Dr Hua Dong

After completing her PhD at the Cambridge University Engineering Design Centre, Hua Dong continued to work on the pioneering i ̴ design program – part of a UK-wide inclusive design research initiative – and also as a visiting research fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art, London. In 2006, Hua joined Brunel University as a lecturer in design.

As Principal Investigator, Hua has led research projects funded by Brunel University (BRIEF), the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Higher Education Academy (HEA), and National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts (NESTA).

Hua established the Inclusive Design Research Group (IDRG) which has now gained international international recognition (cited by USA, India, China and Japan) .

Hua has published 80+ academic papers. She is an editor of the book ‘Design for Inclusivity’ (Ashgate 2007), a guest editor of the Design for All newsletter (India) and the Alldesign special issue on Inclusive design (China).

Hua has led real world design research projects, resulting in award winning products for hospital use. She has won various awards at the ASME, CUU, CHI and INCLUDE Conferences, and was a UK NESTA Crucible awardee (2008).

Professional qualifications

• BEng (Industrial Design), Tongji University, China
• MA (Architecture Design and Theory), Tongji University, China
• PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Brunel University, UK

Research Interests

• Inclusive design
• Healthcare design
• Data visualisation
• Multidisciplinary design collaboration
• Design education

Current Research

• “Co-production of Physical Products and Value Co-creation - Scalability in the Wild”, funded by the Engineering and Physics Sciences Research Council (as Co-investigator) £365,236 (2010-2012)
• “Age friendly products and services”, funded by the Technology Strategy Board and Economic and Social Research Council (as Co-investigator) £480K (2011-2014)
• “Facilitating Wider Uptake of Inclusive Design”, funded by the Engineering and Physics Sciences Research Council (as Principal Investigator) £ 242,839 (2008-2011)
• “DataMIX: exploring more inclusive means of communicating data”, funded by National Endowment for Science, Technology and Arts (as Principal Investigator) £12,000 (2009-2012)

Previous Research

• “Learning Design through the Use of Simulation Tools and Multidisciplinary Collaboration”, funded by the Engineering Subject Centre, Higher Education Academic (as Principal Investigator) £ 3500 (2008-2009)
• "Visualisation of Anthropometric Data for Inclusive Design", funded by the Brunel University Research Initiative and Enterprise funds (as Principal Investigator) £15,000 (2007-2008)

Teaching

• 2006   Design Process    Level 1 core module (as module leader)
• 2006-07  Technological Design Evolution   Level 1 (as contributing tutor)
• 2006-   Major project     Level 3 module (as supervisor)
• 2006-09  MA dissertation     Level 5 module (as supervisor)
• 2010   MSc dissertation    Level 5 module (as supervisor)

Teaching initiatives

• “Design Bugs Out” healthcare innovation projects Case study available from here.
• “Sustain Our Nation” social innovation competition 24 (four groups) Brunel first-year design students were shortlisted as London –regional finalists
• “Cycling for the 50+” collaboration with the Camden Council Case study available from here and here.

Research Supervision

PhD Supervision

• An inclusive approach to medical device design for home use. (PhD 2008-2011, successful completion in 2011)
• Information behavior in Design: designers’ sources, use and communication of people information. (PhD 2008-2011, expected completion 2011)
• Supporting people-centered design through information and empathy. (PhD 2008-2011, expected completion 2011)
• An Inclusive and sustainable approach to energy-saving at home. (EngD 2009-2012, expected completion 2012, as second-supervisor)
• Assistive devices for home care. (PhD 2010-2013, expected completion 2013, as second-supervisor)
• Stakeholder influence in the implementation of life-long home design. (RCA PhD 2008-2013, expected completion 2013, as co-supervisor)

Research Fellow/Assistant supervision

• Since 2008, I have supervised three research assistants and two postdoctoral research fellows on various research projects with external funding.

Undergraduate student research projects supervision

• “Dementia home care and its implications for design.” (2009)
• “Methods of evaluating redesign concepts –using commode as a case study.”
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• “An observational study of engaging people with disabilities in the research process.” (2009)
• “Application of inclusive design principles to kitchen products.” (2010)
• “Developing a product database based on Brunel major projects with regards to ergonomics use in design.” (2010)

Consultancy

• “Design for Patient Dignity” project (2009-2010)
• “Design Bugs Out” project (2008-2009)

Professional activities/affiliations

• External PhD examiner: University of Cambridge, Sheffield Hallam University
• Reviewer of Journal of Engineering Design, The Design Journal
• Reviewer of the INCLUDE, CWUAAT, HCII, Universal Design and CUMMULUS conferences
• Member of the Design Research Society and Design Society
• Fellow of the High Education Academy

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) McGinley, C. and Dong, H., Designing with information and empathy: Delivering human information to designers, Design Journal 14 (2) : 187- 206

(2011) Dong, H., Alldesign special issue on Inclusive Design, Alldesign special issue on Inclusive Design

(2011) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Designing anthropometrics! Requirements capture for physical ergonomic data for designers, The Design Journal 14 (1) : 92- 111

(2011) Combe, N., Harrison, D., Dong, H., Craig, S. and Gill, Z., Assessing the number of users who are excluded by domestic heating controls, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 4 (1) : 84- 92 Download publication

(2010) Dong, H., Inclusive design research in action: Special issue by the Inclusive Design Research Group, Design For All Institute of India Newsletter 5 (6) : -

(2010) Dong, H., Strategies for teaching inclusive design, Journal of Engineering Design 21 (2&3) : 237- 251

(2009) Dong, H. and Vanns, N., Designing an Innovative Pill Dispenser: An Undergraduate Level Case Study of Inclusive Design, The Design Journal 12 (1) : 95- 115

(2009) Dong, H. and Vanns, N., Designing an innovative pill dispenser: An undergraduate level case study of inclusive design, Design Journal 12 (1) : 95- 115

(2007) Dong, H. and Cassim, J., Critical user forums for inclusive design, Ergonomics in Design 15 (4) : 4- 30

(2007) Dong, H., Inclusive design: an investigation in the context of UK industry, Design for All 2 (3) : 24- 45

(2006) Goodman, J., Dong, H., Langdon, PM. and Clarkson, PJ., Increasing the uptake of inclusive design in industry, Gerontechnology 5 (3) : 140- 149

(2005) Dong, H., Clarkson, PJ., Cassim, J. and Keates, S., Critical user forums: An effective user research method for inclusive design, The Design Journal 8 (2) : 49- 59 Download publication

(2005) Cassim, J. and Dong, H., DBA design challenge: engaging design professionals with inclusive design, ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing (81) : 3- 8 Download publication

(2004) Dong, H., Clarkson, PJ., Ahmed, S. and Keates, S., Investigating perceptions of manufacturers and retailers to inclusive design, The Design Journal 7 (3) : 3- 15 Download publication

Conference Papers

(2011) Dong, H., Pei, E., Chen, H. and Macredie, R., Visualising ergonomics data for design, 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11) (6) : 153- 160

(2011) Dong, H. and Chen, HY., A novel method of integrating ergonomics data for use in design, International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011 121- 128

(2011) Cifter, AS., Dong, H., Barnett, J. and Qin, SF., Are home use medical device easy to use?, International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011 307- 314

(2011) Dong, H. and Nicholls, S., How design students user ergonomics?, International Conference on Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2011, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2011 129- 135

(2010) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Public engagement with inclusive design; a new platform for knowledge transfer, Third International Conference for Inclusive Design (UD2010)

(2010) Dong, H. and Spiliotoupoulou, G., Engaging large class with inclusive design through the use of simulation tools and interdisciplinary collaboration, 12th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (EPDE10), When Design Education and Design Research Meet: Proceedings of EPDE10 260- 265

(2010) Dong, H. and Nickpour, F., Designing Ergonomic Data Tools for designers, The 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ePROCEEDINGS 8-53- 8-64

(2010) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Inform and inspire: representing older people data to designers, British Society of Gerontology Conference (BSG 2010)

(2010) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Unstructured user data for inclusive design, Third Research Student Conference (ResCon10)

(2010) Cifter, AS. and Dong, H., Instruction manual usage: A comparison of younger people, older people and people with cognitive disabilities, 5th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2010), Global Perspectives on Design Science Reserach (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (6105) : 410- 425 Download publication

(2010) Cifter, AS. and Dong, H., Lay-user characteristics reflected by their interaction with a digital camera and a blood pressure monitor, 5th Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology Download publication

(2009) Dong, H., Nickpour, F. and McGinley, C., Designing user data for designers, 17th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'09), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'09)

(2009) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Anthropometrics for inclusive design, 17th World Congress on Ergonomics (IEA2009)

(2009) Dong, H. and McGinley, C., Design bugs out: a real world investigation of hospital bedside chairs and commodes, 17th World Congress on Ergonomics Download publication

(2009) Dong, H., Nickpour, F. and McGinley, C., Designing ergonomics data tools for designers, 17th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED’09) Download publication

(2009) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Anthropometrics without numbers!, Research Student Conference (ReSCon09)

(2009) Borja de Mozota, B. and Dong, H., Towards a theory of design management: Can theoretical models defines its territory?, D2B2: Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium, Proceedings of D2B2: Tsinghua International Design Management Symposium 362- 370

(2009) Zhang, T. and Dong, H., Human-centred design: An emergent conceptual model, Include2009 Download publication

(2009) Cifter, AS. and Dong, H., User characteristics: Professional vs. lay users, Include 2009, Include 2009 Proceedings Download publication

(2009) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Anthropometrics without numbers! An investigation of designers' use and preference of people data, Include 2009 -International Conference on Inclusive Design Download publication

(2009) Baird, L. and Dong, H., Inclusive design for air travel, Include 2009 Conference Download publication

(2008) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Anthropometric data for designers: issues about accessibility and usability, British HCI 08

(2008) Dong, H. and Vanns, N., Designing an inclusive pill dispenser, 4th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT 2008), Designing Inclusive Futures: Proceedings of the 4th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT 2008) 85- 94

(2007) Dong, H. and Turnock, P., Is it appropriate to introduce real client projects to first-year design students?, Shaping the Future: 9th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (EPDE07), Shaping the Future?: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (EPDE07) 507- 512

(2005) Dong, H. and Clarkson, J., Combating barriers to inclusive design: Evaluation of an inclusive design toolkit, 15th International Conference on Engineering Design, Globally Effective Engineering Design: Engineering Design and the Global Economy 2- Download publication

(2004) Dong, H., Clarkson, PJ. and Keates, S., Industry perceptions to inclusive design: A comparative study, ASME 2004 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (DETC’04), 2004 Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences/Computers & Information Engineering Conference 553- 562 Download publication

(2004) Dong, H. and Clarkson, J., Requirements capture for inclusive design resources and tools, 7th Biennial ASME Conference Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA’04) Download publication

(2003) Dong, H., Keates, S. and Clarkson, PJ., Designers and manufacturers’ perspectives on inclusive/universal design, 2003 International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 03) Download publication

Book Chapters

(2010) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Developing user data tools: challenges and opportunities. In: Langdon, P., Clarkson, PJ. and Robinson, P. eds. Designing Inclusive Interactions. Springer Verlag -

(2010) Nickpour, F. and Dong, H., Representing unstructured user data for inclusive design. In: Salvendy, G. and Karwowski, W. eds. Advances in Understanding Human Performance. CRC Press

(2009) McGinley, C. and Dong, H., Accessing user information for use in design. In: Stephanidis, C. ed. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Addressing Diversity. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K (5614) : 116- 125

(2008) Dong, H. and Vanns, N., Designing an inclusive pill dispenser. In: Langdon, P., Clarkson, J. and Robinson, P. eds. Designing Inclusive Futures. London : Springer (Part II) : 85- 94

(2007) Cassim, J. and Dong, H., Designer education: Case studies from graduate partnerships with industry. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 71- 87

(2007) Dong, H., Nicolle, C., Brown, R. and Cassim, J., Designer-orientated user research methods. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 131- 147

(2007) Cassim, J. and Dong, H., Empowering designers and users: Case studies from the DBA inclusive design challenge. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 89- 109

(2007) Cassim, J., Coleman, R., Clarkson, J. and Dong, H., Introduction. In: Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 1- 9

(2007) Dong, H., Pullin, G., Nielson, I., Benktzon, M., Bobjer, O. and Tanner, B., Market advantage: practitioners' viewpoints. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 57- 70

(2007) Coleman, R., Topalian, A., Dong, H. and Clarkson, J., The business case. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 33- 55

(2007) Cassim, J., Coleman, R., Clarkson, J. and Dong, H., Towards inclusion: Future challenges. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 229- 239

(2007) Cassim, J., Coleman, R., Clarkson, J. and Dong, H., Why inclusive design?. In: Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J. eds. Design for Inclusivity: A Practical Guide to Accessible, Innovative and User-Centred Design. Hampshire, UK : Gower Publishing Ltd 11- 21

(2007) Dong, H., Shifting paradigms in universal design. In: Stephanidis, C. ed. Universal Acess in Human Computer Interaction. Coping with Diversity. Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer (4554) : 66- 74

(2007) Dong, H., Cassim, J. and Coleman, R., Addressing the challenges of inclusive design: A case study approach. In: Universal Access in Ambient Intelligence Environments. Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer (4397) : 273- 286

(2007) Dong, H., Green, S. and Thomas, N., Redesigning earplugs: issues relating to desirability and universal access. In: Universal Acess in Human Computer Interaction. Coping with Diversity. Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer (4554/2007) : 137- 146

(2006) Dong, H. and Cassim, J., DBA case studies. In: Inclusive Design Handbook. 26- 29

(2006) Dong, H. and Clarkson, J., Inclusive design: theory and practice. In: Inclusive Design Handbook. 7- 8

(2003) Cassim, J. and Dong, H., Critical users in design innovation. In: John Clarkson, P., Coleman, R. and Keates, S. eds. Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population. New York, NY : Springer-Verlag 532- 553

(2003) Clarkson, PJ., Dong, H. and Keates, S., Quantifying design exclusion. In: John Clarkson, P., Coleman, R. and Keates, S. eds. Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population. New York, NY : Springer-Verlag 423- 437

(2003) Clarkson, PJ., Ding, H. and Keates, S., The prevalence of functional impairments in Great Britain. In: John Clarkson, P., Coleman, R. and Keates, S. eds. Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population. New York, NY : Springer-Verlag 360- 371

Books

(2007) Coleman, R., Clarkson, J., Dong, H. and Cassim, J., Design for inclusivity: A practical guide to accessible, innovative and user-centred design. Gower Publishing Ltd