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Terrence Fernando
Prof Terrence Fernando
postal addressThe Think Lab, 7th Floor, Maxwell Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT.
email addressT.Fernando@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 2914
Key Memberships
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Full Member of Research Centre: Construction Information Technology Research Centre (CITC)
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Centre for Property & Facilities Management (CPFM)
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Management in Construction Research Centre (MIC)
From October 2009 to present.
Profile Summary
My current research interests are in virtual prototyping technologies and future workspaces for distributed organisations, focusing on sectors such as aerospace, automotive, building construction and urban planning.
Key Projects
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2012
Apr
Eight Songs for a Mad King
Arts Council England, £30,000.00.
Principal Investigator: B Shirley (25%). Co-Investigators: T Fernando (25%), A Williams (25%), S Davismoon (25%).
2010
May
VISIONAIR - VISION Advanced Infrastructure for Research
EC (Framework), £174,377.00.
Principal Investigator: T Fernando (100%).
2009
Jun
Framework for Research and Innovation in MediaCityUK (FIRM)
EPSRC, £2,688,996.61.
Investigators: P Barrett (45%), T Fernando (10%).
2006
May
CoSpaces - Innovative Collaborative Work Environments for Individuals and Teams in Design and Engineering
EC (Framework), £858,788.00.
Investigators: F Khosrowshahi (10%), T Fernando (90%).
2004
Feb
INTUITION - Network of Excellence on Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments Applications for Future Workspaces
EC (Framework), £149,385.00.
Investigator: T Fernando (100%).
2004
Feb
Enhancing the Decision Making Process in Urban Spatial Planning Using Advanced ICT
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, £21,280.00.
Investigators: P James (60%), S Curwell (15%), T Fernando (15%), A Hamilton (10%).
2003
Dec
INTELCITIES - Intelligent Cities
EC (Framework), £511,373.59.
Investigators: S Curwell (25%), G Aouad (25%), A Hamilton (25%), T Fernando (25%).
2003
Jun
RealProf Annex
EC (Framework).
Investigator: T Fernando (100%).
2003
Mar
Urban Sustainability for the 24 Hour City : Development of Design Making Tools and Resources - VIVACITY
EPSRC, £1,268,304.00.
Investigators: T Fernando (9%), G Aouad (9%), T Cox (12%), R Cooper (70%).
2002
Nov
Real World Intelligent Monitoring of Protheses and Footwear (Real-Prof)
EC (Framework), £227,402.00.
Investigators: T Fernando (10%), D Howard (30%), C Nester (60%).
2002
Jun
A Strategic Roadmap for Defining Distributed Engineering Workspaces of the future (FUTURE WORKSPACES)
EC (Framework), £68,992.00.
Investigator: T Fernando (100%).
2001
May
NW Research Centre for Advanced Virtual Prototyping
EPSRC, £860,484.00.
Investigator: T Fernando (100%).
Key Presence
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External Examiner Duties
2011
Jan
University of Reading (United Kingdom, January 2011).

External Examiner - PhD: User Perceptions of System Attributes in Ubiquitous Monitoring: Toward a Model of Behavioural Intention

2010
Jan
University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom, January 2010).

External Examiner - PhD: An Investigation into a Distributed Virtual Environment for Real-Time Collaborative 4D Construction Planning and Simulation

2009
May
University of Warwick (United Kingdom, May 2009).

External Examiner - PhD: Soft Volume Simulation using a Deformable Surface Model

2009
Jan
University of Nottingham (United Kingdom, January 2009).

External Examiner - PhD: Collaborative Mixed Realty Environment: An Application for Civil Engineering

2008
Jan
University of Sheffield (United Kingdom, January 2008).

External Examiner - PhD: Creating a Virtual Training Environment for Traffic Accidents' Investigation for the Dubai Police Force

2004
Jun
University of Teesside (United Kingdom, June 2004).

External examiner - PhD: Multi-constraint information management and visualisation for collaboration planning and control in construction 

2002
Jan
Univesity of Nottingham (United Kingdom, January 2002).

External Examiner - PhD: Usability of Virtual Environments

2001
Jan
University of Nottingham (United Kingdom, January 2001).

External examiner - PhD: The Structured Development of Virtual Environments: Enchancing Functinality and Interactivity

2000
Jan
University of Manchester (United Kingdom, January 2000).

External examiner - PhD: A framework for physically-based modelling

1999
Jun
University of Hull (United Kingdom, June 1999).

External Examiner - PhD: Towards a Physical Model for Virtual Environments

1999
Jan
University of Manchester (United Kingdom, January 1999).

External Examiner - PhD: Distributed Virtual Environment for Large Scale Applications

1999
Jan
University of Manchester (United Kingdom, January 1999).

External Examiner - PhD: Distributed Virtual Environment for Large Scale Applications

1999
Jan
University of Manchester (United Kingdom, January 1999).

External Examiner - PhD: Distributed Virtual Environment for Large Scale Applications

Invited Papers and Lectures
2011
Aug
Journey into Virtual Environments (Open Lecture, University of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, August 2011).
2011
Jul
Potential of Virtual Prototyping Technology for Creating Sustainable Environments (Keynote speaker at International Conference on Building Resilience, Dambulla, Sri Lanka, July 2011).
2011
May
Potential of Collaborative Technologies in Reshaping Future Workspace Environments (World Manufacturing Forum, Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy, May 2011).
2011
May
Collaborative Workspaces for Multifunctional Teams (Keynote speaker at SVR2011 (XIII Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality), Uberlandia, Brazil, May 2011).
2011
Feb
The Think Lab and its Use of 3D and Immersive Technologies (IMAGINA: European 3D Simulation & Vizualization event, Monte Carlo, Monaco, February 2011).
2010
Jun
Breaking through complexity: using vizualization technologies to empower citizens and stakeholders in the urban planning process (Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum, Linkoping, Sweden, June 2010).