School staff
Dr C Samantha Porter
Senior Lecturer
Tel +44 (0)1509 222782
Email c.s.porter@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 1.17
Teaching
- DSA002 Design Practice 2
- DSA003 Design Contexts
- DSA101 Ergonomics and Design
- DSC021 Dissertation
- DSP851 Research Methods for Design Ergonomics
- DSP101 Introduction to Ergonomics and Design
- DSP804 User-centred Major Design Project
- DSP701 Approaches to Research
Research
Samantha's background is in ergonomics, applied psychology and design ergonomics.
Her research reflects the breadth of her interests; these include product pleasure, tools and methods for designing for emotion, the design of the person/product interface of medical/medical related products and personalisation and product attachment.
Her recent research projects have been funded by the AHRC, the EU and EPSRC, and various industrial partners.
Featured publications
- Porter, C.S., Chhibber, S., Porter, J.M. and Healey, L., ''What makes you tick: an investigation of the pleasure needs of different population segments'', Proceedings from the 5th Conference on Design and Emotion 2006, Karlsson, M.A., Desmet, P. and van Erp, J. (eds), Goteborg, Sweden, September 2006, ISBN 91-975079-5-4, [CD-ROM].
- Porter, C.S., Porter, J.M. and Chhibber, S., ''RealPeople; capturing the emotions of product users'', in Meeting Diversity in Ergonomics, Pikar, R. (ed), Elsevier Books, September 2007, pp 187-208, ISBN 978-0-0804-5373-6.
- Porter, C.S., Desmet, P.M.A., Signes, M.J., Sperling, L., Ozcan, E. and Tito, M., ''ENGAGE: designing for emotion'', Proceedings of IEA2006 Congress, Pikaar, R.N., Koningsveld, E.A.P. and Settels, P.J.M. (eds), Elsevier, International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2006, ISSN: 0003-6870, [CD-ROM].