Dr Busayawan Lam
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Summary

Dr Busayawan Lam is the Senior Tutor and Deputy Head of Brunel Design School (Teaching). She specialises in the areas of New Product Development (NPD) process, Innovation Strategy and Management, and Design Strategy.

She was trained in Industrial Design at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and practiced as a product designer in a small-and-medium-sized exporter company in Thailand. She later obtained MSc Industrial Design at University of Salford and PhD Design Research at Brunel University London. She worked as a researcher at the National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC) Thailand. She has many years of experience studying user requirements, ascertaining design trends and recommending strategic design directions for a variety of organisations ranging from a domestic general hospital equipment producer to a global electronics company. Her current research interests include co-design, community-led design and social innovation. 

Qualifications

Senior Fellow (SFHEA)

Responsibility

• Deputy Head of Brunel Design School (Teaching)
• Senior Tutor
• Recognised Programme Developer (RPD)
• Leaders of 4 undergraduate blocks (DM3701, DM3802, DM3803 and DM3804) and 4 postgraduate blocks (DM5555, DM5558, DM5562 and DM5601)
• Members of Department Management Board
• Academic Lead of Design Factory London