Shaping Impact
Industrial Design received awards during Research Day 2025. Research on perinatal care and mental well-being acknowledged both within and beyond the department.
Human-Centered
果冻传媒鈥檚 Research Day focused on collaboration, but also posed the question: who are we designing for? For the Department of Industrial Design, it was a moment of recognition for research that emphasizes the human side of technology. Juliette van Haren received the PhD Thesis Award not only for her dissertation, but also for the unique technological design she developed during her PhD.
Perinatal Life Support technology鈥攔ecently in the news with AquaWomb鈥檚 liquid-filled incubator鈥攊s an example of how technology and medical insights can jointly create new possibilities for caring for the youngest patients in clinical settings.
Her research and design, grounded in design principles, demonstrate how a patient-centered vision was integrated from the outset, leading to the safe and responsible development of technology aimed at improving the quality of perinatal care.
Care and Technology
Industrial Design was also represented in the Best EngD Thesis category. was nominated for her graduation project, 鈥淐aring for Caregivers: Monitoring Mental Well-being in Healthcare Workers and Educators Through AI.鈥� She is now continuing her research as a PhD candidate at Tilburg University. Her work illustrates how design and data analysis can jointly contribute to the well-being of professionals in healthcare and education.
Appreciation
The department congratulates both researchers on their nomination and award. Their work highlights the power of design as a connecting discipline between technology and society. Research Day 2025 thus provided not only a platform for innovation, but also a moment of reflection on the role of design in a changing world.