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Maria Björklund

Professor
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Zebo Peng

Deputy Head of Department, Professor, Head of Unit
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Anna Fredriksson

Deputy Head of Department, Professor
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Maria Mitradjieva

Faculty Programme Director

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Old habits are obstacles to new materials

Product developers believe that they take rational decisions when choosing materials for new products – but this is not the case. A newly presented doctoral thesis shows that personal ideas, habits and experiences also play major roles.
Veronika Domova

Towards a more user centred control system design

A control room in the industrial sector often comprises a wall of shining displays showing different parts of the production process. In her doctoral thesis, Veronika Domova aimed to develop a control system design, better adapted to human abilities.
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Thesis defence: Veronika Domova

Veronika Domova, a PhD student with the Department of Technology and Science at LiU, defends her thesis “Designing visualization and interaction for industrial control rooms of the future”. Opponent is Professor Thomas Porathe, University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

Recent theses

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Fredrik Henriksson (2021)
On Material selection and its consequences in product development
Cover of publication 'Aesthetic Flexibility: In Industrial Design Practice'
Torbjörn Andersson (2021)
Aesthetic Flexibility: In Industrial Design Practice
Cover of publication 'On the other side of change: Exploring the role that design can play in retaining sustainable doings'
Wanjun Chu (2021)
On the other side of change: Exploring the role that design can play in retaining sustainable doings

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