[cid:image003.png@01D36834.7DE1BB50]Dear Faculty, Students, and Other Friends of the I2D Lab, The I2D Lab Meeting is rescheduled from tomorrow to next Wednesday, December 6th, same second floor Wang conference room, lunch served so RSVP, same time (11:30 - 1:30). This time Jackie Linnes will present a training that will be of interest to all, I think: This is a description adapted from a workshop she ran. Please invite students and field researchers/implementers involved in addition to the faculty cohort. This is an abbreviated version of the workshop. Workshop Description: Human Centered Design provides set of methods to engage with users before and during the development of a technology in order to improve adoption, continued use, regulatory approvals, and commercialization outcomes. No matter how well engineered a device or system may be, if users are frustrated by the device (e.g. a stove user would have to stand instead of their normal sitting) or the device is difficult to fit into the workflow (e.g., another person would have to be hired to run/analyze a test), it will have difficulty achieving widespread use and competing technologies with poorer technical performance but better user-design may be adopted instead. The goal of this workshop is to provide both an overview and practical experience using the HCD framework so that participants can design translational devices that ultimately meet the needs of the people who will actually use these diagnostic technologies. Outline: Workshop attendees will envision a device prototype, and develop a product hypothesis by defining potential users, their needs, and the critical assumptions that they have made about the context of device operation. They will then prepare for, and take part in role playing to engage with each other as potential users of the device and finally synthesize this information into a new hypothesize with changes to the device design and use. An example challenge and device include: Assume that you are working in a company that assists small shareholder farmers (1 acre or less for their home and farm) to enable them to gain market share when selling their fruits locally, and potentially internationally. If they can prove that their fruits are higher quality than competitors, people will purchase from them instead of others. Your team has designed a colorimetric paper-fluidic pH detection bandage to determine acidity of fruit skins because the surface of fruits changes pH when they are damaged by insects/environment. Working in a group of four, you will design a simple fluidic delivery system, write out interview questions for a farmer/field hand, and find out how this potential user would actually interact with the device. Andrea Burniske Program Manager, I 2D Lab Global Engineering Programs, 4th Floor, Wang Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Ph: 765.496.3533 Skype: AndreaLaBurniske https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/I2DLab In engineering<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering>, a solution may be considered elegant if it uses a non-obvious method to produce a solution which is highly effective and simple. An elegant solution may solve multiple problems at once, especially problems not thought to be inter-related.
