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Dr Vanja Garaj

Dr Vanja Garaj
Reader in Design

Summary

Director of Research for Brunel Design School, Tutor for the Professional Design Studio module (DM5534), MSc Integrated Product Design and Module Leader for the Systems Design module (DM2318), BA Industrial Design and Technology.

Previously, Head of Department of Design (2018 - 2021) and Director of Postgraduate Research for Design. Before joining Brunel Design in 2017, Programme Director for MSc Digital Design and Branding in Digital Media Subject Area, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Brunel, leading a range of modules on digital design at postgraduate and undergraduate levels—covering product, service and graphic design aspects.

Teaching promotes goal-oriented experimentation, while placing emphasis on the design process and practice-based approach in collaboration with industry. Co-ordinated a number of live student briefs, across design fields, with organisations including Cancer Research UK, NHS, Pan Macmillan, Help for Heroes, Friends of the Elderly, Corney & Barrow, Shell, Ibis and BT.

Qualifications

PhD in Systems Engineering (Human Factors), Brunel University London

PgCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Brunel University London

BSc in Product Design, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Responsibility

Head of Brunel Digital Design Lab

Project Leader for Co-Innovate: Brunel Co-Innovate Journeys and Bridging the Gap

Level 3 Tutor for Design and Academic Coordinator for Made in Brunel

Newest selected publications

Aroganam, G., Manivannan, N., Harrison, D. and Garaj, V. (2021) 'Building Subjective Opinions on Amateur Football Player 1 Step Kicks by Analysing Ankle Biomechanics'. Annals of Sports Medicine and Research, 8 (1). pp. 1 - 14.Open Access Link

Journal article

Al-Dmour, Y., Garaj, V. and Clements-Croome, D. (2020) 'The Flourishing of Biophilic Workplaces: ‘Second Home’ Offices as a Case Study'. Intelligent Buildings International, 13 (4). pp. 261 - 274. ISSN: 1750-8975

Journal article

Cosco, G. and Garaj, V. (2020) 'The Practice of Design Innovation in the Academic Context: The Project Portfolio by Brunel Design'.The Design Research Society 2020 International Conference (DRS2020). Brisbane, Australia. Design Research Society. ISSN: 2398-3132 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Turnock, P., Boult, J. and Garaj, V. (2020) 'Back to the future'. New Design, 2020 (144-145). pp. 78 - 79. ISSN: 1472-2674

Journal article

de Freitas, M., Fantinato, M., Sun, V., Thom, LH. and Garaj, V. (2020) 'Function Point Tree-Based Function Point Analysis: Improving Reproducibility Whilst Maintaining Accuracy in Function Point Counting'. Springer International Publishing. pp. 182 - 209. ISSN: 1865-1348

Conference paper
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