Researcher

Lukas Van Campenhout

Research Expertise:Usability and User Experience Testing Testing both pragmatic and hedonic quality of digital products and systems is part of my field of expertise. Pragmatic quality involves the usability and utility of digital products and systems. Hedonic qualtity encompasses the mental well-being that such products and systems catalyse in their users. Research through Design As a long-time design expert at Achilles Design (www.achilles.be), I am a pioneer and advocate of Research through Design, which uses design as a fully-fledged tool for scientific research. I believe that Research through Design, more than traditional research methods, leads to new thinking and innovation. My own research within the UA illustrates this, as does my research with Ground Eight (www.ground-eight.be).

Keywords:INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - HCI, FOCUS GROUP, INTERACTION DESIGN, EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Other technical sciences

Disciplines:Design theories and methods, Manufacturing engineering, Mechanics, Mechatronics and robotics, Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Product development, Safety engineering

Research techniques:The form of Research through Design that I apply is based on 3 pillars: design, verification and reflection. In the design phase, an experimental form of design is applied in which interaction scenarios and prototypes are continuously created. The verification phase consists of user testing based on these prototypes. The user testing can be both qualitative and quantitative.

Users of research expertise:At Ground Eight, I work with Flemish manufacturing companies: Audi, Kuka, Xeikon, CnH Industrial (Flanders Make Icon projects). At this moment, I am setting up an exploratory research project (VLAIO) in the retail sectort, together with Achilles Design and Colruyt Group.