About
I am a creative technologist building digital and physical products, and always busy with user experience design, software and hardware. In my current academic position I specialise in a Research Through Design methodology. Using novel technologies and bespoke designs, I develop interactive research products and deploy them 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 at home, 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
Exploring human-centred design, research and evaluation approaches for future smart homes and connected technologies. Initially started at Northumbria University, and transferred with my supervisor to Newcastle University in 08/19
Graduated with a 9 (out of 10). Specialisation 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
Practical sessions for MSc courses 'Advanced Programming', 'Information Systems (Interaction Design and Databases)', 'Programming and Data Structures', and 'MSc Project and Dissertation'
Practical sessions of the BSc courses 'Object-Oriented Programming', (family-focused) university events, and exam marking
Development of (primarily motion) graphics. Clients include, but are not limited to, Eindhoven University, DoChange and SmartHomes
Advising role within the Department Board as a student representative
BétaBoomen offered pre-university schools courses and lectures in STEM related subjects by university students. I developed additional courses to offer
Regional and national driver for subsidised trips for elderly (65+) and those with disabilities
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
An academic workshop on the sustainable and life 'after death' for the increasing number of IoT devices
An academic workshop on self-powered sustainable interfaces and interactions
Presented my research on Domestic Widgets (in 2019) and on WaveTrace (in 2018) as closing plenary for the BSc Interaction Design
5-day academic workshop on the future of smart domestic objects to help frame future work in interaction design
9-day product design workshop on future BENQ products
Co-responsible for the initial design and setup of the website
Responsible for the design of the website and all posters, flyers and banners
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