Secil Ugur Yavuz is a product designer and researcher. After she had her bachelor degree on Industrial Product Design at Istanbul Technical University, she concluded her master degree on Product, System, Service Design, at Politecnico di Milano. In 2012, she obtained her PhD in Design, at Politecnico di Milano with a thesis titled: "Embodiment of Emotions through Wearable Technology”. During her PhD, she conducted a practice based study in Technology University of Eindhoven, in Wearable Senses Lab as a visiting researcher. After her PhD, she worked as a researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano on design solutions for haptic communication devices. Her research interests are user centred design, smart materials and wearable technology. Besides her academic path, she had work experiences at DeepDesign Studio and Cassina on different subjects, such as furniture, packaging, accessory, etc. Since January 2013, she has been teaching in Footwear Design Course and working on international design projects at POLI.design, the Consortium of Politecnico di Milano.
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