1. PowerPoint slides template (March 2014)
John Clarkson
Sam Waller

2. Instructions
This document is the standard template to be used for all EDC PowerPoint presentations
Using a common style for all presentations:
Supports a common identity for all the EDC’s work
Makes it easier to share slides and incorporate them into different presentations
New slides can be created by duplicating existing slides, or inserting new slides and then choosing the appropriate layout. A blank white slide and a blank black slide are now available from the layout menu (right click on the slide thumbnail in the left-hand side).
The default text box should now be fixed so that when you draw a new text box it is Arial 22pt. You can also how easily make text boxes with rounded corners, simply draw a ‘rounded rectangle’ and then start typing.
John Clarkson and Sam Waller, 19 March 2014

3. Updating old slides
The slide number and words ‘Engineering Design Centre’ exist as ‘header and footer’ elements on the previous template. In order to update an old presentation to the new template, you need to
Copy the slides into this presentation.
For PowerPoint 2010, click Insert > Header & Footer. Then make sure that the tick box for 'footer' is blank, then click 'apply to all'.  This will remove these elements from all slides. You may optionally choose to use this dialogue box to also remove all the page numbers
Run through all the slides and check they have updated appropriately, and delete any remaining footer elements, and sort out any graphics that clash with page numbers.
If you want to update an old presentation manually, you will need to go into the slide master, select slide 1 and then delete the horizontal line at the bottom. You will also need to follow the instructions above to sort out the footer elements, and manually create the new title slide and section break slide.

4. Single line title of presentation
Author name 1
Author name 2

5. Collaborators
If you need to include collaborator logos, do so on the second slide. Collaborator logos do not work well on the title slide because it confuses what the engineering design centre is and where you are from.
When indicating a collaboration, omit the red EDC logo as this only adds confusion.

6. Contents page
Title of section 1
Title of section 2
Title of section 3

7. Text only slide Important statement 1 Text 1 Text 2
Sub-bullet (only one level allowed)
Important statement 2
Text 3
Text 4
Sources, references etc. go here if needed, and might use smaller text

8. Text and picture slide Text here is Arial 22 pt Text box is 10cm wide
Standard picture size is
9.56cm high x 12.86cm wide
Used the dotted line drawing guides provided on the slide to align pictures to the top right hand corner, regardless of their size
Sources, references etc. go here if needed, and might use smaller text

9. Picture only slide
A single large picture should be centred on the slide and aligned to the top guide, regardless of its size
Sources, references etc. go here if needed, and might use smaller text

10. Annual spend on domestic energy in 2009
Graph should be produced in Excel as a 15cm by 25cm object within a worksheet. Font sizes should be modified to 18pt bold and line weights modified to 2.25pt. Vertical axis should have intervals only. There should be no box around the graph. Paste graph into the slide as a picture and then manually align the top line of graph with the top dotted line. The graph should not have a graph title, the slide title should be used for this function.
Source: DECC (2011) Energy Consumption in the UK

11. Picture slide with single line of text
This picture should be centred on the slide and have plenty of space between any text above or below it.
Sources, references etc. go here if needed, and might use smaller text

12. Fullscreen photos should have a black background
Fullscreen photos should have a black background. If you need to lay text over the photo, use white 36 pt text in front of a part of the photo with a consistent colour

13. Some photos work well when they are cropped to fill the entire slide!

14. Title of Section 2

15. Contents (recap) The previous This section The next section
For multi-session workshops, use this content slide to help structure the day.
For presentation shorter than an hour, use the previous ‘breaker slide’ to indicate the sections and omit this recap.

16. An example presentation

17. Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
John Clarkson

18. Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
Improving the design process

19. Research history
Centre established in 1991 by Professors Ken Wallace, David Newland and Michael Ashby

20. Research mission
To undertake innovative research to create understanding, methods and tools that will contribute to improving the design process

21. Research team Professor John Clarkson (systems)
Professor Ken Wallace (mechanical)
Professor Michael Ashby (materials)
Mr Aylmer Johnson (mechanisms)
Dr Geoff Parks (nuclear)
Dr James Moultrie (manufacturing)
Dr Digby Symons (healthcare)
Dr Jerome Jarrett (aerospace)
Dr Nathan Crilly (product)

22. Research team Total turnover around £3.0 million per year
Providing for a team of over 60 researchers
academic staff (7)
researchers associates (22)
research students (33)
computer programmers (4)
support staff (3)

23. Research clusters

24. Research clusters Process Product People Knowledge Change management
(EPSRC)
Process
management
Healthcare
design
Computational
design
Product
(EPSRC)
Inclusive
design
People
(EPSRC)
Design
management
Design
practice

25. Knowledge management
Capture, storage and retrieval of engineering knowledge

26. Knowledge management

27. Process management
Modelling the design process

28. Process management

29. Change management
Modelling change in products

30. Change management

31. Computational design
Integrated optimisation methods and tools

32. Computational design

33. Healthcare design
Design for patient safety

34. Healthcare design

35. Inclusive design
Countering design exclusion

36. Inclusive design

37. Design practice
Understanding and comparing practice

38. Design practice

39. Design mangement
The strategic role of design

40. Design management

41. Collaborators

42. Research collaborators / competitors
Bath EDC – Information management
Brunel – Healthcare IT
Loughborough – Process modelling
Royal College of Art – Inclusive Design
Salford – Product Introduction Process
Sheffield – Healthcare design
Strathclyde – Decision support

43. Research collaborators / competitors
Copenhagen – Process modelling
Delft – Product modelling
MIT, Boston – Design Structure Matrices
TUM, Munich – Process/product modelling
Stanford – Collaborative design
KTH, Stockholm – Product Introduction Processes
Texas – Uncertainty modelling

44. Research collaborators / competitors
Rolls-Royce, BAE SYSTEMS, Airbus,
Perkins Engines, Volvo, BP
Department of Health, National Patient Safety Agency, Purchasing and Supplies Agency, Gambro
BT, Sagentia, Royal Mail

45. Cambridge Engineering Design Centre
John Clarkson