Dr Avril Thomson
Head Of Skills Programmes
Manufacturing Skills Academy
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Publications
- Estimating design effort needs of product design projects using captured expert knowledge – a proposed method
- Holliman Alexander 'Freddie', Thomson Avril, Hird Abigail
- International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2021, pp. 1391-1400 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.139
- What's taking so long? A collaborative method of collecting designers' insight into what factors increase design effort levels in projects
- Holliman Alexander (Freddie), Thomson Avril, Hird Abigail, Wilson Nicola
- AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing Vol 34, pp. 341-362 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060420000359
- Collaborative Project Brief Scorecard method : evaluating product design projects to aid design effort estimation
- Holliman A, Thomson A, Hird A
- Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference Vol 1, pp. 1445-1454 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dsd.2020.298
- Automated movement feedback for recovering independence in the sit-to-stand movement in an older population : a pilot randomised controlled trial of a novel system
- Ho Siu Fai, Thomson Avril, Moylan Tricia, McGuckin Julie, Kerr Andrew
- OBM Geriatrics Vol 3 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.1904089
- Capturing the life cycle of false hair products to identify opportunities for remanufacture
- Wilson Nicky, Thomson Avril, Moore-Millar Karena, Ijomah Winifred
- Journal of Remanufacturing Vol 9, pp. 235-256 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13243-019-0067-0
- A matter of factor : a proposed method for identifying factors that influence design effort levels in product design
- Holliman Alexander 'Freddie', Thomson Avril, Hird Abigail, Wilson Nicola
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 1, pp. 1025-1034 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.108
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Professional Activities
- 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design
- Chair
- 16/8/2021
- 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design
- Chair
- 16/8/2021
- 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17)
- Chair
- 21/8/2017
Projects
- Strathclyde Engineering Scholars – equal outcomes for the most disadvantaged
- Thomson, Avril (Principal Investigator) Flockhart, Gordon (Co-investigator) Race, Julia (Co-investigator) Sypek, Katarzyna (Co-investigator)
- 07-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Greenwig - Identifying Remanufacturing Opportunities for False Hair Products
- Thomson, Avril (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 30-Jan-2017
- Successful Student Transitions - Enhancing Learning from Student Placements
- Thomson, Avril (Principal Investigator) McLaren, Andrew (Co-investigator) Sayer, Philip (Principal Investigator)
- QAA student Enhancement Theme Funding match funded by the Faculty of Engineering (£4000.00 in total) funded an investigation in to how the learning experience of students returning from placement and internship can be enhanced.
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2017
- KTP - Redspire
- Thomson, Avril (Principal Investigator) Andrews, Colin (Co-investigator) Hernandez, Jose Luis (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2016 - 02-Jan-2018
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies | Collins, Ross
- Kerr, Andy (Principal Investigator) Thomson, Avril (Co-investigator) Collins, Ross (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 08-Jan-2021
- INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE CENTRE IN ADVANCED FORMING AND MANUFACTURE | Rasheed, Aamir
- Ion, William (Principal Investigator) Rentizelas, Athanasios (Principal Investigator) Thomson, Avril (Co-investigator) Rasheed, Aamir (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 04-Jan-2022
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Contact
Dr
Avril
Thomson
Head Of Skills Programmes
Manufacturing Skills Academy
Email: avril.thomson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2354