Kuo, Jo-Yu (Joy)
Assistant Professor | 2022 – Present
Department of Industrial Design, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Research Fellow | 2020 – 2022
HP-NTU Digital Manufacturing Corporate Lab, Singapore
Research Associate | 2018 – 2020
Schaeffler Hub for Advanced Research at NTU, Singapore
Education
Ph.D. Design and Human Factors Engineering | 2018
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Thesis: An investigation into the affective properties of sporting goods based on cycling experience
Award: Singapore International Graduate Award Scholarship (joint degree programme)
BS & MS Industrial Design | 2012
College of Planning and Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Specialised in ergonomics and interaction design
Thesis: One-handed gesture design for browsing on touch phone
Award: MOE Scholarship programme for overseas study in arts and design (Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Germany)
Invited seminars and workshops
Keynote speaker. "Teaching entrepreneurship through design thinking and innovative product development". Teacher Training Camp (virtual), Teaching Resource Center at National Taipei University of Technology, Oct 2024.
Design thinking mini workshop facilitator for SUPSI Department of Innovative Technologies, Switzerland x National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2023 & July 2024.
Design workshop instructor. "Gamification: Level up your product design". National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Dec 2022.
Keynote speaker. Design innovation forum. Shanghai (virtual), Dec 2021.
Seminar speaker. "Design thinking and engineering". HP Tech Talks (virtual), Nov 2020.
Panel speaker. "Challenges and opportunities for personal mobility devices in smart cities". The 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress. Singapore, Oct 2019.
Design advisor. International Joint Design Workshop: future travel tool and intelligent rail transit design. Tianjin, China, July 2019.
Academic and professional service
Chief, International Student Section, Office of International Affairs, Taipei Tech, Aug 2024 –
Jury panel. AIoT Developler InnoWorks. Advantech. August 2024.
Journal Paper Reviewer
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Mar 2018 –
Journal of Engineering Design, June 2023 –
Ergonomics, Dec 2023 –
Displays, Dec 2023 –
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Jan 2024 –Conference Paper Reviewer
2024 DRS Design Research Society International Conference. Theme: Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, Reimagination, Boston, June 2024.
2023 International Conference on Innovation Digital Design. Theme: AI and the Recontextualization of Design, Tainan, May 2023.Jury panel. AIoT Developler InnoWorks. Advantech. August 2023.
Guest editor. Recent Advances in Smart Design and Manufacturing, Applied Sciences, 2022
Course trainer. Design Methodologies and Innovation for Additive Manufacturing, Centre for Professional and Continuing Education, 2022.