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Owen Evans
MA. MSc (Design and Styling)Experience:
Rhino 2.0, Cobalt 6.2, Cinema 4D v8.2, SolidWorks, Unigraphics V.15. Cosworth Racing, Ricardo Consulting.2002 - present: Independent Vehicle and Product Designer
2002 - 2003: Research Associate - Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, RCA
2000 - 2000: MA in Industrial Design Engineering, Royal College of Art
1997 - 2000: Power train Design Engineer, Ricardo Consulting Engineers and Cosworth Racing
1992 -1997: MEng Mechanical Engineering, Imperial CollegeFeaturesSchematicThe Design TeamThe company was formed in February 2000 as a spin-off company from the University of Brighton in the UK. During the previous ten years the staff of Design Specific were responsible for the running and technical output of the industrial consultancy unit based in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The work of the unit ranged from the design and manufacturing special purpose machinery, to the production of rapid prototyping of models. The Design Specific staff were involved in over thirty consultancy projects for the construction, vacuum pumps, gas authorities, water authorities and major stress analysis for the likes of Siemens. It is this background of consistent high quality analytical and creative design work that has been fed into the products of Design Specific and has made the company the major innovator in the disability sector.
• Royal Neuro-disability Hospital, Putney • Adelaide Dental Hospital Australia • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dunlaoghaire, Ireland • Wilkes-Barre VA Centre, Pennsylvania • East Hampshire NHS Primary Care Trust • Plymouth NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust • Hinchingbrooke NHS Primary Care Trust • Colchester NHS Primary Care Trust • Torbay NHS Primary Care Trust • Redbridge NHS Primary Care Trust • Walthamstow NHS PRIMARY care Trust
The initial concept must be credited to the manufacturer of the first Dental Platform; they called it a ‘ramp’, at the Royal Neuro-Disability Hospital Putney. It was probably dated about 1985 (Picture of old unit) but at the refurbishment of the whole clinical area in 1998 the staff of the University were contracted to design and supply a new and improved unit. (Picture of new unit) So successful has this unit been that as the centerpiece of equipment the staff was awarded Dental Team of the Year 1999. The staff of Design Specific was wholly responsible for this work. The monitoring of the work at the hospital, and the upgrades freely given to them, has enabled Design Specific to continually keep abreast of the changing demands in this most critical environment. Our platforms are tried tested honed in design over years of use. The inevitable redesign of the first unit resulted in the world first Dental Platform to be commercially marketed, the first going to Australia in 2000. Subsequent designs have all benefited form the extensive background of the Design Specific experience and the knowledge of the demands to be met. Over the past five years Design Specific has pioneered the case for the disadvantaged disabled person and it is gratifying to see the tide begin to turn in favour of this group.Richard Fletcher MSc, CEng, MIEE
(Design coordinator, classical stress analysis, sales)Experience:
Director of the University of Brighton Design and Consultancy Group P3, Industrial Management.John Walters
(Design and Production)Experience:
CAD design on Catia, Autocad. Previous work on Rover and Bentley cars as design draftsman.Alessio Murgia
PhD, MSc, BEng (Analytical stress analysis and FEA)Experience:
PhD thesis: ‘ A gait analysis approach to the study of upper limb kinematics using activities of daily living’.
Marco Ltd, Finite Element and classical stress analysis report for Train/Air link baggage handling in Madrid, Kuala Lumpur and Heathrow Express. Design for Ophthalmic Surgeons Chair.
