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IDE RESEARCH PLATFORM

Technology

Technology offers huge potential as an enabler for sustainable development and innovation. But technology is also a disruptor.

Society is running to keep up with the rapid pace of technological development. The influx of new materials, digital fabrication tools and data technologies are already transforming the discipline of design. The challenge for design researchers is to establish the best ways to design using these new technologies in the interest of people, the environment and society.

Research at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) employs a hands-on approach. We explore the opportunities, sticking points and dilemmas of this on-going technological transformation. We demonstrate new possibilities and highlight responsible solutions. Our researchers develop concepts, tools and guidelines to help designers navigate the technological transformation.

I love working on developing bicycles, environmentally friendly cars and aircraft interiors that are comfortable and at the same time generate knowledge in this area.
Peter Vink
Professor of Environmental Ergonomics

I love working on developing bicycles, environmentally friendly cars and aircraft interiors that are comfortable and at the same time generate knowledge in this area.

Peter Vink
Professor of Environmental Ergonomics

Designing behaviour for mobile robots

What would do you do if a you see a small delivery robot rapidly approaching on the sidewalk? Do you get out of the way, like you would if you see someone running in a hurry? And perhaps more interesting: should a robot get out of the way when it sees you running in a hurry?

Robofiets

The Robofiets project aims to create sustainable workplaces within Europe’s bike industry by investigating the potential of assistive technologies and human-robot co-production. With the changing requirements of mass production and the introduction of new personalised cargo bikes, these technologies have the potential to help in reshoring production back to Europe. The project aims to investigate the use of robots and assistive technologies in facilitating this process and offering inclusive and sustainable workplaces for employees, especially elderly workers and workers with disabilities.

MirrorLabs

Technological and demographic changes are pushing manufacturers to change their practices. In the transition towards Industry 4.0, companies across various sectors are actively incorporating ICT, robotics, and AI into their processes. As a result, the role of machine operators will change considerably, especially for those within the manufacturing industry.

Power LIFT

This project aims to build the skills needed to ensure the future competitiveness of Europe’s Small and Medium manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs). Power LIFT project will create a broad network of Learning-Factories and spawn an ecosystem that fosters research and technology transfer between academia and industry.

DIAMOND

The implementation of predictive maintenance (PdM) in production processes is a challenging, data-intensive task. It requires company specific maintenance strategies, which are generated by highly sought after and expensive data science experts. This, alongside pricey support software and further investment in personnel training, act as barriers in the adoption of PdM methods.

CPPS 101

Internet of Things (IoT) applications offer potential new business opportunities. In the manufacturing industry, IoT is largely employed to enhance manufacturing processes by means of cyber-physical production systems (CPPS), also known as Industry 4.0.

CoCoAS

To be able to create multiple types and variants of products, modern production environments must transition from line-based manufacturing towards more flexible models. This applies to various sectors, including the automotive industry, where every model requires differentiated production steps because of the diversity of parts.

Designing Rhythms for Social Resilience (DRSR)

The Designing Rhythms for Social Resilience (DRSR) project explores rhythm as a new methodology for policy-making, which aims to enhance the sharing of culture and increase the social resilience of neighbourhoods. This project investigates how people process their life experiences within cities and examines how these experiences are increasingly being documented with urban data. Through the participation of residents, civil servants and creative industries, we are able to analyse physical and digital data rhythms in Amsterdam.

Mediator

The ongoing transition to autonomous driving has huge safety potential, but also brings new risks. Think about driving mode confusion, overreliance on the system, reduced situational awareness and dangerous situations due to misuse. The driving task for the user changes to a more supervisory role, reducing the task load and potentially leading to degraded human performance. Similarly, the automated system may not (yet) function in all situations.

Delft Design Lab

Future Libraries Lab

Design for meaning making in libraries

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Atleet op een hometrainer, met technologie in snoertjes bevestigd aan sportkleding en op het lichaam.

Using sensors to stop sports injuries

All athletes, from amateurs joggers to elite footballers, experience sports injuries. What if medical professionals could predict when those injuries were going to occur and stop the damaging activity before the injury happens? In her PhD research, Annemarijn Steijlen takes a step in that direction.

Inside Delft Design

MSc. Albayrak, A.

Assistant Professor
Applied Ergonomics & Design. Expertise: Design for Healthcare, Medisign

Allen, P. van

Program Coordinator/Researcher AI

Dr. Assen, J.J.R. van

Post-doctoral Researcher, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. Expertise: visual perception, psychophysics, cognitive modelling, computational neuroscience, computer graphics.

Dr. ir. C.A. Bakker

Professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy. Expertise: Design for sustainability, Design for circular economy, Design methodology

A.R. (Ruud) Balkenende

Professor of Circular Product Design. Expertise: Circular product design, Design for Sustainability, Life cycle management

MSc. Beardow, C.

Caiseal Beardow is a PhD Candidate at TU Delft. Areas of expertise: Interface design, metaphors, mental models, quantum computing, human-computer interaction, physics education, computer science education

Bessai, R.

MSc. Bodell, K.F.

Fredrik Bodell is a PhD candidate. | Expertise: Eploring ow design practices can improve how digital health solutions are implemented into clinical practice

Ir. A.G.C. (Annemiek) van Boeijen

Assistant Professor
Industrial Design/Design Aesthetics. Expertise: Culture in design, Inter- and multi-national projects, Base of the Pyramid, Design methods

Dr. dipl. -Des. Boess, S.U.

Assistant Professor
Design for Interaction. Expertise: Design thinking and doing tools, Meaning in everyday system use, Health (ageing), mobility and ict in urban environments

Ir. Bolaños, J.

PhD. Expertise: Design for Sustainability, Repairability, Additive manufacturing.

Ir. Bos, P.

Puck Bos is a PhD candidate at TU Delft. Areas of expertise: bio-based plastics, circular economy, sustainable design, product design

Dr. M. (Marina) Bos-de Vos

Assistant Professor
Design, Organisation and Strategy. Expertise: Business model design, Digital innovation, Value co-creation, Value capture, Professional identity, Project management

J. (Jacky) Bourgeois

Assistant Professor (UD)
Internet of Things. Expertise: Personal Internet of Things Data, Participatory analysis and design, Supportive and user-centered systems, Sustainability and renewable energy

Dr. Boyle, J. H.

Jordan Boyle is an Assistant Professor in Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. | Expertise: Human-Robot Interaction, Mobile Robots, Swarm Intelligence, Multi-Robot systems, Biomimetics and Bio-Inspiration Robotic Fabrication, Designing experimental apparatus

Bozali, B.

MSc. Broadhead, J.S.

MSc. Buijs, M.J.J.

Lecturer. Expertise: Entrepreneurship by design.

Bulygin, D.I.

Alice Buso

Alice Buso is a PhD candidate in animated textiles at TU Delft. | Expertise: Material Driven Design, Textiles, Textile Experience, Weaving, Interfaces

MSc. Carrete, I.A.

MSc. Dam, J.J.F. van

Supporting staff member and lecturer, Design Engineering.

Sagar Dangal

PhD candidate of Design Engineering and Circular Product Design. | Expertise: Circular Product Design, Design for Repair, Aviation, Seat Design, Comfort

MSc. Degachi, C.

Ir. Dekker, R.A.

MSc. Di Staso, D.

MSc. Dideriksen, S. T.

Jan-Carel Diehl

Full Professor (HGL) of Design for Sustainability. | Expertise: Design for Sustainability, Design for the Base of the Pyramid, Design for Cultural Differences

Prof. ir. van Dijk, M.B.

Matthijs van Dijk is Professor of Mobility Design at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering and his main interests are Design methodology and Design processes in relation to the field of Mobility and Citizen engagement.

Msc. Dijkema, E.

Zjenja Doubrovski

Assistant Professor of Design Engineering. | Expertise: Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Design methods for Additive Manufacturing, Multi-material Additive Manufacturing, 3D printed customised products

Ir. Doucet, E.T.M.

Rene van Egmond

Associate Professor. | Expertise: Informational Ergonomics, Product Sound Design & Perception, Interaction Design, Research Methodologies, Data Analysis & Visualization

Willemijn Elkhuizen

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Design Engineering | Expertise: Material Experience, Cultural Heritage, 3D scanning, 3D printing, Extended Reality, Human-Computer Interaction

Prof. dr. Evers, A.W.M.

Jasper Faber

Jasper Faber is a postdoctoral researcher at IDE. | Expertise: Participatory Design, eHealth Interventions, Inclusive Design, Health Behaviour Change, Self-management, Personalisation

Jeremy Faludi

Assistant Professor, LEED AP BD+C. Expertise: Sustainable Design Methods, Design for Circular Economy, Green 3D Printing

Bas Flipsen

Associate Professor of Industrial Design Engineering. | Expertise: Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Thinking and Design, Repair, Remanufacture and Redesign/-think, Quantitative conceptual design, System modeling

Ir. Fromberg, E.H.E.

Uğur Genç

Uğur Genç is a postdoctoral researcher in Knowledge and Intelligence Design (KInD) research group at TU Delft.

Sepideh Ghodrat

Assistant professor of Design Engineering. | Expertise: Smart material systems, actuators, 4D printing, Materials and structural properties

Alejandra Gomez Ortega

Alejandra Gomez is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

MSc. Gomez-Beldarrain, G.

Richard Goossens

Professor of Physical Ergonomics. | Expertise: Healthcare, Biomechanics, Physical ergonomics

Lyè Goto

PhD candidate of Applied Ergonomics and Design. | Expertise: Medisign, User-centered design, 3D Anthropometry

Elmer van Grondelle

Lecturer. | Expertise: Automotive Design (Styling), Strategy Design, Design processes, Design methods, Future human mobility.

Groutars, E.G.

(Eric) Heng Gu

Eric H. Gu is a PhD candidate Candidate at IDE. | Expertise: AI, Co-design, Human-Computer-Interaction

Dr. Gur, U.

PhD. Hajiamiri, M.

Jess Hartcher-O'Brien

Assistant professor of Product Innovation Management. | Expertise: Haptics, Haptic design, Multisense, Touch

MSc. Hasankhani, M.

He, T.

Aadjan Helm

Lecturer/Researcher of Industrial Design. | Expertise: Interactive technology design, Software engineering

Ellis van den Hende

Assistant professor of Product Innovation Management. | Expertise: Storytelling, Sustainable consumer behavior, Acceptance of radical innovations

Suzanne Hiemstra-van Mastrigt

Post-doctoral researcher of Mechatronic Design. | Expertise: Mobility, passenger experience, comfort, seat design, public transport, aviation, people in transit

MSc. Houtman, T.A.

Julian Houwen

Julian Houwen is a PhD Candidate at TU Delft (IDE) and LUMC (Cardiology). | Expertise: Scaling Digital Health Innovation, Remote Patient & Family Management, Strategic Design

Tamara Hoveling

Tamara Hoveling is a PhD Candidate at TU Delft | Expertise: Medical device design, sustainable healthcare, clinical innovation, circular economy

Toon Huysmans

Toon Huysmans is an assistant professor of digital human modeling at TU Delft. | Expertise: Digital human modeling, physical ergonomics, 3D anthropometry, 3D printing & scanning, image & geometry processing, artificial intelligence, usability, design tools & techniques

Kaspar Jansen

Professor of Emerging Materials. Expertise: Wearables, Smart materials, Emerging materials, Interactive materials, Integration of emerging materials in design

Tomasz Jaśkiewicz

Assistant Professor of Industrial Design. Expertise: Design methodology, Highly iterative design processes, Design Tornado model, Interactive Prototyping, Smart buildings, Smart cities

Elvin Karana

Professor of Materials Innovation and Design. Expertise: Materials Design, Emerging Materials, Material driven design, bio-based materials, Materials experience.

Ianus Keller

Teacher. Expertise: Presentation & Communication, Collaboration & Interaction, Creativity, People & Users, Education

Ir. Kernan Freire, S.

PhD candidate. Expertise: Smart Manufacturing, AI & Design, Digital Intelligent Assistants.

Ir. Kets, W.F.

Dr. Kim, D.

Kim, J.

MSc. Kim, S.

Maaike Kleinsmann

Professor in Design for Digital Transformation.
Expertise: Digital Transformation, Strategic Design, Design Methodology, Co-creation, Healthcare, Smart Technologies

Laurens Kolks

Laurens Kolks is an assistant professor of design at TU Delft.

Gerd Kortuem

Professor of Internet of Things. Expertise: Internet of Things, Intelligent Systems, Data-Centric Design, Smart Cities

Peter Kraaijeveld

Peter Kraaijeveld is a senior lecturer at IDE. | Expertise: industrial design, digital development

Kurteva, A.

Liu, Q.

PhD candidate. Expertise: Smart Materials Interfaces, Shape Morphing Objects with Shape Memory Materials, Mechanics of Materials Testing, Human-computer Interaction.

Peter Lloyd

Professor. Expertise: Design Process, Design Thinking, Design Methods, Design Studies, Design Ethics, Design Discourse, Design Communication, Reflective Practice

Dr. Lomas, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Positive AI.

MSc. Louwers, G.L.M.

Dr. Love, J.S.

Drs. Maden, W.L.A. van der

PhD candidate. Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Well-being, Design Methodology, Well-being Assessment.

Ir. Man, W.Y.

Program Coordinator Artificial Intelligence

Joana Martins

Assistant Professor (UD)

MArch, Mehrvarz, M.

MSc. Meijer, W.

MA, Melo Signerez, P

Middelkoop, C. van (MFA)

Professor of Visual Communication Design. Expertise: Design Education, Visual Communication Design, Communication Design

MSc. Milias, V.

Sander Minnoye

Lecturer, Course Coordinator IO2022 – Product & Beweging
Design Engineering. Expertise: Embodiment Design, Agile Manufacturing

Mishra, V.

Johan Molenbroek

Associate Professor
Applied Ergonomics. Expertise: Anthropometrics, Inclusive design, Ergonomics, Human factors, Product safety, 3D scanning, Digital Human Modeling (DHM), Usability

MSc. Morales Ornelas, H.C.

PhD candidate. Expertise: eHealth, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence.

Ingrid Mulder

Associate Professor of Design for Social Transformations. Expertise: Transformative design, Social design, Design methodology, Design for change, Design for transition.

Dave Murray-Rust

Dave Murray-Rust is an Associate Professor in Human Algorithm Interaction Design at TU Delft. | Expertise: Human Algorithm, Interaction Design, Data Enabled Design, Human Computer Interaction, Relational Design, Speculative Design, Artificial Intelligence, Experiential AI

Prof. dr. ir. Nes, C.N. van

Professor of Human-Centered Design for Smart Mobility. Expertise: Human-Centered Design for Automated Driving, Human Factors in Transport.

Iohanna Nicenboim

PhD candidate, Human Information Communication Design. Expertise: Complex socio-technical systems, Connected everyday life

MSc, Nieuwborg, A.

MSc. Onasanya, A.

Mehmet Ozdemir

Mehmet Ozdemir is a lecturer/researcher at IDE. | Expertise: Digital Fabrication, Computational Design, Mass Personalization

Valeria Pannunzio

PhD candidate
Industrial Design. Expertise: Design for Healthcare, Data-driven design methods

Dr. Parisi, S.

Assistant Professor

Patil, M.

Ingrid de Pauw

Lecturer
Design Engineering. Expertise: Sustainable product development, Cradle to Cradle, Biomimicry, Ecodesign, Circular Product Design

MSc. Peng, Z.

Sylvia Pont

Professor of Human Information Communication Design. Expertise: Lighting Design, Ecological optics, Experimental psychology, Perceptual intelligence

Achilleas Psyllidis

Achilleas Psyllidis is an Assistant Professor of Location Intelligence and Spatial Analysis and Director of the Urban Analytics Lab at TU Delft. Expertise: Location Intelligence, Urban Analytics, Spatial Data Science, Geographic Information Retrieval, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Planning

M.A. Qiu, Y.

Prof. dr. Ridder, H. de

Professor of Information Ergonomics. Expertise: Visual perception, Decision making, Research methodology, Human factors, Information ergonomics

Prof. dr. Rietjens, J.A.C.

Clarice Risseeuw

Clarice Risseeuw is a PhD candidate at TU Delft. Her research focuses on exploring the potential of Flavobacteria’s living colour for interaction design.

Ristau, S.

Dr. ir. Romero Herrera, N.A.

Associate professor
Design Contextualization and Communication. Expertise: Design for self-management, Data practices, eHealth, Sustainability

Dr. ing. Rozendaal, M.C.

Associate Professor
Human Information and Communication Design. Expertise: Interaction design, Interaction aesthetics, User experience, Product service systems, Design innovation for healthcare

Ir. Ruiter, A.C.

H-Lifestyle, , M-Automotive Design, M-Mobility Systems, , T-3D Printing & Scanning, P-Culture, P-Ergonomics,

Prof. dr. Rutten-van Mölken, M.P.M.H.

Full Professor (HGL)
Expertise: Health Economics, Health Economic Modelling, Health Technology Assessment, Cost Effectiveness Analysis, Financing and Payment of Healthcare Services, Personalised Medicine, Precision Medicine, Person-centred Integrated Care, Digital Health Technologies, Medical Artificial Intelligence

Karlheinz Samenjo

Karlheinz is part of the Design for Sustainability and Circular Economy group at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His research focuses on product, service, and system design for resource-constrained settings in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions globally. These settings include areas with limited infrastructure, materials, supplies, and human resources, as well as a scarcity of essential, accessible, and affordable resources. This encompasses less affluent regions, areas affected by war, natural disasters, and more. Expertise: Healthy Society, Inclusive Society, Sustainable Society

Dr. Schneegass, C.

Assistant Professor (UD)

Fernando Secomandi

Assistant Professor. Expertise: Service design for emerging technologies.

Mascha Slingerland

Academic Support Staff
Sustainable Design Engineering

Dirk Snelders

Professor of Organising Product and Service Development. Expertise: Healthcare, Eco-system collaboration in care industries, Design expertise for service development, Designing human relations in service settings, Service prototyping

Wolf Song

Associate Professor
Industrial Design Engineering. Expertise: 3D printed electronics, 3D scanning, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Mr. Tajdari, F.

Roos Teeuwen

PhD candidate, Design Engineering, Design for Sustainability

Erik Tempelman

Associate Professor
Design Engineering. Expertise: Materials, manufacturing and more, Structures, Manufacturing methods, Lightweight design, Manufacturing and design, Smart materials, Design for recycling

Erik Thomassen

Erik Thomassen is a lecturer at IDE and ME. | Expertise: Mechanics, manufacturing, CAD, FEM, sustainable design

Aniek Toet

Aniek Toet is a PhD Candidate at IDE. | Expertise: multimodal, passenger experience, service design

Dr. Tsiakas, K.

Turtle, G.L.

Carlo Valk

MSc Van Leeuwen, G.E.

Niko Vegt

Post-doctoral Researcher, Human Information and Communication Design. Expertise: Game design research, Social interaction

Wilfred van der Vegte

Assistant Professor
Industrial Design Engineering. Expertise: Machine learning, Data analytics, Data mining, Function modelling, Simulation

MSc. Vekemans, V.C.

Himanshu Verma

Assistant Professor of Human-AI Collaboration. Expertise: Human-Centered AI, Empathy-Centric Design

Peter Vink

Professor of Environmental Ergonomics. Expertise: Effects on comfort, Well-being, Performance, Productivity, Health, Physical and Organizational human-environment interaction

Valentijn Visch

Associate professor
Design Aesthetics. Expertise: Persuasive game design, eHealth, Storytelling

Dr. Wang, C.

Prof. dr. Wang, C.C.L.

Professor of Advanced Manufacturing. Expertise: Geometric computing, Computer-aided design, Advanced manufacturing, Computational physics

MSc. Wartena, B.O.

Dr. Wijntjes, M.W.A.

Associate Professor. Expertise: Visual perception, communication, visualisation, online shopping.

ir. Wilbers, F.P.

Dr. Wu, J.

Associate Professor (UHD)
Advanced Manufacturing. Expertise: Geometric and physical modelling, Computational fabrication, Design optimization, Surgical simulation, Computer haptics

Msc. Yan, D.

MSc. Yurrita Semperena, M.

MSc. Zhou, Y.

PhD candidate. Expertise: human-robot interaction, social robot navigation, and computer vision.

MSc. van Essen, A.