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Yuan Lu is Associate Professor of Design for Healthy and Active Ageing. She is a member of the Faculty Graduate School Admission Committee and a Visiting Associate Professor at Zhejiang University in China. 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 the increasing aging society. She has a background in mathematics, industrial engineering and innovation sciences.
Luhas been leading and participating in a number of national and EU research projects in the area of designing for healthy and active ageing, including the CRISP Grey but Mobile project (2011-2014) in the Netherlands and the Horizon 2020 REACH project (2016-2020) in Europe. She has been a member of the advice board to the Province Brabant in the area of Healthcare since 2017.
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), where she also worked as research engineer. From 2000 to 2002, she did a joint PhD program with the Design Technology Institute (DTI) of the National University of Singapore and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). 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. She also holds a position as Guest Professor at the School of Software Technology at Zhejiang University in China.
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- 2 Finished
ProVita KIC Health 17288
Brombacher, A. C., Lu, Y., Valk, C. A. L., Damen, A. A. J. M. (., Vos, S. B., Schoumacher, J., Brankaert, R. G. A. & Brankaert, R. G. A.
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research direct
REACH
Bekker, M. M. (., Lu, Y., Lu, Y., Valk, C. A. L., Chuang , Y., Schoumacher, J., Damen, A. A. J. M. (. & Wintermans, M. C.
1/02/16 → 31/01/20
Project: Research direct
Research Output
Applying design methods to promote older adults’ walking activities based on their hobbies and personal interests
den Haan, M. C., Brankaert, R. G. A. & Lu, Y., 2020, Design of assistive technology for ageing populations. Woodcock, A., Moody, L., McDonagh, D., Jain, A. & Jain, L. C. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 257-273 17 p. (Intelligent Systems Reference Library; vol. 167).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Promoting fall prevention among community dwelling older adults through activLife: a physical and social activation
Lu, Y., Chen, Y-S. A., Kozak, D., Cornelis, H. & Partyga, P., 12 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Population Ageing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
Recommender system for responsive engagement of senior adults in daily activities
Kulev, I., Valk, C. A. L., Lu, Y. & Pu, P., 6 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Population Ageing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
RelivRing: reliving social activities for people with dementia
van Rijen, K., Cobbenhagen, T., Janssen, R., Olsen, M. V., Brankaert, R., Houben, M. & Lu, Y., 25 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) CHI’20 Extended Abstracts, April 25–30, 2020, Honolulu, HI, USA. New York, NY, USA: ACM Press, 8 p. LBW045Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Agile methods to enhance iterations in designing solutions for active ageing
Gomez Puente, S., Lu, Y. & Brankaert, R., 25 Jun 2019. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Open Access
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Activities
Education Day Systemic Change
Caroline C.M. Hummels (Organiser), Yuan Lu (Organiser)22 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
Quality and Reliability Engineering International (Journal)
Yuan Lu (Editorial board member)2008
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Courses
Student theses
A designerly way to bridge the gap between theory and practice: researching knowledge sharing theory using a designer attitude
Author: van den Berge, L., 31 Jul 2011Supervisor: Lu, Y. (Supervisor 1) & Berends, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Analysing the effect of consumer knowledge on product usability using process mining techniques
Author: Hofstra, P., 28 Feb 2009Supervisor: Lu, Y. (Supervisor 1) & Weijters, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Analyzing product reliability from the user perspective in the highly-innovative consumer electronics industry
Author: Roelofs, T., 30 Nov 2005Supervisor: Lu, Y. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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Analyzing the return of sound products with the use of data mining techniques
Author: Breukink, T., 30 Sep 2009Supervisor: Weijters, A. (Supervisor 1) & Lu, Y. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Analyzing uncertainty management in innovative product development: a case study in the innovative consumer electronics industry
Author: Kuipers, L. A., 30 Sep 2005Supervisor: Lu, Y. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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