steven patrick macgregor
EDUCATION - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - PUBLICATIONS - OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
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EDUCATION (top)
UNIVERSITY of STRATHCLYDE 1999 - 2002
Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering Design Management
CAD Centre, Design Manufacture and Engineering Management
Describing and Supporting the Distributed Workspace: Towards a Prescriptive Process for Design Teams
The thesis investigates distributed (geographically distant) design and development in US and UK industry, detailing differences with conventional design teams, and barriers to success. The research develops the Design for Distribution (D4D) framework which aims to increase the performance of distributed design teams. [Thesis website]
2001 - VISITING RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT:
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States: Center for Design Research, Design Division, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering with Prof. Larry Leifer
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Grouplab, Dept. of Computer Science with Dr. Saul Greenberg
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States: n-dim research group, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Engineering Design Research Centre with Dr. Eswaran Subrahmanian
UNIVERSITY of STRATHCLYDE 1994 - 1999
Master of Engineering Product Design Engineering
Design Studies
Investigation and development of guidelines for the introduction of a virtual design environment for design projects
Design Project
The design and development of a (TV) remote control for special needs users
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (top)
MARCH 2003 - PRESENT
Investigation of the New Product Development process and innovation strategy in the Basque Country, working with companies which comprise the Mondragon Cooperative to improve design and development activity.
OCTOBER 1999 - MARCH 2003
Tutoring and lecturing posts for Learning Services, Centre for Lifelong Learning and DMEM. Duties included designing lecture material and course modules, class preparation and marking, in IT and Engineering Design subjects. Classes included undergraduate, postgraduate, professional and retired students.
OCTOBER 2000 - OCTOBER 2002
Strathclyde University Harriers
Captain and secretary of the University road running and cross country section. Led weekly training sessions and Captained the first team to silver in the Scottish University Championships 2001 and top Scottish team at the British University Championships 2002. Secretarial duties and achievements include budgeting and attracting three major sponsorship deals in the second year.
FEBRUARY - APRIL 2001
Replicated the ABB Vetco Gray study (detailed below) within the Home and Personal Care division of Lever Faberge. This 3 month term included leading a team of three investigators through a study of 12 designers/developers within the Global Innovation Centre (Packaging Design and Technology Centre) of the company.
OCTOBER 2000 - JANUARY 2001
Designed and managed a research study of 16 engineers over a 3 month period, including staff from Research and Development, Projects and UK Operations. Activities included interviews, technical analysis and consultancy-style reporting.
NOVEMBER 1997 - NOVEMBER 2000
IMP Print and Design
Established part-time desktop publishing business which catered for the business stationery needs of small and medium sized enterprises.
AUGUST 1998 - JANUARY 1999
Time Computer Systems
Part-time sales advisor and technical support.
JULY 1998 - SEPTEMBER 1998
Adam Hart Healthcare Ltd
Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (STEP) Placement - Regional Winner.
Worked on Product Development of a new sportswear range that included market investigation, product branding, logo design, packaging & marketing.
SUMMER 1996/1997
Two industrial placements spanning a total of 25 weeks, working within the technical department on large scale product development and design engineering projects. Included elements of calibration, fabrication, installation and failure analysis.
SUMMER 1994/1995
Scottish Power/J & S McFadyen
Two vacation placements within large marketing and manufacturing workplaces.
S. P. MacGregor, W. J. Ion, Investigating and developing virtual design environments: an effective platform for collaborative design projects in academia. In proceedings of EDE'99, Scotland, September 1999
A. I. Thomson, S. P. MacGregor, W. J. Ion, An evaluation and comparison of the industrial and educational usage of CSCW within the design process. In proceedings of WET-ICE 2000, Gaithersburg, Maryland, June 2000
S. P. MacGregor, A. I Thomson, W. J. Ion, CSCW in industry and education - transferring knowledge in engineering design. In proceedings of CE2000, Lyon, France, July 2000
A. I. Thomson,
S. P. MacGregor, W. J. Ion, CSCW in industry and education: cross sectoral
lessons. Invited paper in proceedings of E&PDE 2000, University
of Sussex, September 2000
N. Sclater, H. Grierson, W. J. Ion, S. P. MacGregor, Online collaborative design projects: overcoming barriers to communication. Invited paper in special issue on virtual universities in the International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 17, no.2, pp189-196, 2001
S. P. MacGregor, A. I. Thomson, N. P. Juster, A case study on distributed, collaborative design: investigating communication and information flow. In proceedings of the sixth international conference on CSCW in Design, London, Ontario, July 2001
S. P. MacGregor, Distributed, collaborative design: a focus on information sharing. In Engineering Designer - the Journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers, July/August 2001
A. I. Thomson, S. P. MacGregor, N. P. Juster, Collaboration and information sharing - how to make it work. Invited paper in proceedings of E-business for Industry Conference, London, August 2001
S. P. MacGregor, A. I. Thomson, N. P. Juster, Information sharing within a distributed, collaborative design process: a case study. In proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania, September 2001
Steven MacGregor, Destination San Francisco: Bay to Breakers. Running Fitness, September 2001
S. P. MacGregor, The case study method for detailed industrial descriptions: experiences examining distributed design. Invited Paper, in proceedings of the International Workshop on the Role of Empirical Studies in Understanding and Supporting Engineering Design Work, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 4-5, 2002
S. P. MacGregor, A. I. Thomson, N. P. Juster, A multi-level process based investigation of distributed design. In the proceedings of the Engineering Design Conference 2002 (EDC 2002), Kings College London, London, England, July 9-11 2002
S. P. MacGregor, New perspectives for distributed design support. Journal of Design Research, Special Issue on Design as a Social Process, Guest Editor: L. L. Bucciarelli, Vol.2, Issue 2, 2002
S. P. MacGregor, Describing and Supporting the Distributed Workspace: Towards a Prescriptive Process for Design Teams. PhD Thesis, DMEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
S. P. MacGregor, Crossing the Research Fields. Engineering Designer - the Journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers, Part 1 Jan/Feb 2003, Part 2 Mar/Apr 2003
S. P. MacGregor, J. M. Arana, J. C. Astiarazan, NPD Experiences from the Basque Country. Visions - the magazine of the Product Development & Management Association, July 2003
S. P. MacGregor, Distributed Innovation. Engineering Designer - the Journal of the Institution of Engineering Designers, Sept/Oct 2003
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (top)
Elite
amateur athlete and member of the Scottish Triathlon national squad. Double
University Blue ("for outstanding achievement in the sport of")
in Athletics (2000) and
Duathlon (2002). Captained Strathclyde
University Harriers and the Scottish Universities' cross-country squad
2000-2002. Scottish Caledonian Series (10 mile Road Race)
Champion 2000 and current Scottish Duathlon Champion (2003). Full sporting
details here.
Awarded several scholarships during Doctoral studies to pursue applied research in the UK and North America, including awards from the Royal Academy of Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Mac Robertson Scholarship fund, the Scottish International Education Trust and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Initiated institutional collaboration between Stanford and Strathclyde Universities' leading to a $1 million USD research grant (joint Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council/National Science Foundation).
Referees available on request
© Steven MacGregor 2003