APPENDIX 8
Syndicate Groups - Methods of awareness
Technology transfer, Validation
Groups A/B
Information Gathering - passive and active
- Catalogues.
- Networking- word of mouth.
- WWW - Browsing, visiting known web sites.
- Conferences, Scientific literature.
- Encourage gossip - active information gathering internal dissemination, (newsletter etc.)
- Engineering trade press/periodicals (installations).
- Contact with centres of excellence.
- Window shopping: look at existing products exhibitions etc.-
- Technical Press.
- Supplier visits:
Access to research
- Not papers
- Special industry / university relations
- TCS
- Trade journals
- Graduates
Access to research
- Information Research Findings...
- They Don't
- Impossible To Access
- De - Mystify
- Marketing Who Is The Customer !!
- Use Existing Contacts "
I've Got A Mate!"
- Web Search Engines
A Bit
- New Products / Processes
- Old Design Council
Materials
- Concurrent Engineering
Via Books Etc
DTI Booklets Etc
1000 Word Test
Groups C/D
Technology Transfer:-
- One Step University Shop
- Long Term Partnerships
- People Transfers
- Change University Research Metrics
- Management Support For University Groups
Validation : Research Methodology
- Validation Lab. (Virtual?)
- Emphasis On Continued Improvement
- Don't Just Focus On Easily Validated Concepts
- Avoid Over - Ambitious Proposals
- Before / After Analysis
- Case Studies
- Clubs
- Benchmarking
- Study Tours
- Teaching Co.
- Engineering Document
Increment And Radical
- Balance : University's More Suited To Radical
- Can Large Companies Change Radically
Enablers
Bring Reality into Design Research
- Good Collaborative Models
- Real World Design Problems
- Ability To Explore Fundamental Issues
- Clear Evaluation Path
- Allow Implementation Research
- Real Company Input
Visibility of Results
- Better Integration Of Research Projects
- Change Measures Of Research Performance
- Design Research Methodology