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About
Overview
Tom received his BSc in Product Design in 2006, and an MSc in Smart Design in 2012, both from Nottingham Trent University. He completed his PhD in Design at Brunel University London in 2017. His doctoral research investigated the role of design process in the development of novel, self-use molecular diagnostic devices for infectious disease. Following his PhD, Tom worked as an interaction designer in industry and as a postdoctoral research fellow at Nottingham Trent University investigating medical device design for vascular access devices, at UCL investigating the development of a novel bio-aerosol detection platform and at the University of Bath investigating the introduction and use of digital twins in the automotive development process.
Tom joined the Computer Science department in the Centre for Human Computer Interaction and Design at City, University of London in November 2023, and teaches on the MSc in Human Computer Interaction and Design.
Tom is interested in how things are designed and made and the ways in which people can interact with virtual and physical worlds simultaneously. His research interests include low-cost sensors, physical and spatial computing and their potential application in citizen science and citizen making, user interaction in AR/VR/XR, digitalisation in product development and prototyping and the human computer interaction implications of the use of digital twins.
Qualifications
• PhD Design, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, Apr 2013 – Nov 2017
• MSc Smart Design, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, Sep 2011 – Sep 2012
• BSc Product Design, Nottingham Trent University, Sep 2003 – May 2006