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Vuletic, Tijana and Holliman, Freddie and Thomson, Avril (2023) Fostering divergence during conceptual design with industrial-based students. Proceedings of the Design Society, 3. pp. 1915-1924.

Holliman, Alexander 'Freddie' and Thomson, Avril and Hird, Abigail (2021) Estimating design effort needs of product design projects using captured expert knowledge – a proposed method. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1. pp. 1391-1400. ISSN 2732-527X

Holliman, Alexander (Freddie) and Thomson, Avril and Hird, Abigail and Wilson, Nicola (2020) What's taking so long? A collaborative method of collecting designers' insight into what factors increase design effort levels in projects. AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 34 (3). pp. 341-362. ISSN 0890-0604

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Moylan, Tricia and McGuckin, Julie and Kerr, Andrew (2019) Automated movement feedback for recovering independence in the sit-to-stand movement in an older population : a pilot randomised controlled trial of a novel system. OBM Geriatrics, 3 (4). 1904089. ISSN 2638-1311

Wilson, Nicky and Thomson, Avril and Moore-Millar, Karena and Ijomah, Winifred (2019) Capturing the life cycle of false hair products to identify opportunities for remanufacture. Journal of Remanufacturing, 9 (3). pp. 235-256. ISSN 2210-4690

Wilson, Nicky and Thomson, Avril and Thomson, Angus and Holliman, Alexander 'Freddie' (2019) Understanding inclusive design education. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 1 (1). pp. 619-628. ISSN 2220-4342

Tikakul, Chayaruk Thanee and Thomson, Avril (2018) International lessons in knowledge management : a study of western & eastern manufacturing SMEs. The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, 16 (2). pp. 113-130. ISSN 1479-4411

Wilson, Nicky and Thomson, Avril and Riches, Philip (2017) Development and presentation of the first design process model for sports equipment design. Research in Engineering Design, 28 (4). pp. 495-509. ISSN 0934-9839

Wiggins, Sally and Moore-Millar, Karena and Thomson, Avril (2014) Can you pull it off? appearance modifying behaviors adopted by wig users with alopecia in social interactions. Body Image, 11 (2). 156–166. ISSN 1740-1445

Harrison, Claire L. and Thomson, Avril I. and Cutts, Steven and Rowe, Philip J. and Riches, Philip E. (2014) Research synthesis of recommended acetabular cup orientations for total hip arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty, 29 (2). 377–382. ISSN 1532-8406

Nicol, David and Thomson, Avril and Breslin, Caroline (2014) Rethinking feedback practices in higher education : a peer review persepective. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39 (1). pp. 102-122. ISSN 0260-2938

Moore, Karena and Thomson, Avril and Liggat, John and Shilton, Simon and Wiggins, Sally (2013) Off the top of your head : what makes a wig work for alopecians? Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 133 (5). p. 1394. ISSN 0022-202X

Carse, Bruce and Thomson, Avril and Stansfield, Ben (2011) A novel device for evaluating forces during the dynamic jar opening action—Do older and younger adults do things differently? Medical Physics, 33 (4). pp. 521-525. ISSN 0094-2405

Sinha, Sanjeev and Kumar, Bimal and Thomson, Avril (2011) Complexity measurement of a project activity. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 8 (4). 432 - 448. ISSN 1748-5037

Carse, Bruce and Thomson, Avril and Stansfield, Ben (2010) Use of biomechanical data in the inclusive design process : packaging design and the older adult. Journal of Engineering Design, 21 (2-3). 289–303. ISSN 1466-1837

Stone, Angela and Mathers, Nick and Thomson, Avril (2008) A new viewpoint on inclusive design practice: Implementing design in a small manufacturing company. Design Principles and Practices, 2 (3). pp. 119-126. ISSN 1833-1874

Thomson, A.I. and Stone, A.L. and Ion, W.J. (2007) Distributed team design in small and medium sized enterprises - how to get it right. AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacture, 21 (3). pp. 203-218.

Anderson, Anthony and Sanford, Alison and Thomson, Avril and Ion, William (2007) Computer-supported and face-to-face collaboration on design tasks. Discourse Processes, 43 (3). pp. 201-228. ISSN 0163-853X

Wakhlu, O.N. and Smith, A.A. and Shepherd, K.L. and Sharp, J.J. and Barr, D.I.H. and Buckingham, E. and Ali, K.H.M. and Thomson, Avril (1976) Dimensionless number for study of open channel flow. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Part 2. Research and theory, 61 (1). pp. 233-245.

Book Section

Holliman, A. and Thomson, A. and Hird, A.; (2020) Collaborative Project Brief Scorecard method : evaluating product design projects to aid design effort estimation. In: Proceedings of the Design Society. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1 . Cambridge University Press (CUP), HRV, pp. 1445-1454.

Holliman, Alexander 'Freddie' and Thomson, Avril and Hird, Abigail and Wilson, Nicola; (2019) A matter of factor : a proposed method for identifying factors that influence design effort levels in product design. In: Proceedings of the Design Society. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1 . Cambridge University Press (CUP), NLD, pp. 1025-1034.

Wilson, Nicky and Thomson, Avril and Riches, Philip; (2017) Improving inclusive design practice - transferring knowledge from sports design practice. In: International Conference on Engineering Design. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) . The Design Society, CAN, pp. 1-10.

Wilson, Nicky and Thomson, Avril and Riches, Philip; (2015) Can the sports design process help the inclusive design community? In: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 15). ICED, 1 . The Design Society, ITA, pp. 391-400. ISBN 9781904670643

Sayer, Philip and Thomson, Avril and McLaren, Andrew and Little, Derek; (2014) Supporting the STEM transition between school and university. In: DS 78. The Design Society, NLD, pp. 408-513. ISBN 9781904670568

Thomson, A.I. and Stone, A.L. and Ion, W.J.; MacGregor, Steven P. and Torres-Coronas, Teresa, eds. (2007) Enabling creative virtual teams in SMEs. In: Higher Creativity for Virtual Teams Developing Platforms for Co-Creation. Information Science Reference. ISBN 978-1-59904-129-2

Thomson, A.I. and Juster, N.P. and MacGregor, Steven P.; Shahin, T. M. M., ed. (2002) A multi-level process based investigation of distributed design. In: Proceedings of Engineering Design Conference 2002. Professional Engineering Pub, pp. 186-194. ISBN 1-86058-372-5

Steele, K.A.M. and Thomson, A.I. and Ryder, G. and Ion, W.J.; Rennie, ,A. E. W. and Jacobson, D.M. and Bocking, C.E., eds. (2002) Reducing the uncertainty of the prototyping decision. In: Third National Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Tooling, and Manufacturing. Professional Engineering, Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom. ISBN 9781860583742

Thomson, A.I. and Juster, N.P. and MacGregor, Steven P.; Shen, Weiming, ed. (2001) A case study on distributed collaborative design: investigation communication and information flow. In: Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, The Sixth International Conference on, 2001. NRC Research Press, pp. 249-254. ISBN 9780660184937

Conference or Workshop Item

Collins, Ross and Kerr, Andrew and Thomson, Avril (2018) User requirements for an upper limb weight support device for stroke rehabilitation. In: The Society for Research in Rehabilitation 40th Anniversary and Winter Meeting in Bristol, 2018-02-06 - 2018-02-06, Conference Centre.

Holliman, Alexander and Thomson, Avril and Hird, Abigail (2018) Planning product design & development : resource-influencing factors based on experience. In: 25th International Annual EurOMA Conference, 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-27.

Tikakul, Chayaruk Thanee and Thomson, Avril (2017) An international perspective on Knowledge Management in SMEs : implementation and barriers to success. In: 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2017), 2017-09-07 - 2017-09-08.

Brisco, Ross and Howell, Bryan and Whitfield, Robert and Thomson, Avril and Evans, Dorothy and Ion, William (2017) Workshop session : collaborative design education. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Thomson, Avril and Whitfield, Ian and Brisco, Ross (2017) Workshop session : the changing innovation landscape: challenges for collaboration design. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Kerr, Andrew (2017) Development of the FIRST system : feedback Integrated Rehabilitation for Sit-to-stand Training – design, feasibility and usability. In: International Neurorehabilitation Symposium 2017, 2017-07-17 - 2017-07-20, QE2 Centre.

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Kerr, Andrew (2017) The validation of a therapeutic feedback generation system for evaluating the sit-to-stand performance in stroke survivors. In: British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference 2017, 2017-07-18 - 2017-07-19, QE2 Centre.

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Kerr, Andrew (2016) A feasibility study of the FIRST system : feedback integrated rehabilitation for sit-to-stand training. In: UK Stroke Forum Conference 2016, 2016-11-28 - 2016-11-30, ACC Liverpool.

Ho, Siu Fai and Kerr, Andrew and Thomson, Avril (2016) The development and evaluation of a sensor-fusion and adaptive algorithm for detecting real-time upper trunk kinematics, phases and timing of the sit-to-stand movements in stroke survivors. In: ICSAE Conference 2016, 2016-10-20 - 2016-10-21, Great North Museum: Hancock.

Tikakul, Chayaruk Thanee and Thomson, Avril (2016) Knowledge management practice : case study of Thai SMEs in the manufacturing sector. In: 17th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2016), 2016-09-01 - 2016-09-02.

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Kerr, Andrew (2015) The development of a diagnostic platform for the functional evaluation of the sit-to-stand movement in stroke survivors. In: IEEE EMBS UKRI Postgraduate Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, 2014-07-14 - 2015-07-16, University of Liverpool.

Ho, Siu Fai and Thomson, Avril and Kerr, Andrew (2015) Computerised rehabilitation system for sit-to-stand training in stroke survivors : engaging the users in the design process. In: The Society of Research in Rehabilitation Summer 2015 Conference, 2015-06-09 - 2015-06-09, St. James Park.

Sayer, Philip and Thomson, Avril and McLaren, Andrew (2014) Supporting the STEM transition between school and university. In: Engineering Design & Production Education, EPDE, 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05. (In Press)

Thomson, Avril and Sayer, Philip and McLaren, Andrew (2014) Supporting the STEM transition between school and university. In: HEA STEM Conference 2014, 2014-04-30 - 2014-05-01. (In Press)

Wells, Hannah and Thomson, Avril and Riches, Philip (2014) Primary mechanical stability of unicondylar knee replacement implants. In: CAOS 2014, 2014-06-18 - 2014-06-21, Marriott Hotel.

Harrison, Claire and Thomson, Avril and Cutts, Steven and Rowe, Philip and Riches, Philip E. (2013) Research synthesis of recommended acetabular cup orientations for total hip arthroplasty. In: XXIV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, 2013-08-04 - 2013-08-09. (Unpublished)

Macintyre, Fraser Robert and Thomson, Avril and Wodehouse, Andrew (2011) Identification, translation and realisation of requirements for a knowledge management system in an engineering design consultancy. In: 18th International Conference on Engineering Design, 2011-08-01.

Thomson, Avril and Kumar, Bimal and Sinha, Sanjeev (2010) An innovative technique to measure complexity of a construction project activity. In: 6th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture Engineering and Construction, 2010-06-09 - 2010-06-11.

Sinha, Sanjeev and Kumar, Bimal and Thomson, Avril and Kumar, Saurabh (2010) Understanding project complexity from the perspective of a project manager. In: International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2010-01-09 - 2010-01-10.

Carse, Bruce and Thomson, Avril and Stansfield, Ben (2009) 3D wrist kinetics during jar and bottle opening in older adults. In: International Society of Biomechanics, XXII World Congress, 2009-07-05 - 2009-07-09.

Carse, Bruce and Thomson, Avril and Stansfield, Ben (2009) A novel device for measuring forces and moments during dynamic jar and bottle opening. In: International Society of Biomechanics, XXII World Congress, 2009-07-05 - 2009-07-09.

Carse, Bruce and Thomson, Avril and Stansfield, Ben (2009) Older adult requirement data - what designers want! In: Include 2009, 2009-04-06 - 2009-04-08.

Thomson, Avril and Grierson, Hilary and Ball, P.D. and Mendibil, Kepa (2008) Improving the design student experience. In: International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education 2008, 2008-09-04 - 2008-09-05.

Mathers, Nicholas Edward and Stone, Angela and Thomson, Avril (2008) A new viewpoint on inclusive design practice. In: 2nd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, 2008-01-09 - 2008-01-11.

Thomson, A.I. and Juster, N.P. and MacGregor, Steven P. (2001) Collaboration and information sharing - how to make it work. In: E-business for industry, 2001-06-04 - 2001-06-06. (Unpublished)