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Justin Magee

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-2893

  • York Street, Belfast Campus

    BT15 1ED Belfast

    United Kingdom

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Dr Justin Magee is the Research Director for the Belfast School of Art (UoA32) and a Senior Lecturer in Product Design at Ulster University (since 2006). HE received the Ulster University Distinguished Business Fellowship 2007, Research Excellence award for KE in 2017 and the Research Excellence Award for Business partnerships of the year under 250 employees in 2020.

His research focuses on digital human modelling, user experience and immersion for physical and digital product applications, in Arts and Health. His work was returned in the RAE2001, RAE2008 and REF2014 and he leads the UoA32 strategy in preparation for REF2021.

He has secured 16 external research awards totalling £7,055,314 from AHRC, RCUK, DCAL, Innovate UK, WHSCT, NHSCT, HSC R&D/PHA, RCUK and ConnectED. He is Co-investigator on one of the nine national AHRC Creative Industries Clusters (Future Screens NI). He has secured soft-funding or in-kind income related to research and impact totalling £67,552. 

As a design consultant he has worked for LEGO Systems, Denmark, GE Plastics (Germany and UK) on contracts with Mercedes, Audi, Porsche etc., Smart Car and as a design consultant on over 85 commercial projects with SME’s in Ireland and the UK. He has generated >£271,518 through Innovation Ulster Ltd. He has been involved in nine Invention disclosures, 3 patents and is an IP stakeholder in 3 collaborative research projects with HSC Innovations.

His recent KTPS with CDE Global and Axial3D received Innovate UK Certificates of Excellence (2017, 2020). One featured as a case study for the NCUB State of the Art report (2018) and a finalist at the THELMAs for KE initiative of the year (2018).

He has also served as:

  • Course and Subject Director (2009-2016) at UG and PG level
  • Placement coordinator (2000-2006, 2010-2015)
  • Director for Academic Enterprise for the Faculty of Arts (2006-2011)
  • Acting Director of the Research Institute (2005)

He is a member of the Institute of Designers (IDI, 2006), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA, 2020) and The Council for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD, 2017). He held an external appointment on the HSC NI Office for Research Ethics Committees (2017-2019). He has peer-reviewed on several Journals across design, medical engineering, creative industries and entrepreneurship including the Design Journal. In 2020 he was appointed as CHEAD Research Alliance Strategy Group member.

Education/Academic qualification

Advance HE

31 May 2026 → …

Award Date: 26 May 2020

The Higher Education Academcy

10 May 2012 → 31 May 2026

Award Date: 10 May 2012

PhD

1 Apr 2004 → 1 Dec 2009

Award Date: 28 Apr 2010

Bachelor, Coventry University

1 Sep 1992 → 30 May 1996

Award Date: 1 Nov 1996

External positions

External Examiner: MA Automotive & Transport Design

16 Dec 2019 → 30 Sep 2021

External Examiner: MSc Industrial Product Design / MSc Design & Transport, Coventry University

1 Mar 2017 → 30 Sep 2021

Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland (ORECNI) - Lay member

1 Jan 2017 → 31 Jan 2019

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  • HeartAttach: Guidewire separator

    Magee, J., Peace, A. & Kelly, R., 9 Jan 2019

    Research output: Non-textual form › Device/Product

  • axial3d Insight

    Harpur, A., Haslam, N., McGrath, S., Fu Wu, S., Morales Cantana, E., Cooke, T., Donnelly, L., Magee, J. & Wilson, S., 18 Jun 2018

    Research output: Non-textual form › Software

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    39 Downloads (Pure)

  • Believably immersive VR experiences within the mining industry

    Magee, J., Quigley, T., McGroarty, P., Craven, P. & Vallelly, K., 7 Mar 2017

    Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

    Open Access
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    103 Downloads (Pure)

  • Hand Support for a Bow

    Porter, M., Magee, J., Doherty, L. & Wilson, IM., 24 May 2018, IPC No. G10D 3/16 (2006.01), World Intellectual Property Organisation, Patent No. WO 2018/091399 A1, 13 Nov 2017, Priority date 15 Nov 2016, Priority No. 1619317.9

    Research output: Patent

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  • PUPI: Pressure Ulcer Prevention Innovation

    Magee, J., Quinn, JP., Porter, M. & McSwiggan, R., 9 Oct 2020

    Research output: Non-textual form › Design

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