Dr Farnaz Nickpour PhD, MA, MIED, FHEA, FRSA

Summary

EXTRENAL
- Director; The Inclusionaries Lab for Design Research, UK (2019-present)

- External Examiner; Royal College of Art (QS Art & Design Ranking: #1) and Imperial College London MSc-MA Global Innovation Design (GID) Programme (2021-2024)

- External Examiner; University of Brighton BSc Product Design programmes (2023-2025)

- Honorary Researcher; LifeRooms, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (2023-2024)

- Designer-in-Residence; Marie Curie UK (2022-2024)

- External Advisory Board; Developing SysteMatic: Prevention, Precision and Equity by Design for People Living with Multiple Long-term Conditions (MLTC) (2023-2024)

- Steering Committee; SMART Suit Inclusive Exoskeleton MedTech Design for Children and Young People with Progressive Neuromuscular Conditions (2022-2024)

- Invited Chair & Speaker; 4th Scientific International Congress on Spinal Muscular Atrophy, SMA Europe (03/2024)

- External Reviewer; MA Human-Centred Design Course Validation; Cambridge school of Art, Anglia Ruskin University (2022)

- External Reviewer; MA Art, Health, and Wellbeing Course Validation; Cambridge school of Art, Anglia Ruskin University (2022)

- Programme Committee & Best Paper Award Judge; Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) (2023)

- Scientific Advisory Board; International Conference on Design for Inclusion, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) International (2018-present)

- Co-convener; Inclusive Design Special Interest Group (InclusiveSIG), Design Research Society

- Co-Chair; InclusiveSIG, Design Research Society Conference, DRS (2022)

- In‐person Chair; Inclusive Design Practice and Healthy Ageing Track, Design Research Society Conference, DRS (2022)

- Chair; Inclusive Design Track Sessions, Design Research Society Conference (2018)

- Reviewer; Journal of Engineering Design; Journal of Design Research; Journal of Strategic Design Research; Journal of Building & Environment

- Reviewer; Design Research Society (DRS) International Conference; Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics international conference (AHFE); Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT); Engineering
and Product Design Education Conference (E&PDE); International MinD Conference; CIDI I InfoDesign

- Director; Inclusive Design Research Group (IDRG), UK (2015-2019)

- Steering Group, Merseycare GDE Patient Held Record (PHR) Project, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool (2019-2020)

- Expert Advisory Panel, Hasselt University, Belgium, PhD Advisor (2018-2023)

- External Moderator, Department of Industrial Design, Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University, China (2017-present)


INTERNAL
- Lead; Design subject area, Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering (2023-present)
- Head of Division of Industrial Design; School of Engineering, University of Liverpool (2022-2023)
- Chair; Student Staff Liaison Committee, Industrial Design Division, University of Liverpool (2020-2023)
- Lead; “Design in Healthcare” course in MBChB Programme, School of Medicine, UoL (2019-present)
- Mentor; Design Early Career Academic (ECA) team, University of Liverpool (2023-present)
- Professional Development Review (PDR) for PDRA positions (2022-present)
- Faculty Panel; Chemistry Department Periodic Review, University of Liverpool (03/2022)
- Review committee; Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (2018-present)
- Research Committee; CEID Department, SoE, University of Liverpool (2019-2023)
- SAT Committee; School of Engineering successful application Athena SWAN Silver Award (2019-2022)
- Engineer in Society Working Group; School of Engineering, University of Liverpool (2021-2022)
- Risk & Uncertainty Institute Member, University of Liverpool (2019-present)
- Chair; School of Engineering Internal Environment Committee, University of Liverpool (2017-2019)
- Lead; Ethics Approval for Design, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool (2018-2020)


ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY AWARDS & KEYNOTES
- Innovation Agency; “Culture for Innovation” Award, North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards (2023)
- Staff Recognition Award, School of Engineering, The University of Liverpool (2018)
- Teaching & Learning Award, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool (2018)
- Tutor/Supervisor of the Year Award (nominee), Brunel University London (2017)
- Keynote, ‘The Changing Nature of Automotive UX’, UXPA (2016)
- Best Paper Award, Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) (2016)
- Keynote, ‘Accessible but Exclusive? The paradox of Psycho-Social inclusion’, UXPA (2015)
- Inspirational Teaching Award (nominee), Brunel University London (2017)
- Hamilton Prize, Best Thesis in Design Research area, Brunel University London (2013)
- Keynote, Google, Aging 2.0, ‘Design Meets Ageing’ (2012)
- Brit Best Design of Year Award (nominee) Design Bugs Out Commode (2012)
- Keynote, BIAS Lunchtime Series, “Innovating Ageing; a design perspective” (2012)
- Royal Academy of Engineering Travel Award (2010)
- Best Abstract Award, ResCon10, Brunel University London (2009)
- Reviewers’ Choice Award, Royal college of Art, Include Conference (2009)
- Second Presentation Award, ReSCon09, Brunel University London (2017)