Erin Hamilton, IDSA is a design research senior associate at Lextant in Columbus, OH. Her background in industrial design helps her to customize techniques and processes for understanding users’ desires, dreams and aspirations and apply them to solutions. Her proficiency in building and using complex database systems help to facilitate more efficient handling of data for analysis and synthesis. While working at Lextant, she has had the opportunity to travel globally conducting contextual research in places like hospitals, surgery centers and in participant homes. She has also served IDSA at the chapter level—first as secretary/treasurer (2007-2009) and more recently as chapter chair (2009 – present) for the Central Ohio Chapter. She has also served the Mideast District since 2006 by participating in the planning of conferences and events.
Before joining Lextant in 2006, she worked as an intern at Aerosport Modeling and Design and gained experience in design research by working at Rocket Surgery. Additionally, she attained valuable experience working at Chardon Laboratories where she learned how to build and manage information databases.
Session Title:
Mind the Gap: Bridging the Gap between Research and Design
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