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Matthew Archer MSc (Distinction) Product Design BA (Hons) Design & Technology
Senior Lecturer
Tel: +44 (0) 792 481160
E-mail: matthew.archer@uwtsd.ac.uk
Programme Director for School of Industrial Design Masters Portfolio
Qualifications:
- 1993: MSc (Distinction) Product Design, University of the West of England
- 1988: BA (Hons) Design & Technology, Loughborough University
Educational:
- 2002–to Date: Senior Lecturer, School of Industrial Design
- 2000–2002: Lecturer, Faculty of Applied Design & Engineering
- 1994–2000: Part-time Lecturer
Industrial|Commercial:
- 2011– to Date: Institute of Sustainable Design (P/T secondment)
- 1998–2002: Principal Designer, Ideas Centre, SMU
- 1995–1998: Product Designer, Medical Technology Transfer Centre, SIHE
Teaching Focus:
- Design Practice & Sustainability
- Application|Integration of CAD & Rapid Prototyping
Undergraduate Programmes Modules
- BA Product Design
- BSc Product Design
- L4 – Product Design 1
- L4 – Design Prototyping
- L5 – Design for Sustainability
- L5 – Product Simulation & Analysis
- L6 – External Product
- L6 – Major Project
Postgraduate Programmes Modules
- MA Product Design & Innovation
- MA Transportation Design
- MSc Industrial Design
- L7 – Rapid Product Development
- L7 – Design Exploration
- L7 – Major Project
The relationship between Product Sustainability & Digital Prototyping
- Digital Prototyping Technologies & Design within the Virtual Environment
- Product Sustainability
Commercial Focus
Expertise in the breakage, replacement, repair and analysis of Automotive Glass in collaboration with Belron Technical Ltd, which has resulted in two patents being published.
Patents Title: W0038916A1: Repair of Flaws or Voids in Bodies
Published: 06.07.2000
Filed:21.12.1999
Abstract
Surface damage or flaws (particularly cracks in vehicle windscreens) are repaired using apparatus having a walled bore which surrounds the surface flaw or damage, and a vacuum port communicating through the wall to the bore permitting a region at or adjacent the open end of the bore to be at least partially evacuated of air/gas. A plunger is movable along the bore to urge filler material (resin or the like) into the damage or flaw. A reservoir holds the filler material, which is subsequently dispensed from the reservoir to be introduced to the surface flaw or damage via a flowpath defined through the plunger.
Patent Title: W09739879A1: Damage Repair
Published: 30.10.1997
Filed: 23.04.1997
Abstract
A flaw or void in a body is repaired by infilling the flaw or void with a repair material and applying high frequency vibration to act on the body, the high frequency vibration being delivered via a vibration delivery probe of a rigid material.
Commercial Contracts: 1995–to Date:
Industrial collaboration research & consultancy projects with Industry, focusing on Product Research, Design, Development, Evaluation, Surveys & Analysis, Conceptual Design & Prototyping, CAD Modelling and Design for Manufacture.
Maxess Ltd: Arrestor Harness Analysis
High Torque Fasteners Ltd: 3D Modelling of complex components
ICN Photonics Ltd: Hair Depilation Ruby Laser: Design & Development
Kartray: In car tray unit: Design & Prototype
Nimbus Technology Ltd: Bar Code Scanner: Design & Development
Frio: Insulin Syringe Holder: Design & Development
Montagne Jeunesse: Soda Quick Gas Valve Analysis
Whiterock Ltd: DIY Products: Design & Development
Nick Holland Design Group: Exercise Equipment: Concept Design
2010: The Benefits of 3D Printing, GAIM Conference, Swansea
2007: Archer MD & Dawson E
The Transfer of History into Design.
Cumulus: Crossing Boundaries Conference, Schwäbisch Gmünd.
2004: Archer MD & Wyatt C
The Relationship Between Design, Entrepreneurship And Society.
Cumulus: International Conference on Design Processes and Design Education In Entrepreneurship, Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo.
2004: Donne KE, Payne C, Archer M & Thomas R
Computer modelling of Novel Fastener Systems.
5th International conference on Quality Reliability & Maintenance (IMechE), St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
- 2012: HE STEM Learning and Teaching Enhancement Grant-£2300
- 2010–Date: External Examiner, University of Central Lancashire
- 2006–2010: External Examiner, Middlesex University
- 2006–2012: Eco Design Centre, Project Liaison Coordinator
- 2003–Date: Senior Lecturer (P/T), Swansea University
- 2005–2009: Design Wales: Project Liaison Coordinator
- 2005–2008: Corus Consumer Products: Project Liaison Coordinator