Dr Darren Southee

  • Associate Professor (SL+)
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    • Since November 2010 I have been a Full-Time active RTE Academic member of the highly regarded Loughborough Design School (now SDCA), undertaking and leading 4* Design research. I have led people, projects and budgets well, and dealt with legion unexpected occurrences, managing towards the best possible outcomes. I have mentored staff, enabled students (taught and research) to challenge themselves and close the gap between their potential and their practical day to day reality. My annual appraisals rated my performance across research, teaching and enterprise criteria at Excellent/Exceeding Expectations for most of those years. I have established a reputation as a leading light in curriculum development and teaching approaches, particularly for Design Students. Electronics, Embedded Systems & Technology. Transforming technical prototyping and design fabrication capability. Contributing to and Leading PGT curriculum evolution: MSc Integrated Product Design (Brunel); MSc Integrated Industrial Design (Lboro). I have lived interdisciplinarity on a daily basis. Most recently I instigated, prepared, constructed and delivered the DSP853 Design for AI Products Module as an MSc option. The first teaching of that practical AI/ML technology of its kind in the School, 5 members of staff asked to be enrolled as part of a strategic training policy within the School.