Yuan Lu
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Yuan Lu is an Associate Professor in Systemic Change at the department of Industrial Design (ID), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Since June 2021, she has become the director of education for the bachelor and graduate program at ID. Lu is interested in exploring the use of design probes to create innovation opportunities and support design decisions with multi-stakeholders. She aims at creating intelligent products, systems and related services for healthy and active ageing. <br/>She has led and participated in some related national and EU research projects, including the Crisp Grey but Mobile project (2011-2015) and the Horizon 2020 REACH project (2016-2020). She actively participates in the national collaboration EWUU, an academic alliance between Wageningen University of Research (WUR), University of Utrecht (UU), University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) and TU/e. She also collaborates closely with Maxima Medical Center (MMC) on improving the cardiac rehabilitation program through promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Yuan Lu holds a BSc and MSc in Mathematics from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China (1995). She also holds an MSc in Engineering from the National University in Singapore (1999). She is the first joint PhD between National University of Singapore and Eindhoven University of Technology. After obtaining her doctorate, Lu joined TU/e as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Technology Management. In 2008, she became Assistant Professor in the Industrial Design department of TU/e, and in 2012 she became Associate Professor. In addition to her appointment at TU/e, she has been a Visiting Associate Professor at the International Design Institute at Zhejiang University in China between 2011-2018. She was appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor in Taiwan Tech in 2016, and a Guest Professor at School of Software Technology at Zhejiang University in China since Nov 2017.
Recent Publications
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Fan Li,Nick Ruijs,Yuan Lu
Ethics & AI: A systematic review on ethical concerns and related strategies for designing with AI in healthcare
AI (2023) -
Gubing Wang,Dena Kasraian,Carlijn Valk,Yuan Lu,William Hurst,Marielle Jambroes,Pieter van Wesemael
A Toolkit for Co-Designing towards Community-Based Active Ageing
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022) -
Yunjie Liu,W.F. (Mayra) Goevaerts,Max V. Birk,Hareld M.C. Kemps,Yuan Lu
Development of a Conversational Dietary Assessment Tool for Cardiovascular Patients
(2022) -
Yunjie Liu,Yuan Lu,Hareld M.C. Kemps,Max V. Birk
A conversational-based dietary assessment tool for cardiovascular patients
ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022 (2022) -
Myrte Thoolen,Francesca Toso,Sebastiaan Peek,Yuan Lu,Rens G.A. Brankaert
LivingMoments: Bespoke Social Communication for People living with Dementia and their Relatives
(2022)
Current Educational Activities
- Design innovation methods
- Creating corporate entrepreneurship
- FMP Proposal (SC)
- FMP Proposal (FE)
- Stakeholder perspectives in design
- Preparation final master project (Future Everyday)
- Preparation final master project (Systemic Change)
- Project 1 design
- Project 2 design research
- Project 2 design
- Project 3 design research
- Project design (research)
- Project 1 Design
- Project at university/research institute abroad
- Project at company abroad
- Project at a company in the Netherlands
- Project at department of Industrial Design (FE)
- Exchange abroad
- Project at department of Industrial Design (SC)
- Elective international experience
- Master courses other department/university NL
- Design management
- Combined graduation project
- Exchange university abroad
- Combined graduation project
- Research project university
- Minor other university
- Professional identity and vision
- Values based leadership in business innovation
- Design Entrepreneurship
Ancillary Activities
No ancillary activities