Topics of Ongoing / Forthcoming Bachelor’s and Masters Projects

  • Enhancing Sports and Sporting Experiences through Design
    As of December 2021, there are 6 master's students (4 IDE, 1 ITech and 1 IEM) who work on this research line. The projects involve third parties such as Enschede Marathon and Maurten.
    There are also 2 IDE Scientific Challenges Minor students who work on the same research line. The forthcoming projects may involve third parties and companies such as EatMyRide and Special Olympics NL.
  • User-Centred Design, User Experience, Experience Design, and UI Design
    As of December 2021, I am supervising 3 master's students (2 IDE and 1 ITech) who work on this research line. The projects involve third parties such as Dassault Systems and MSML.
  • User Engagement in Health and Wellbeing
    As of December 2021, I am involved in supervision of 1 ITech master's student who works on this research line. This project line is extension of an ongoing collaboration between Human Media Interaction (HMI) and Design, Production and Management (DPM) Departments of UT.

Are you a (UT) student who is interested in working on these or similar research topics (e.g., design and behaviour change)?

Please do not hesitate to contact me at: a.karahanoglu(at)utwente.nl

Ongoing PhD Supervision

  • Tina Ekhtiar (UT)
    Design of interactive technologies for digital health and well-being. (Daily Supervisor with Ruben Gouveia, and Promotor Geke Ludden)
  • Danique Hofstee (UT)

    Imagining the future of women's health: understanding of data in digital health technologies.

    (Daily Supervisor with Danny Plass, and Promotor Geke Ludden)
  • Ezgi Çakır (UT)
    Children’s Making Sense of Interaction with Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) in Fostering Physical Activities and Play. (To be started in Fall 2022; Daily Supervisor with Dennis Reidsma and Promotor Geke Ludden)

Bachelor's Supervision

I contribute to the below listed modules as tutor and supervisor. 

Industrial Design Engineering (UT)

  • Module 2: Ideation
  • Module 4: Smart Product
  • Module 5: Human Product Relations
  • Module 7: Design for Specific Users
  • Minor: Scientific Challenges IDE
  • Bachelor Assignments

Creative Technology (UT)

  • Graduation Assignments - Critical Observer

Master's Supervision

Industrial Design Engineering (UT)

  • I regularly supervise master students of Human-Technology Relations track of Industrial Design Engineering Master's programme.
  • I participate in master exams of IDE as external examiner as well.

Interaction Technology (UT)

  • On demand, I contribute to I-Tech master assignments as external examiner.

Completed Master's Theses Supervision (Since 2021)

I have supervised more than 15 Master students since 2017 at the UT.

  • Amalia Mantziari Zafeiri (IDE-2022). Understanding the training load management practices of recreational runners through design. (Internal assignment)
  • Jatin Verma (IDE-2021). Redesigning the DELMIA workforce planner mobile application to improve its usability and the UX flow
    (Company: Dassault Systems)
  • Richard van Huissteden (IDE-2021). Smart Floor: designing a wearable for applications in healthcare and sports. (Company: Smart Floor)
  • Gijs Verhoeven (ITech-2021). Samen Sterk: the design choices for a tool that represents non-numeric information for patients after an open heart surgery (External Examiner)
  • Sharon Engbers (ITech-2021). Smart Sports Exercises: Offensive decision-making in volleyball (External Examiner)
  • Lisanne Verheij (IDE-2021). A tool for facilitating user research for the Gridd UX Lab (Company: GRIDD)

Completed Bachelor's Theses Supervision (Since 2021)

I have supervised more than 20 Bachelor students since 2017 at the UT.

  • Lukas Vugts (CreaTE-2021) How to develop the EatMyRide app in a user-centred approach? (Company: EatMyRide / Co-supervisor)
  • Rochelle Spaargaren (CreaTE-2021). Designing a user-centred feedback system that fosters creativity. (Company: EatMyRide / Co-supervisor)
  • Renate Overdijk (IDE-2021). The design of a mood tracking and regulating product for student’s mental well-being. (No campany involved)
  • Floor Stefess (IDE-2021). Designing an intuitive object for hand rehabilitation at home. (No campany involved / Co-supervisor) (Results published in TEI 2022 Conference)

  • Shaurya Chaudhary (IDE-2021). Use of technology for tracking the wellbeing of domestic dogs. (No campany involved)
  • Mika van Duijn (IDE-2021). Improving the circularity of face masks. (Company: Rabobank Research)

  • Vera Jansen (IDE-2021). Designing and developing a new and sustainable loyalty concept. (Company: BioBuddi /Co-supervisor)