5 Principles of Human-Centered Design

18 Dec 2017

This week, the Director of R&D of the Design Institute for Health will talk about Design Thinking and innovation

On December 20, Jose Colucci, Director of Research & Development of the Design Institute for Health (DIH), will talk about his experience using a human-centered approach to design products, services, and strategies. The talk will highlight how Design Thinking can bring innovation in many different industries and sectors of society using examples from his portfolio of 17 years at IDEO – one of the best-known design and innovation firms in the world – and his more recent experience at the Design Institute for Health.

Co-organized by UT Austin|Portugal Program and NOVA LINCS, the seminar will be held at FCT/UNL, DI Meeting Room, at 2:00 p.m., and it will be also transmitted by live session.

Host short bio

José Colucci is the Director of Research & Development of the Design Institute for Health (DIH). Before joining the DIH, José was a Sr. Director and Associated Partner at IDEO, where he worked for 17 years, Vice-President of Research & Development of ITI, developer of high-resolution, pen-based computer interfaces in Canada; and prior to that, he was the General Manager of the Medical Engineering Division at FUNBEC - Brazil's largest manufacturer of medical electronics for cardiology.

José has a BS in mechanical engineering, an MS in Industrial Design and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a guest lecturer at Harvard, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Olin School of Engineering. Currently, he also has a part-time teaching appointment at the University of Texas at Austin. Until 2016, he was a guest lecturer at Harvard, MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Olin College of Engineering.
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• Hosted by: Multimodal Systems
• Venue: DI Meeting Room - FCT - UNL campus (Ed. II)
• At the time of the Seminar, join the live session here (It will be necessary to download the software) and follow the instructions below:
  
  • Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/844713686
  • Or iPhone one-tap: +14086380968,844713686# or +16465588656,844713686# Or a H.323/SIP room system: H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) or 162.255.36.11 (US East)
    • Meeting ID: 844 713 686
    • SIP: 844713686@zoomcrc.com