Professional Activities
EXTRENAL
- Director; The Inclusionaries Lab for Design Research, UK (2019-present)
- External Examiner; Royal College of Art (QS Art & Design Ranking: #1) (2021-2024)
- External Examiner; University of Brighton (2023-2025)
- Honorary Researcher; LifeRooms, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (2023-2024)
- Designer-in-Residence; Marie Curie UK (2022-2024)
- Steering Committee; Elevex Exoskeleton MedTech Design for CYP with Progressive NMDs (2022-2024)
- Invited Chair & Plenary Speaker; 4th Scientific Congress on Spinal Muscular Atrophy, SMA Europe (2024)
- Programme Committee & Best Paper Award Judge; CWUAAT, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
- Scientific Advisory Board; Design for Inclusion, (AHFE) International (2018-present)
- Co-convener; Inclusive Design Special Interest Group (InclusiveSIG), Design Research Society
- Journal Reviewer; Design Studies; Journal of Engineering Design; Journal of Design Research; The Design Journal; Journal of Strategic Design Research; Journal of Building & Environment
INTERNAL
- Design Lead at Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering (2023-present)
- Head of Division of Industrial Design (2022-2023)
- Ethics Review committee; Faculty of Science and Engineering (2018-present)
- Chair; Student Staff Liaison Committee, Industrial Design Division, University of Liverpool (2020-2023)
- Lead; “Design in Healthcare” course in MBChB Programme, School of Medicine, UoL (2019-present)
- Mentor; Design Early Career Academic (ECA) team, University of Liverpool (2023-present)
Selected Professional Activities
Editorship
- Design for All (Invited Guest Editor, 2024) (Editorship)
Examination Role
- Royal College of Art, Global Innovation Design (MA/MSc) (PGT, 2021 - 2024) (Examination Role)
- University of Brighton, Product Design (BSc) (UG, 2023 - 2025) (Examination Role)
External Administrative or Committee Role
- Civic Health Innovation Lab - Health and Care Systems Theme Co-lead (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Scientific Advisory Board (AHFE Design for Inclusion Conference) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
Internal Administrative or Committee Role
- Head of Division of Industrial Design/Design Lead at Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering (MDME) (School / Institute, 2022 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
Media Appearance
- The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, BBC (Invited, February 2023) (Media Appearance)
Professional Body Membership
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2013 - present) (Professional Body Membership)
- Royal Society of Arts (Fellow, 2016 - present) (Professional Body Membership)
- Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) (Member, 2018 - present) (Professional Body Membership)
Conference Roles
- 4th Scientific International Congress of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Ghent, Belgium)
- International Conference on Design for Inclusion, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), by Invitation (2018 - 2024)
- CWUAAT, by Invitation (University of Cambridge)
- Design Meets Pallaitive & End of Life Care; Advanced Design Research at Digital Legacy, Design and Technology Symposium, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Liverpool Science Park, 2023)
- Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) (Cambridge, 2023)
- Include 2022 Conference, by Invitation (2022)
- Design Research Society Conference (DRS2022) (Bilbao, Spain, 2022)
- AHFE Design for Inclusion Conference - Scientific Advisory Board (USA, 2023)
- Invited Talk - Future Perfect, Designing our Future - a Human Centred Approach, Pint of Science, UK, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- Invited Talk - Teaching and Learning Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- Invited Talk - Inclusive Design; Human Centred Innovation for All, Ignite Liverpool, 2018, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- Invited Talk - Designing for diversity – Innovating for all, PechaKucha, HASSELL Studios in London, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- Invited Seminar - Design Healthcare Seminar at Institute of Palliative Care, Liverpool, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- Invited Talk - Designing an Evolvable Walking Aid Kit, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
Editorships
- Design for All (Invited Guest Editor, 2024)
- Track Chair - InclusiveSIG Design Research Society DRS2022 International Conference, Limerick (Track Chair, 2022)
- Co-convenor - DRS2022 Conversation on Inclusive Design (convenor, 2022)
Examination Roles
- Royal College of Art, Global Innovation Design (MA/MSc) (PGT, 2021 - 2024)
- University of Brighton, Product Design (BSc) (UG, 2023 - 2025)
- University College Dublin, PhD Examiner ()
- University of Edinburgh, PhD Examiner ()
- Loughborough University, PhD Examiner ()
- Assessment Moderator, Department of Industrial Design, Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University, CHINA, Inbsutrial Design BEng (UG, 2017 - present)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Civic Health Innovation Lab - Health and Care Systems Theme Co-lead
- External Reviewer; MA Art, Health, and Wellbeing Course Validation; (Anglia Ruskin University, 2021 - 2022)
- External Reviewer; MA Human-Centred Design Course Validation;, Invited (Anglia Ruskin University, 2021 - 2022)
- Scientific Advisory Board (AHFE Design for Inclusion Conference)
Grant Application Assessments
- External Post-submission (2021)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Head of Division of Industrial Design/Design Lead at Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering (MDME) (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Reviewer - Ethics Approval Application (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
- Chair - ID SSLC (School / Institute, 2018 - 2023)
- CEID Research Committee (Department, 2020 - 2023)
- Athena SWAN Committee, School of Engineering (School / Institute, 2019 - 2023)
- Engineer in Society Working Group (School / Institute, 2021 - 2022)
- Chemistry Department Period Review (University, 2022)
- Lead - Design Ethics Approval (School / Institute, 2017 - 2019)
- Chair - School of Engineering Internal Environment Committee (School / Institute, 2017 - 2019)
- Member – Risk and Uncertainty Institute, University of Liverpool (University, 2017 - present)
- Member and ID Rep - Online Assessment Working Group (School / Institute, 2017 - 2018)
Media Appearances
- ELI CROSSLEY, 16, WON’T LET HIS MUSCLE CONDITION STOP HIS GLASTONBURY DEBUT AS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST EVER PERFORMERS, NIHR Med Tech for CYP (June 2023)
- Charity develops 'smart suit' that helps children with rare disease which robs patients of their mobilit, Mail Online (June 2023)
- Smart suit aids people with muscular dystrophy – Technology, Reuters (March 2023)
- The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, BBC (Invited, February 2023)
- The SMART Suit Prototype, ITV Central News (February 2023)
- a new 'smart suit' designed to help children living with muscular dystrophy, Sky News (Invited, February 2023)
- ‘SMART suit’ set to improve quality of life, The Engineer (June 2022)
- SMART Suit for children with neuromuscular disabilities, BBC Radio Merseyside (Invited, June 2022)
- Smart body suit for neuromuscular disease receives £1.25m backing, Med-Tech News (June 2022)
- Uni wins £1.25m funding to design transformative exoskeleton suit for disabled young people, Assistive Technology (AT) Today (May 2022)
- UK Collaboration Gets £1.25M Grant to Develop ‘Smart Suit’, Spinal Muscular Atrophy News Today (May 2022)
- £1.25M to design revolutionary upper body mobility suit for progressive neuromuscular diseases, Mirage News (May 2022)
- £1.25M to design revolutionary upper body mobility suit for progressive neuromuscular diseases, University of Liverpool Press release (May 2022)
- Upper-body mobility suit project to help people with neuromuscular diseases, Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) News (May 2022)
Professional Body Memberships
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow, 2013 - present)
- Royal Society of Arts (Fellow, 2016 - present)
- Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) (Member, 2018 - present)
- British Industrial Design Association (BIDA) (Professional Member, 2016 - 2022)
Publication Reviews
- Reviewer, Invited (Design Studies, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Journal of Engineering Design, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Design Journal, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Building and Environment, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Strategic Design Research Journal, Pre-publication)
- Reviewer, Invited (Journal of Design Research, Pre-publication)