The future of designing and making
The Design and Manufacturing Futures Laboratory is researching and creating the tools and technologies of tomorrow, providing game-changing capability for the design, manufacture, operation and disposal of next generation products and machines.
Active Programmes
These are our currently funded programmes that we are actively researching now.
Other Programmes
These are our other programmes that have finished their funding for the time being. However, we are always keen to discuss options to develop these bodies of work further if there is interest!
Projects
If you are interested in any of our projects, either active or not currently active, please contact us for more information.
People
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Ben Hicks
Professor, Director
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Aydin Nassehi
Professor, Codirector
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Chris Snider
Senior Lecturer
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James Gopsill
CFMS Fellow
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Chris Cox
Lecturer
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Robert Ballantyne
Research Engineer
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Kautsar Ramli
Research Associate
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Peter Rosso
Research Engineer
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Oliver Schiffmann
Research Engineer
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Adam McClenaghan
Research Engineer
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Aman Kukreja
Research Associate
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David Su
Research Engineer
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Weiting Xu
Research Engineer
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Yan Xu
Research Engineer
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TJ Taiwo
Research Engineer
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Henrikke Dybvik
Research Associate
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Owen Peckham
Research Engineer
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Isabelle Ormerod
Research Engineer
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Ella Maule
Research Engineer
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Sindre Eikevag
Research Associate
ALUMNI
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Lorenzo Giunta
Research Associate
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David Jones
Research Associate
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Harry White
Research Associate (Alumni)
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Owen Freeman Gebler
Research Associate (Alumni)
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Lee Kent
Research Associate
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David Mathias
Research Engineer (Alumni)
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Harry Felton
Research Associate
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Champ Hao
Research Engineer
Recent Posts
Is Seeing Believing? Investigating the influence and interplay of physical and virtual traits on the user perception of Mixed Reality prototypes.
Is Seeing Believing? Investigating the influence and interplay of physical and virtual traits on the user perception of Mixed Reality prototypes. There is a significant drive in Design Research towards creating realistic prototypes for without requiring significant time and funds. Mixed Reality (MR) prototyping may offer a solution to this requirement. New research, due for […]
Presenting at Transdisciplinary Engineering 2024 (TE2024)
James Gopsill presented his paper on Distributed Additive Manufacturing at TE2024.
TURA investigators visit Bristol
From the 21st to the 24th June, I was very glad to host some of the co-investigators (Dr. Aleksandra Kristikj, Dr Giacomo Barbeiri and Associate Professor Freddy Zapata) from our WUN funded, Transdisciplinary Urban Agriculture (TURA) project in Bristol where we progressed work on the project and visited a range of agricultural sites in Bristol […]
Papers accepted to TE2024 & ICMR24
The RiR with the Digital Cataput has produced a couple of papers to articulate the benefits of AIgent supply chains.
DMF Lab at the Design Conference 2024
DMF Lab at the Design Conference 2024 Ten members of DMF Lab recently returned from a successful trip to the 18th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2024) held in Cavtat, Croatia. Hosted by the Design Society, the conference provided a valuable platform for our team to present research and engage with the wider design community. We […]
Expression of Interest Submitted to the UKRI Accelerating Research Outcomes call
Significant progress continues to be made on the RiR and has resulted in the submission of an EoI to the UKRI Accelerating Research Outcomes call
We are recruiting participants for an experiment!
Edit: Recruitment is now closed. Thanks to all that have participated! We are recruiting participants for an experiment, the 21st Century Prototyping Affordance study. If you participate you will be asked to evaluate a prototype of a product while we measure your brain activity. Afterwards, you’ll be asked to complete a survey. The experiment takes […]
Exhibiting at the DSCH Supply Chain Event
Showcasing the future of work with AIgent operated supply chains.
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