Professor Ian Campbell

PhD Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham
MSc Engineering (by research), University of Warwick
BSc (Hons) Special Engineering Programme, Brunel University

Pronouns: He/him
  • Emeritus Professor of Computer Aided Product Design

Profile

Ian Campbell is Emeritus Professor of Computer Aided Product Design at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ. After working in the automotive industry as a design engineer, he moved to the University of Warwick as a Senior Teaching Fellow in 1989. In 1993, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Nottingham where he was a member of the ground-breaking Rapid Prototyping Research Group led by Phill Dickens. His principle area of research was the integration of rapid prototyping (as it was then called) into the design process. He moved to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in October 2000 where his research has continued to focus on the integration of design and additive manufacturing. He was editor-in-chief of the Rapid Prototyping Journal from 1995 to 2020 and worked for many years as an associate consultant for Wohlers Associates. He has close links with research colleagues in Romania, Egypt and South Africa.