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We’re seeking a PhD candidate to join the Wearable Senses lab in the Industrial Design department at the University of Technology Eindhoven. This is a fully funded, 4 year position with an opportunity to collaborate with our partners at TU Delft, TU Twente and in the Dutch wearables industry. We’d be grateful if you could forward the call to any suitable candidates with a strong background in design and an interest in wearables, personalisation, digital manufacturing, and co-design.



Closing date: Sunday, 26 August 2018

Start date: September/October 2018



A brief summary is included below. For full details, please see our website:

https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/phd-designing-data-enabled-cocreation-of-ultrapersonalized-productsservices-347760.html



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Dr. Annika Hupfeld

Assistant Professor



Department of Industrial Design

TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology

The Netherlands





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We are seeking a PhD candidate for the Next UPPS research project. The Next UPPS project on Risk, Identity and Control in UPPS co-creation processes is a collaboration between TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, and University of Twente, encompassing three interlinked PhD research topics that address challenges in transitioning from Analyse to Design to Produce within Ultra Personalized Products & Services (UPPS) in a functional clothing and wearables context. Each PhD project creates depth in one of the phases of the UPPS workflow, while collaborating with the academic and industrial partners to ensure the necessary knowledge transfers between the phases for each of the three case studies. The PhD candidate at TU/e will be responsible for the ‘Design’ stage, developing new co-design tools for end-user engagement.



The PhD will be under the supervision of Prof. Stephan Wensveen, Dr. Joep Frens, and Dr. Annika Hupfeld in the Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. The position is situated within the research cluster of ‘Future Everyday’ and the Wearable Senses Lab. The TU/e Wearable Senses Lab is an internationally leading research lab in the Netherlands regarding the designing of Smart Material Product Service Systems, specifically designs that incorporate wearable computing, smart materials and parametric and generative design. Wearable Senses follows a research-through-design approach in which creative transfers and real-life testing facilitate cross-overs to other disciplines.



Job requirements



  *   A Masters degree in a design related discipline

  *   A design portfolio demonstrating skills and knowledge in digital fabrication and data enabled design combined with a keen eye for aesthetics

  *   A commitment to research through making, reflection and co-design

  *   Initial experience with academic research

  *   An interest in research in the area of personalization and wearables

  *   A hands-on approach combined with analytical skills and common sense

  *   An ambition to build, organize and realize things and events

  *   Openness and interest to work with people from other disciplines

  *   Proficiency in English is a must (written and spoken), Dutch (spoken) desirable



Conditions of employment



  *   We offer a full time, challenging position for 4 years (48 months) in a new and rapidly growing Department of Industrial Design

  *   We offer a starting salary of € 2,266 gross per month in the first year and € 2840 gross per month in the third year (PhD-salary scale Collective Labor Agreement Dutch Universities) on a full-time basis, plus 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end of the year allowance.

  *   Attractive secondary labor conditions (good sport facilities, child care, etc.)







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