Freya Probst
Research Associate in Healthcare Design
Biography
Freya Probst is a Research Associate on the EPSRC & NIHR funded ‘Deloneliness’ project led by Dr Wei Liu that aims to create a smart system to detect loneliness at home.
She has a background in product design and design research, and studied at the Bauhaus University Weimar, the Polytechnic University of Milan, the Royal College of Art in London, and Loughborough University. Her research interests relate to design methods, the user experience of digital technologies, healthcare design, human-centred design and sustainable production and consumption.
Research interests
- Design research
- Human-computer interaction
- Healthcare design
- Experience design
- Human-centered
- Sustainable design
Research
Manufacturing, Materials & Systems
Design, manufacturing and processing
Design & Mechatronics
Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.
Design for healthy ageing: A smart system to decrease LONELINESS for older people (DELONELINESS).
The ‘DELONELINESS’ project aims to design a smart monitoring and communication system to measure and tackle the societal challenge of loneliness in older people
Project status: Ongoing
Research
Manufacturing, Materials & Systems
Design, manufacturing and processing
Design & Mechatronics
Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.
Design for healthy ageing: A smart system to decrease LONELINESS for older people (DELONELINESS).
The ‘DELONELINESS’ project aims to design a smart monitoring and communication system to measure and tackle the societal challenge of loneliness in older people
Project status: Ongoing