Christelle Harkema
Work package: Decision-making
General information
ir. C.L.E. Harkema (Christelle)
PhD student
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Industrial Design
Business Process Design
Den Dolech 2
PO Box 513 – HG 3.64
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands
P +31 40 247 2357 / 3601
F +31 40 246 7497
E c.l.e.harkema@tue.nl
Background
Christelle Harkema is a PhD student at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). She obtained her Bsc and Msc degree in Industrial Design Engineering at the Technical University of Delft. During her master the focus was on ergonomics and research. Afterwards she worked several years at a Dutch design agency as a usability specialist.
In October 2007 Christelle started her PhD within a joined project ‘Design for Usability’, with particular interest in usability decision-making in design practice.
“Usability is enjoying the functionality of a product”