Scholar
PRN Childs
Google Scholar ID: mZBemUMAAAAJ
Imperial College London
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,499
H-index
31
i10-index
101
Publications
20
Co-authors
79
list available
Contact
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- International Council of Design (ICoD) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024
- ICONNN International Outstanding Contribution to desigN scieNce and education award, 2025
- Chief Editor for the Journal of Design for Augmented Humanity
- Editorial board member for Telematics and Informatics Reports
- Advisory board for the SheJi journal
Research Experience
- Current:
- - Professorial Lead in Design Engineering, Imperial College London, 1 Oct 2024 - present
- - Co-Director Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London, 1 Jan 2022 - 30 Sep 2024
- - Founding Head of School, Imperial College London, 1 Oct 2014 - 30 Nov 2019
- - Professorial Lead in Engineering Design, Imperial College London, 1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2024
- Former:
- - Director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems
- - Director of InQbate
- - Professor at the University of Sussex
Education
- DPhil, University of Sussex, 1987-1991
- BSc, University of Sussex, 1984-1987
Background
- Peter Childs is the Professorial Lead in Design Engineering at Imperial and Professor at Large in Innovation Design Engineering (Imperial College London and Royal College of Art). His interests include creativity, innovation, design, energy and sustainability, and robotics. He teaches design engineering at Imperial.
Miscellany
- Honorary Professor at the School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology
- Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Germany
- Founder Director at Q-Bot Ltd
- Chair and Director at BladeBUG Ltd
