Dr Stephen Wang - Researcher Profile

Biography

Stephen Jia Wang (DocFA MA MA BA) works in the Department of Design at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer, Director of International Tangible Interaction Design Lab (ITIDLab), and Program Leader of Interaction Design. He has an integrated background across the fields of industrial design, interaction design, and architectural design. His design practice focuses on interactive installations, interactive controlling systems and informational products. Before this position, he has been working as Specially-appointed Professor at Tokyo Zokei University (Japan), Senior Lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), lecturer of at Monash University, and professional designer at several design consulting firms.

Research & Supervision Interests

Stephen has undertaken research in the field of Interaction Design for more than a decade. In the recent years, his research and practice focus on exploring new design methods, technology possibilities and related curriculum development in the field of Tangible Interaction Design. He is also an experienced interaction & industrial designer. In the past ten years he has been involved in several major research projects, published and exhibited across Australia, China and Japan.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS (ARCHITECTURE DESIGN)

Institution: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts

Year awarded: 2005

MASTER OF SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY

Institution: RMIT

Year awarded: 2003

MASTER OF INFORMATION DESIGN

Institution: Tama Art University

Year awarded: 2001

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Institution: Tsinghua University

Year awarded: 1998

Activities

Visiting professorships, fellowships, or other appointments

0013 - 2013
Invited Seminar
Title: A Case Study for Interdisciplinary Innovative Design Research Approach: SeRe-IV
ANU, College of Engineering & Computer Science

2009 - 2009
Invited Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Interaction Design
Title: A Case Study of Culture-Sensitive Interaction Design Curricular Development
Tsinghua (Qinghua) University

2009 - 2009
Leader, Song Xiewei Workshop, Icograda World Design Congress 2009
Title: Chinese Cultural Desire in Interaction Design
China Central Academy of Fine Arts

From: 21/02/2013 To: 21/02/2013
National University of Singapore, Keio-NUS CUTE Center
Invited Seminar
Title: The Strategy of ITIDLab and Coming MINTDes Program at Monash

From: 25/02/0013 To: 25/02/2013
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Invited Seminar
Title: The Strategy of ITIDLab and Coming MINTDes Program at Monash

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Japanese