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Roger Ball (PhD)
Director
sdroger@polyu.edu.hk
Over the past 20 years, Roger Ball has been a leading force in the world of international top selling consumer products. As a co-founder of Paradox Design in Canada in 1987, he created high performance sports products for clients such as Itech Sport, Burton Snowboards, Bell Sports, Brine Lacrosse, Nike/Bauer, Fisher-Price and Smith Goggles, winning the American BusinessWeek magazine’s Award for Best Product of 1998 with the Skycap Snowboard helmet. Roger’s extensive experience in anthropometrics, manufacturing and testing contributes to his membership on the ASTM committee currently developing safety standards for sports headgear.
Currently located in Hong Kong, Roger serves at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Design, and as Leader of the Asian Ergonomic Lab. As a founding director of the new SizeChina.com, he is closely engaged in its first research project, the groundbreaking Perfect Fit Asia. This anthropometric study will create the first-ever digital database of Chinese head and face shapes, permitting revolutionary developments in ergonomic head gear for the Asian market.
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Yan Luximon, Tina (PhD)
Chief Scientist
sdtina@polyu.edu.hk |
Dr. Yan Luximon is the chief scientist of the SizeChina lab, School of Design in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research area is centered on 3D human modeling, cultural difference, human computer interaction and statistical analysis for the creation of ergonomic design tools. She received her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (Human performance laboratory) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She has published extensively in refereed journals, book chapters, patents and international conference proceedings. |
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Nathan Martin
Statistical Consultant
nathan.martin@polyu.edu.hk |
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Nathan received his BSc degree in computing mathematics from City University of Hong Kong. His research area is statistical learning theory and spatial statistics. He joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2012, and is now Statistical Consultant of the SizeChina laboratory. He is engaged in the development of learning algorithms of 3D shape model.
He is also an administrator of the 3D anthropometric database of the SizeChina.com for integrating and analyzing data during product design and development in manufacturing and industrial engineering. |
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Eric Chow (MPhil.)
Software Developer
sderic@polyu.edu.hk |
Eric holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering Science from Simon Fraser University, Canada, and a Master of Philosophy degree in Human Factors from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has worked as a usability consultant, studying user-interface design for banking and travel industry in Asia. Eric is also an experienced software developer, who can turn findings from usability studies into intuitive user-interface design.
Eric is currently finding ways to integrate SizeChina's vast database of head scan data into 3D-CAD software via an intuitive user-interface, allowing product designers to use Chinese anthropometric data effectively during product design. |
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