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
- 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)
- Co-designing for the NHS : the development of sustainable theatre garments
- Rodgers Paul, Winton Euan, Urquhart Lewis, O'Reilly Jonathan, Anderson Carole
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 1657-1666 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.168
- Towards cycling engagement by mapping design interventions to observed barriers : an example from Glasgow's bike share programme
- Shepherd Mia, Shealy Tripp, Urquhart Lewis, Harrington Deirdre, Maier Anja
- Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 1065-1074 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.109
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