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SungHee Ahn Associate Professor

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    M508

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    ahnsunghee9@gmail.com

Assigned Teaching Subject

UX Design, Product Innovation & Service, Sustainable Design, Design Theory & Trends

Level of Education

College of Engineering and Design , Brunel University (U.K), (Design Innovation & Strategy Major), Ph.D
Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of Arts London (U.K), M.A
College of Arts, Hongik University (S. Korea), BF.A

Career

2016 - current : Associate Professor at School of Design Convergence, College of Design & Visual Arts, Hongik University (S. Korea)
Seoul Design Foundation, External Chief Researcher (S. Korea)
Assistant Professor at Industrial Design dept., School of Design, Hunan University (Hunan Province, China)
Chief Researcher at PIDC (Public Innovaion Design Center ), under Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy (S. Korea)
Research Fellow at Goldsmiths College University of London (U.K)

Field of Study

UX Design, Human Factors, Sustainable Design, Public Service Design,

Dissertation

2021 : Digital Literacy-Based User Experience Design for Medication-Allergy Patients Care, HCI International 2022
2021 : A Study of Emotional UX on Non-purpose Interaction with Conversational AI, Journal of the Treatise on The Plastic Media
2020 : The implementation of face-recognition selfie service for elderly, The HCI Society of KOREA (First Author)
2020 : UI Kit design for health care App. based in senior information usage, The HCI Society of KOREA (Second Author)
2020 : A Study on Card Sorting Method for Participatory Urban Regeneration Design Process, Journal of the Treatise on The Plastic Media
2020 : The Analysis of asthma management app service flow-chat reflecting senior digital literacy, KSDS Conference (Second Author)
2020 : A Study of the Process of Planning City Landscape Design by Co-Design, Journal of the Treatise on The Plastic Media
2019 : Synaesthetic-Translation Tool: Synaesthesia as an Interactive Material for Ideation, CHI 2019 (Associated Author)
2019 : Designing Ideation Toolkit Based in Sensual Experience, Journal of Basic Design & Art (Second Author)
2018 : Re-Envisioning Material Circulation and Designing Process in Upcycling Design Product Life Cycle/ Korean Society of Design Science, ADR (Second Author)
2018 : Governance Design Strategy Model for Upcycling as Social Innovation DMI :Design Management Institute, 2018 ADMC
and 30, other papers

Writing or Translation

2020:Intoduction of Smart City Creative Industry Convegence, Worshipbulders Publishing House Inc. (co-author)

Research Subject

2020 : Digital outdoor advertisement contents service guideline development, Sejong Special City ( Ministry of Public Administration and Security, /National pilot project)
2019-2020 : A Study on User Experience Evaluation of Chemistry Popularization, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
2019 : 2019 Sejong City Artists Survey, Sejong City Cultural Foundation, Sejong Special City
2017 : Design innovation led by Materials: The 4th Industrial Revolution and the New Application and Direction of Solid Surfaces, LOTTE Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
2017 : ‘Interactive Storytelling Map’: the Smart Tourism Strategy for Sejong Special City, Sejong Special City Goverenment
2016 : Research on Domestic and Overseas Upcycle Design Network Development, Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan City Government
2016 : Seoul Upcycling Plaza Opening Strategy Development, Seoul Design Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan City Government
2016 : Korea-China Titration Technique-based Local Regeneration International Networking Project, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
2016 : China Industrial Design Demand Survey, Hunan University, KIDP
2016 : Yangtze River Water Source Environmental Assessment Survey (UX Design part), Microsoft China, Hunan University
2015 : User Experience for Product Innovation Research(The title & content is company private) LG China
2015 : Mobile UX Design Research (The title & content is company private), SamSung SDI
2015 : Research on the Cultural Regeneration of Ethnic Minorities in China (Service System Design Part) Hunan Provincial Government, Hunan University, University of London, Hermes

Award

2009 : Korea Public Design Prize by Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, (Grand Prize in Indivisual Prize Session)
2002 : British Foreign Ministry Chevening Fellowship

Exhibition

2017 : Bangkok Design Festival
2015 : Milan Design Week, Faure Salone, International Young Designer Promotion Exhibition (Co-Curation)
2012, 2014 : London Archtecture Binennale, Project Exhibition and Curation
Other Curation and participation in numerous Exhibitions such as Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Design Biennale, Busan Sea Art Festival, and etc.

External Activity

Assiciate Director, Korea Service Design Society
Member of DMI (Design Management Institute), U.S

Patent

2021 : Digital kiosk design, (3 patent)
2020 : Display Panel Image design,(UI) (3 patent)