Dr Andrew Wodehouse

Senior Lecturer

Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management

Personal statement

Andrew Wodehouse is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management at the University of Strathclyde. His research encompasses physical-digital interaction and creativity in the design process, and he has previously led a range of EU and UKRI funded projects. To this end, he has investigated the use of human-centred design techniques and computational design to realise holistic product geometries, interfaces and experiences. He has collaborated with other disciplines such as drama, bioengineering, history and business to deliver new methods and approaches to support creativity in the design process. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Co-chair of the Design Society’s Special Interest Group in Design Creativity, and is a Chartered Technological Product Designer.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

"Reviewer's Favourite" paper citation: Recipient; 24/7/2023
EU Innovation Radar - Key Innovator: Recipient; 4/2022
Strathclyde Images of Research Award: Recipient; 11/6/2020
"Gold Standard" AHRC reviewer: Recipient; 6/2019
"Reviewer's Favourite" paper citation: Recipient; 27/7/2015
"Reviewer's Favourite" paper citation: Recipient; 19/8/2013

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Publications

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Publications

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)
Play well, print well : using LEGO bricks as an intuitive benchmarking tool for 3D printers: Air Alan, Wodehouse Andrew; Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 1707–1716 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.173
The aesthetics of robot design : towards a classification of morphologies: Mobed Dean Aaron Ollah, Wodehouse Andrew, Maier Anja; Proceedings of the Design Society Vol 4, pp. 2413-2422 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.244
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
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
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)

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Research

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Research Interests

I am interested in exploring the underlying issues that drive product design and development. My research addresses the individual product experience in terms of user interaction, group collaboration in the design and delivery of products, and the sociological factors that drive product innovation.

Professional Activities

Design Science (Journal): Peer reviewer; 12/2023
External PhD examiner, University of Oulu: Examiner; 9/2023
Citizen Science: An EPSRC-IAA Living Lab Case Study: Contributor; 13/6/2023
External MSc examiner, University of Canterbury: Examiner; 1/9/2022
PhD External Examiner, University of Bath: Examiner; 11/3/2022
How can Design Science contribute to good health and well-being?: Invited speaker; 4/11/2021

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Projects

Designing a bio-sensitive visualisation for saltmarsh conservation: Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
InterAct Early Career Research Fellowship: Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Adu-Amankwa, Kwaku (Co-investigator); 08-Jan-2024 - 07-Jan-2024
Design HOPES (Healthy Organisations in a Place-based Ecosystem, Scotland): Rodgers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Dragojlovic-Oliveira, Sonja (Co-investigator) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Inns, Tom (Co-investigator) Tapinos, Efstathios (Co-investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Wright, George (Co-investigator); Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. The more we ignore the climate emergency the bigger the impact will be on health and the need for care with poor environmental health contributing to major diseases, including cardiac problems, asthma and cancer. Many of the actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change and improve environmental sustainability also have positive health benefits; the Lancet Commission has described tackling climate change as "the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century". The challenges faced present an incredible opportunity to do things differently - to take a design-led approach in designing and making through high-reward demonstrator projects to help transform the health ecosystem. Through wider public engagement we aim to advance societal understanding of design's impact, and the opportunities, barriers, behaviour changes and tools needed to transition to a green approach. This research will unite a wide range of disciplines, research organisations, regional and local industry, and other public sector stakeholders, with policy-makers. The Design HOPES Green Transition Ecosystem (GTE) Hub will sustain a phased long-term investment to embed design-led innovation, circularity, sustainability and impact for the changing market, across product, service, strategy, policy and social drivers to evolve future design outcomes that matter to the people and planet. Our research is organised around seven core Thematic Workstreams, based on the NHS Scotland Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy (2022-2026). Design HOPES will be delivered and managed by interdisciplinary teams with significant expertise in design and making, co-creation, health and social care, with professionals with a sustainability remit, and businesses working in the design economy. Design HOPES encompasses a rich disciplinary mix of knowledge, skills, and expertise from a range of design disciplines (i.e., product, textile, interaction, games, architecture etc.) and other disciplines (computer science, health and wellbeing, geography, engineering, etc.) that will be focused on people and planet (including all living things), from the micro to macro, from root cause to hopeful vision, from the present to the future, and from the personal to the wider system. Design HOPES will design and make things and test them to see how they work, which will help more ideas and things emerge. The Hub will be an inclusive, safe, collaborative space that will bring in multiple and marginalised perspectives and view its projects as one part of a wider movement for transformational change whilst not overlooking existing assets and how we can re-use, nurture and develop these sustainably. Design HOPES aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence, promoting and embedding best practice through our collaborative design-led thinking and making approaches to build a more equitable and sustainable health and social care system. We will create new opportunities to support both existing services and new design-led health innovations in collaboration with NHS Boards across Scotland, the Scottish Government, patient and public representatives, health and social care partners, the third sector, academia and industry. Our seven Thematic Workstreams and associated projects will deliver a rich mix of tangible outcomes such as new innovative products, services, and policies (e.g., sustainable theatre consumables, packaging, clothing, waste services, etc.) during the funded period. With award-winning commercialisation and entrepreneurial support from the collaborating universities, we will also look to create new "green' enterprises and businesses. We will achieve this internationally recognised centre of excellence using design-led thinking and making to build a more equitable and sustainable health and social care system.; 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2025
EPSRC-IAA GSC Citizen Science Project Phase 1-B [£29k]: Robertson, David (Principal Investigator) McGeown, William (Co-investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Lang, Gillian (Co-investigator); This project will professionalise and update the Phase 1 content, leading to an exhibit relaunch in later 2023/early 2024.; 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2025
Ergonomic chair for healthcare sector: Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator); Scottish Funding Council Innovation Voucher, £4,999.76; 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Visualisation and engagement toolkit for costal erosion system: Wodehouse, Andrew (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023