Over the years I’ve been involved in various courses and graduation projects, originally as student assistant, nowadays as teacher.
Current educational activities
Courses
Cognitive Ergonomics for Complex Systems (2014 – now) Lecturer and coach.
Interactive Audio Design (2012 – now) Lecturer, coach, programming of the course synthesizer.
Embodied Audio Design (2012 – now) Lecturer, coach, programming of the course synthesizer.
Research & Design (2011 – now) Research coach.
Former educational activities
Courses
Product Sound Design (2011-2012) Lecturer and coach. This course was split in two separate courses: Interactive Audio Design and Embodied Audio Design.
DfI Research Methodology (2013) Coach
Context and Conceptualization (2011-2014) Essay reviewer
Bachelor Finals Project (2011-2012) Research Coach
Interactive Technology Design (2008-2009) Teaching students to make interactive prototypes (e.g., sensors, actuators, MaxMSP, Arduino)
Electronics & Interaction (2009) Designing, building and programming the electronics practical.
Product in werking (2008) Teaching students how to use electronics measurement devices (e.g., multimeters)
Modelleren (2007-2008) Programming LabView examples for the practical.
Product in beweging (2007-2008) Programming an automatic measuring system in LabView and assisting the practical.
Graduation projects
Designing the user experience for the future keyboard (TĂș Ngo, 2012) Graduation mentor.
Audigator – Designing an auditory scale model for blind people (Xiaowei Wang, 2012) Graduation mentor in cooperation with Stichting Geluid in Zicht.
Beaded: Emotion toolkit to improve the quality of life of cancer patients (Marloes de Wit, 2010) Designing and programming Beaded’s RGB color control and user interface in MaxMSP.
Design of a product that facilitates weight management by means of mindful eating (Esther Toet, 2010) Designing and programming the scale’s ’embedded software’ in MaxMSP.
Laparoscope training tool for surgeons (Eva Biemans, 2009) Designing and programming the target detection software in Arduino for the training environment.
Kita – Toy for ADHD children (Juan Jimenez, 2008) Facilitating rapid interactive prototyping with MaxMSP and Phidgets. Designing the flowchart for the embedded software of the final prototype.
Other projects
Laparoscope training tool (2011) This project was done for Karl Storz (Germany) and continued on the work of Eva Biemans’ graduation project.
Experiment Gillette shaving sounds (2008, 2009) Designing and programming the experiment software in MaxMSP. Conducting the experiment at the research plant in Reading, UK. Writing the final report.
Frits Philips Kunstprijs contest at museum “Kunstlicht in de kunst” (2008) Stella and Stefan designed the Love Hate Punch, a boxing bag that would locally flash when hit, and with continuous hitting would change its background color. It won the first price! I programmed the background color transitions in Arduino.
PhD project on human powered products (2008) Programming an experiment setup in LabView.