Dairy Chain Innovation Voucher: Where milk comes from
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator)
- Ernespie Farm is investigating enhancing the visitor experience in the Ernespie Farm Farm Shop to create an engaging and educational experience for visitors to help customers understand where their milk comes from and the importance of the dairy industry. The business would like to do a feasibility study to investigate the use of Augmented Reality in this context. Vertical Vertical have proposed various options to the farm but David McMiken would like to investigate which ones would have the highest impact in the context of enhancing the services of the farm shop, educating the public on dairy products and commercial benefit to the farm.
This feasibility study will assess the potential for implementing augmented reality (AR) in a farm shop to enhance customer engagement and education. The study will explore how AR technology can be used to visually connect customers with the farm’s milk production process. The objective is to evaluate the technical, financial, and operational viability of this idea, determining whether it can be successfully implemented within the existing farm shop framework. A design specification will be created to establish the visitor experience. - 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Digital Dairy Chain Innovation Voucher: Cow shed design optimisation
- Wong, Andy TC (Principal Investigator) Brisco, Ross (Co-investigator)
- The company, Boreland Farming Partnership, currently operates a 40-year old cow shed accommodating more than 200 cows. Due to evolution in business requirements and market landscape, a number of bottlenecks have been identified impacting the well-being of both cows and staff, hence hinder the efficiency as well as the strategic growth of the business. The current dairyman will be retiring and a new one will be hired, along with other staff on rotation. A new shed is being planned to replace the old one and so this collaboration was formed.
This project, hence, aims to improve the shed design by resolving the bottlenecks while meeting the requirements/needs of both cows and staff. In order to achieve the aim, a number of objectives is listed below:
1. Examine the key functions/areas of the current shed layout
2. Define key requirements of cows and staff
3. Identify major bottlenecks and define/measure the efficiency of the current shed layout
4. Model a new shed layout to meet all major requirements and restrictions (space, resource, etc)
The key outcome of this project will be a prototype version of the simulation model that can evaluate the efficiency of the shed layout under different operational requirements and constraints. It is believed that this model can help to demonstrate a new capability to the organisation in designing the best shed layout fulfilling the current and future demand. - 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- 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 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Macfie, Rebecca
- Brisco, Ross (Principal Investigator) Rodgers, Paul (Co-investigator) Macfie, Rebecca (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2026
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Contact
Dr
Ross
Brisco
Lecturer
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: ross.brisco@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5294