The Centre of Design Innovation is comprised of experienced researchers grounded by practice. Our team are passionate about working with end-users, businesses and government to transform innovative ideas into reality.

Here you’ll learn about different team members, their roles and how to make contact to start a collaboration or partnership together.

Leadership team

Research program leadership team

Academic staff

Name 
 Position 
 Research Area 
 Email 
Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes Associate Professor, Communication Design Service Design, Public Good Design, Strategic & Transformative Design: Design Thinking cbarnes@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Jane Burry  
 Dean, School of Design  
 Mathematics and computing in contemporary architecture  
 jburry@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Mark Burry AO 
 Director, Smart Cities Institute  
 Complex Architecture and Convergent Design  
 mburry@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Jane Connory Deputy Department Chair, Course Director Master of Design, Communication Design Lecturer Communication Design History, Inclusive Design and Gender Equity jconnory@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Dylan Davis Lecturer, Communication Design Interaction Design, Digital Storytelling ddavis@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Boris Eisenbart  
 Course Director – Product Design Engineering  
 Design process and methods, Industry 4.0  
 beisenbart@swinburne.edu.au  
Associate Professor Daniel Huppatz Associate Professor, Architectural and Industrial Design Design History, Philosophy, and Theory dhuppatz@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Blair Kuys Associate Dean Research, School of Design and Architecture Product Design, Product Diversity, Productivity Design bkuys@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Abdullah Al Mahmud  
 Deputy Academic Director: Research Training  
 Design research, human-computer interaction  
 aalmahmud@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Rachael McDonald  
 Department Chair, Health & Medical Sciences  
 Health, disability and assistive technology  
 rachaelmcdonald@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Diego Muñoz  Research Fellow Motivational modelling, ageing research, human-computer interaction dmunoz@swinburne.edu.au
Dr Belinda Paulovich Lecturer, Communication and participatory co-design Design for Health and Wellbeing, Participatory and Codesign, Information Design bpaulovich@swinburne.edu.au
Associate Professor Gianni Renda  
 Deputy Chair, Department of Architectural and Industrial Design  
 Design for health, inclusive design  
 grenda@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Emeritus Leon Sterling Professor Emeritus Software Engineering, Agent-based systems, Human Computer Interactions lsterling@swinburne.edu.au
Professor Mark Taylor  
 Professor of Architecture  
 Design innovation, architecture  
 marktaylor@swinburne.edu.au  
Professor Christine Thong  
 Academic Director, Design Factory Melbourne Industrial design, Design innovation   cthong@swinburne.edu.au 
Professor Nicki Wragg Associate Dean Education, School of Design and Architecture Strategic & Transformative Design, Design Research Education nwragg@swinburne.edu.au

Advisory board

Tina Hogarth-Clarke 

Managing Director, Into Aged Care 
Advisor to Future Self Living Lab 

Sarah Bridges 

Principal Design Integrator, AURECON
Advisor to Urban Design Architecture 

Jeremy Yuille  

Principal, Meld Studios 
Advisor to Service Design and Organisational Design 

Professor Voytek Gutowski 

CSIRO Fellow 
Advisor of Scientific Content and Advanced Manufacturing 

Carla Zampaglione

Director, Sento Solutions
Advisor to Human Centred Product Design

Adjunct fellows

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We always welcome new partners. If you are interested in transforming ideas into commercially competitive outcomes, need the support of our research or have any other queries, contact us on +61 3 9214 6072 or email cdiadmin@swinburne.edu.au.

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