HELLO and WELCOME to read about me and my research
I am originally from Iran; born and raised in Iran. I have been living in Finland since 2014. I first completed my master’s degree in the field of ‘Computer Science’ at LUT (Lappeenranta University of Technology). The title of my master thesis is: ‘Interactive design thinking portfolio: a tool for user experience designers’. After graduating, in 2018 I joined ‘INTERACT Research Unit’ as a PhD candidate in the field of ‘Information Processing Science’. My research is under the supervision of Marianne Kinnula and Netta Iivari. I also work at the university’s Fab Lab, Fab Lab Oulu, as an instructor. My research is about the intergenerational aspect of digital fabrication and making with children.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- User experience design
- Child-technology interaction
- Both designing using Software and making using machines
- In the area of ‘children’s digital fabrication activities’, my interest is not limited to but includes the following:
- Adults’ roles and interactions
- Parents, teachers, and instructors
- Group work’s role
- Child-child and child-adult
- Individual learning
- Space and environment’s role
- Activity formulation
- Ideating
- Formal, informal, and non-formal contexts
- Adults’ roles and interactions
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
- FabAcademy instructor
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- Teaching in some of the University’s Fab Lab courses
- Fab Lab Project Management
- 2020: Computer-controlled cutting
- 2021: Computer-controlled cutting
- Fab Lab Digital Fabrication
- 2020: 3D printing and scanning; Wildcard week
- 2021: 3D printing and scanning; Wildcard week
- Fab Lab Project Management
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