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Professor Sheng-feng Qin is a faculty member at the Northumbria School of Design, Northumbria University, since 2014. He holds the academic rank of Professor and serves as the Director of the MA Design Programme. His research focuses on digital design and manufacturing, smart technologies, and sustainable urbanization. He leads the Smart Design Lab, exploring AI-driven design methods and interdisciplinary approaches for smart products and services.
Professor Qin's educational background includes a PhD in Craft, Design, and Technology (2000) and a BEng in Manufacturing Engineering (1983). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of IEEE. His work has been recognized with the 2019 Newton Prize for collaborative research on sustainable urbanization.
His research interests encompass digital design technology, smart cities, crowdsourcing in product development, and emotion-centric design. He has supervised multiple PhD students focusing on topics like digital twins for elderly care, smart transportation systems, and emotion regulation tools.
Professor Qin collaborates internationally, including as a Visiting Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University and through joint labs with Chinese institutions. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing and on editorial boards of other journals.
