Axel Roesler

Dr. Axel Roesler is an Assistant Professor for Interaction Design at the Division of Design at the UW School of Art. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Systems Engineering with a specialization in Human-centered Design from The Ohio State University. He also holds an M.F.A in Industrial Design from The Ohio State University and a Diplom in Industrial Design (equivalent to M.A.) from Burg Giebichenstein, Hochschule für Kunst und Design (University of Art and Design) in Halle, Germany. He came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar in 1998.

Dr. Roesler heads the Interaction Design track at the Division of Design, a program that offers a MFA in Interaction Design and an undergraduate Interaction Design concentration. He offers a series of Interaction Design studios (ART 383, ART 483, ART 484) that are open to design students and students from HCI-related fields to explore the design of interactions, interfaces, services and new products in interdisciplinary design teams (see examples in this slide/audio capture of Prof. Roesler's DUB talk from August 2009). DUB provides a perfect platform to facilitate the convergence between Design and Human-computer Interaction pools of expertise to pioneer cross-disciplinary education for future human-computer interaction design professionals.

His research interests include the interactive, visual, and dynamic display of information and the impact of innovation in everyday life. Areas of application are information visualization, coordination of perspectives on data, and user experience design.

Recent research projects address interaction design challenges for the real-time documentation during emergency response, new concepts for interacting with procedural online instructions, and an interface framework to control perspectives in dynamic spatial settings. Industry partners and research collaborators include Boeing, Microsoft, Group Health, and the Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies at the UW School of Medicine.

Projects:

ART484 SP09 - Microsoft Design Expo 2009: The Future of Work

ART483 WI09 - Surface Interaction on the Flight Deck: Collaboration with the Boeing Flight Deck Concept Center

ART484 SP08 - Microsoft Design Expo 2008: Learning and Education

ART483 WI08 - The Flight Deck of the Future: Collaboration with the Boeing Flight Deck Concept Center

ART484 SP07 - Microsoft Design Expo 2007: Health and Wellness

Selected Publications:

Roesler, A. (2009): Lessons from Three Mile Island: The Design of Interactions in a High-Stakes Environment. Visible Language 43.2/3 Special Issue on Design Communication Error, 170-195 (in press) .

Roesler, A. and Woods, D.D. (2007). Designing for Expertise. In: Schifferstein, R. and Hekkert, P.: Product Experience - A Multidisciplinary Approach; Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

Woods, D.D. and Roesler, A. (2007). Connecting Design and Cognition: Representation and Context. In: Schifferstein, R. and Hekkert, P.: Product Experience - A Multidisciplinary Approach; Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

Roesler, A., Woods, D. D. & Feil, M. (2005). Inventing the Future of Cognitive Work: Navigating the Northwest Passage. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany, March 29-31 2005.

Hoffman, R.R., Roesler, A. and Moon, B. (2004). What is Design in the Context of Human-Centered Computing? IEEE Intelligent Systems, July/August, 89-95.

Woods, D. D., Tittle, J., Feil, M. and Roesler, A. (2004). Envisioning Human-Robot Coordination for Future Operations. IEEE SMC Part C, 34(2), 210-218.

Feltovich, P. J., Hoffman, R.R., Woods. D.D. and Roesler, A. (2004). Looking at Cognitive Engineers Doing Cognitive Engineering: Implications of the Reductive Tendency for the Design of Complex Sociotechnical Systems. IEEE Intelligent Systems, May/June, 90-94.