{"id":5,"date":"2012-04-15T20:14:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studiolab.ide.tudelft.nl\/studiolab\/labmark-template-staff\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:08:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:08:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studiolab.ide.tudelft.nl\/studiolab\/boess\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m a product designer and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering<\/a> at the TU Delft. I research and teach in the areas of user research and design for interaction. I am specialised in qualitative research methods, user research as a generative step in product design, and inclusive design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years I have been very closely involved with design research for energy efficient housing<\/a>. New home technologies require new interfaces in the home and change people’s interactions with their home. Currently I contribute to themes 1,2 and 8 of the IEBB project<\/a> and co-supervise Evert van Beek’s<\/a> PhD project on the users’ perspective on heat pump use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other research interests include design research for patient empowerment, for example in orthopaedic rehabilitation<\/a>, and design for the user perspective on smart technology during travel, where I co-supervise Sumalee Udomboonyanupap’s PhD project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have set up and run two large scale (100 + students) design courses at the faculty, Exploring Interactions <\/a>and DfI Research Methodology, and have contributed to many other courses. Currently I run two elective courses for Masters students: <\/p>\n\n\n\n