Dr Lewis William Robert Urquhart
Research Associate
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Personal statement
Dr Lewis Urquhart is a Research Associate at the department of Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
His research interests are wide, originally undertaking his doctorate exploring design emotion and ontologies of making and manufacturing. He has since undertaken work in a range of other areas including physical-digital interaction, virtual and augmented reality applications and design for rehabilitation, notably in the EU Horizon 2020 project PRIME-VR2.
Lewis was the Research Associate for the AHRC's Design Exchange Partnership project 'Visualisation and engagement toolkit for coastal erosion system' which created a visualisation tool using an adaptable physical prototype in conjunction with an augmented reality application.
Lewis is currently a researcher with the AHRC-funded project Design HOPES, led by Professor Paul Rodgers and Professor Mel Woods. One of the Green Transition Ecosystems, the project aims to tackle the critical sustainability challenges within NHS Scotland.
Lewis has published on a wide variety of topics including design-emotion, philosophy, aesthetics, generative design and ontologies of making and manufacturing.
Publications
- CAREWorld : a critical design tool for developing future visions of care
- Urquhart Lewis, Rodgers Paul, McGuire Neil, Woods Mel, Lim Chris, Bruce Fraser
- Design for Health (2025)
- SHIFT Symposium – Shaping Health in Future Times : Book of Abstracts
- Urquhart Lewis, MacLean Laura, Fletcher Jack, Saeed Muhammad Ahmed
- (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00093081
- Co-designing with nature : integrating environmental profiling and remote sensing methods in the design process
- Petrakis Konstantinos, Wodehouse Andrew, Urquhart Lewis William Robert
- 27th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2025) (2025)
- An examination of auxetic componentry for applications in human-centred biomedical product design settings
- Urquhart Lewis, Tamburrino Francesco, Neri Paolo, Wodehouse Andrew, Fingland Craig, Razionale Armando Viviano
- International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing Vol 18, pp. 5457-5467 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-023-01682-1
- User engagement in physical-digital interaction design
- Urquhart Lewis William Robert, Petrakis Konstantinos, Wodehouse Andrew
- Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 26th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (2024)
- CAREWorld : the development of a fictional landscape tool for future visions of care
- Urquhart Lewis William Robert, Rodgers Paul, McGuire Neil, Woods Mel
- Design4Health 2024 Design4Health Conference 2024 (2024)
Research Interests
- Design emotion
- Design interaction
- Design semantics
- Aesthetic perception
- Advanced manufacturing
- Making ontologies
- Form theory
- Generative design
Professional Activities
- Design HOPES SHIFT Symposium
- Organiser
- 22/4/2025
- Golden Jubilee co-design pop-up
- Participant
- 13/1/2025
- Festival of Social Science: "Perspectives of Care" Co-Design Workshop
- Participant
- 13/11/2023
Projects
- INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATE CENTRE IN ADVANCED FORMING AND MANUFACTURE | Urquhart, Lewis William Robert
- Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Conway, Alastair (Co-investigator) Urquhart, Lewis William Robert (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2014 - 10-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Lewis William Robert
Urquhart
Research Associate
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Email: lewis.urquhart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted