Lucy Rowbotham: Optical Engineer

Synopsis

Looks at the work of a young engineer involved in an interdisciplinary approach to design. Lucy Rowbotham works as part of a team of designers with a contract design and development company and the video concentrates on her contribution to a project on how to measure the performance of a rail fastening, the key component which ensures railway track stability. Demonstrates how proposing a solution, in this case fibre optics, is only the start of the design process. It is then up to the designer to prove the theory bearing in mind the costs involved and the technical problems to be resolved. Shows how computer-aided design was used in producing the final optical sensor and the rigorous testing procedures undertaken involving both laboratory simulations and testing in a real environment.

Series

Living by Design, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Documentation

Accompanying handbook contains information on the education and training requirements to be a designer.

Uses

Upper secondary, further and higher education (first-year degree).*

Subjects

Design; Engineering

Keywords

computer-aided design; engineering design

Distributor

Name

Design Council

Phone

020 7839 8000

Fax

020 7925 2130

Address

London
SW1Y 4SU

Notes

The Design Council Slide Collection, with over 20,000 images, was transferred to the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995.