Lora Oehlberg

CNMAT's Resource Library

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Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT) has a complicated (but effective!) way of tracking resources available within their fabrication facilities.

About Me

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I research new technologies and tools used by multidisciplinary human-centered design teams. I am also interested in the role that sustainability plays in early-stage design, both in balancing the users’ and designers’ values with respect to sustainability, and in using sustainability as a source of inspiration for innovation.

I am currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the in|situ lab at INRIA Saclay Ile-de-France, working with Wendy Mackay. My current work looks at how collaborating designers interact with digital designs and physical artifacts through digital fabrication.

I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (December 2012). I am an alumna of the Berkeley Institute of Design (BiD) and the BEST Lab. My primary research advisor was Alice Agogino (ME); I also collaborated on research projects with Sara Beckman (Haas/Business) and Björn Hartmann (EECS/HCI).

I have a B.S. (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, where I did undergraduate research at the Center for Design Research. I also have a M.S. (2008) in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley. I was a very active member of the Berkeley design community: I was the graduate student advisor to Berkeley Innovation, helped form the Human-Centered Design Course Thread at the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and advised Haas’ Design Innovation and Strategy Club (DISC). I am a former editor-in-chief of Ambidextrous Magazine, a Stanford-based design magazine.

Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae:

last updated January 2013

Research on Prototyping

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Research on Prototyping:

A tumblr site where I’m keeping track of research and resources on prototyping.

Press: "For Good Design, Start with the End User"

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Press: "For Good Design, Start with the End User":

Article written for “Innovations”, alumni magazine for the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. Describes a few of the human-centered design programs I’ve helped support over the years, including the Human-Centered Design Course Thread and Berkeley Innovation.

Current Research Topics

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Mobile and Distributed Engineering Tools: Collaboration Beyond the Design Studio.

Integrating Physical & Digital Prototyping Practices.

Sustainability and Design for Environment (DfE) in Conceptual Design.

Recent Publications

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“Showing is Sharing: Building Shared Understanding in Human-Centered Design Teams with Dazzle”. Lora Oehlberg, Kyu Simm, Jasmine Jones, Alice Agogino, Björn Hartmann. DIS 2012.
“Mapping the Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability Impact of Design for Environment Principles”. Lora Oehlberg, Cindy Bayley, Cole Hartman, Alice Agogino. CIRP LCE 2012.
“Mobile Learning with the Engineering Pathway Digital Library”. Kimiko Ryokai, Alice Agogino, Lora Oehlberg. IJEE (pending publication)
“Dazzle: Supporting Framing in Co-Located Design Teams Through Remote Collaboration Tools.” Lora Oehlberg, Jasmine Jones, Bjoern Hartmann. CSCW 2012 Extended Abstract and Poster. Seattle, WA.

Talks & Travel

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February 4-5: Design Society, Theory SIG Meeting. Paris, France.

April 27-May 2: ACM SIGCHI Conference. Paris, France.

HCI Design Clinics, Berkeley Institute of Design, Spring 2009

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HCI Design Clinics, Berkeley Institute of Design, Spring 2009

Teaching the {design.} DeCal, Spring 2010.

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Teaching the {design.} DeCal, Spring 2010.