Peter Childs FREng is the Professorial Lead in Design Engineering at Imperial and Innovation Design Engineering Professor at Large. Peter was the proposer and Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, helping to grow the school from an initial idea to a community of practice of over 900 students and staff. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, energy and sustainability, and robotics. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Design for Augmented Humanity, Honorary Professor at Guangdong University of Technology and Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Germany, Founder Director at Q-Bot Ltd and Chair and Director at BladeBUG Ltd. Prior to joining Imperial, he was director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate, the Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and professor at the University of Sussex.
Imperial College London
London, City of London, UK
Dyson School of Design Engineering
International Council of Design (ICoD) lifetime Achievement Award
International Council of Design (ICoD)
International Council of Design (ICoD) lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding and consistent achievement in the practice, education or promotion of design
Professor
Imperial College London, London, UK
01 Oct 2008 - present