SoPD Research

Agentic AI (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann)
AI Companions (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann)
Artificial Intelligence (Simon Hoermann, Adrian Clark, Tham Piumsomboon)
AI Ethics (Tham Piumsomboon)
AI Governance (Tham Piumsomboon)
Generative AI (Tham Piumsomboon, Adrian Clark)
Human Agent Interaction (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann)
Human-AI Interaction (Tham Piumsomboon, Wendy Zhang)
Intelligent User Interfaces (Simon Hoermann, Tham Piumsomboon, Wendy Zhang)
Perception AI & Computer Vision (Adrian Clark, Tham Piumsomboon)
Physical AI (Tham Piumsomboon)

3D printing and biofabrication of hydrogels for biomedical, environmental, and advanced manufacturing applications (Hossein Najaf Zadeh, Ali Reza Nazmi)
Agarose, cellulose, and polysaccharide-based hydrogel systems (Hossein Najaf Zadeh, Ali Reza Nazmi)
Extrusion-based bioprinting and bioink development (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Functional and sustainable biomaterials for additive manufacturing (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
High-resolution hydrogel fabrication technologies (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Hydrogel systems for controlled release and agricultural applications (Hossein Najaf Zadeh, Ali Reza Nazmi)

Creative exploitation of Manufacturing processes (Barro de Gast)
Folding and Collapsible products integrating living Hinges (Barro de Gast)
Living Hinges in FDM 3D printing (Barro de Gast)
Re-use and No-waste prototyping methods (Barro de Gast)
Toys teaching Manufacturing Methods (Barro de Gast)

Creative exploitation of Manufacturing processes (Barro de Gast)
Design Cognition (Wendy Zhang)
Visualisation Tools and Technologies (Wendy Zhang)

AI for Health (Tham Piumsomboon)
Digital Healthcare (Simon Hoermann)
Health Technologies (Simon Hoermann)
Mental Health (Simon Hoermann, Tham Piumsomboon, Wendy Zhang)
Neurorehabilitation (Simon Hoermann)
Virtual Rehabilitation (Simon Hoermann)

Aesthetics of Interactions (Bahareh Shahri)
Brain-Computer Interface (Tham Piumsomboon)
Design History (Bahareh Shahri)
Design Methodologies (Bahareh Shahri)
Human-centred design (Bahareh Shahri, Tham Piumsomboon, Wendy Zhang)
Playful interaction in Product Design (Bahareh Shahri, Barro de Gast)
Social and cultural aspects of product design (Bahareh Shahri, Barro de Gast)

Applied & Serious Game Design (Simon Hoermann)
Game User Research (Simon Hoermann)
Human–Computer Interaction (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann, Adrian Clark)
Immersive Training & Learning Environments (Simon Hoermann, Tham Piumsomboon)
User Behavioural Design (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann, Wendy Zhang, Bahareh Shahri)
User Experience Design (Simon Hoermann, Tham Piumsomboon, Wendy Zhang)

Augmented Reality (Adrian Clark, Tham Piumsomboon)
Extended Reality and Mixed Reality (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann)
Immersive Game Design (Tham Piumsomboon)
Virtual Reality (Tham Piumsomboon, Simon Hoermann, Wendy Zhang)

3D printing of functional polymers, hydrogels, and bio-based materials (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Additive manufacturing of hydrogels and bio-based materials (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Bacterial communities involved in degradation of bioplastics (Ali Reza Nazmi)
Biocomposites (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Biocomposites and their perception (Ali Reza Nazmi, Nick Emerson)
Biofabrication of water treatment media (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Biomimetics in product design (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Sustainable labs and no-waste prototyping (Barro de Gast)
Novel usage of 3D printing (Ali Reza Nazmi)
Sustainable design and recycling (Hossein Najaf Zadeh)
Sustainable product development (Ali Reza Nazmi)

Developing platforms for biotech research in microgravity (Sarah Kessans)
Experimental design for biological research on space stations (Sarah Kessans)
Protein crystallisation in microgravity (Sarah Kessans)

Hempcrete formulations for high value applications (Ali Reza Nazmi)
Insect based valorisation of food bi-products to create high value ingredients for personal care and cosmetics (Ali Reza Nazmi)
Sustainable consumer product development (Ali Reza Nazmi)
Sustainable cosmetic and consumer product development (Ali Reza Nazmi)

Characterisation of fungal natural products (Sarah Kessans)
Fungal biosynthesis of methane inhibitors (Sarah Kessans)
Fungal strain engineering (Sarah Kessans)