About
I am a creative technologist building digital and physical products, and ever on the fence about user experience, software and hardware. In my current academic position, I specialise in a Research Through Design methodology. Using novel technologies and bespoke designs, I develop and deploy interactive research technologies primarily in-the-wild. Learning from these experienceable products allows the exploration of alternative futures. In particular, my interests lay in interaction with distributed data in everyday environments that support or relieve human cognition, in enjoyable, playful and less-utilitarian ways. In my current research, as a Doctoral Trainee, I deploy alternative approaches to explore data as a resource for family life. This contributes to the search to find family-inclusive ways to use, manage and enjoy data amongst the family in their non-work focused environments, including children and elderly of all ages.
Parallel to this work, I experiment with designing software, hardware and product design, and enjoy woodworking, being outdoors and boardgames.
Resume
Transferred with my supervisor's job change to the neighbouring university
Exploring human-centred design, research and evaluation approaches for future smart homes and connected technologies
Graduated with a 9 (out of 10). Specialization in Constructive Design Research. Projects include, but are not limited to, a gestural interaction technique and distributed cognition in classrooms
Specialised in supportive technologies for education. Projects include, but are not limited to, a crowd-sourced planning tool for teachers, and a rehabilitation platform to motivate arm-hand use with games
A one-year education rewarded with a formal teaching qualification to teach physics in the first three grades of secondary education in the Netherlands
Assisting in Lab sessions of courses such as 'Object-Oriented Programming', (family-focused) university events, and exam marking
Development of (primarily motion) graphics. Clients include, but are not limited to, Eindhoven University of Technology, DoChange SmartHomes
Advising role within the Department Board as a student representative
Policy and website support, coaching secondary school classes and promotion for Industrial Design at schools
BétaBoomen offered pre-university schools courses and lectures in STEM related subjects by university students. I developed additional courses to offer
Assisting in part of the classes on Tangible and Embodied Interaction and lecturer on video for conceptual interactions
Assisting the General Chairs in organising the 2020 edition of the annual premier ACM CHI conference
Representing students of the Department regarding education, research, finance, policy and communications
Full-time representation of Industrial Design students in multiple bodies throughout the university. The study association further offers study material, workshops, leisure events and more
Responsible for organising and running a two-day festival with an average of 4.000 visitors a day
Presented research on Domestic Widgets
Presented design of WaveTrace and subsequent research
9-day product design workshop on future BENQ products
IEEE CGA, CHI '20, DIS '20, DIS '20 pictorials, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, CHI LBW '19, alt.CHI '19, CHI '19, TEI '19, IMWUT '18, DIS WIP '18, DIS '18
Received as part of my acceptance to CHI 2019 Doctoral Consortium
Used to host my research at the UK Maker Faire 2018 in Newcastle
Used to translate the WaveTrace research project into a consumer product prototype
Used for travel and accommodation for ISS 2017