Faculty II: Engineering & Technology

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Pfeffer

Dean of Studies:
Engineering Psychology (BSc) (IP)
Human Factors (MSc) (HF)

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Pfeffer

Further information

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

  • Since September 2018: Professor of Technical Product Design at HFU
  • August 2015 to August 2018: Usability Systems Engineer and Product Manager at Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen
  • November 2008 to July 2015: Research Assistant at the Institute for Design Engineering and Technical Design (IKTD), Research and Teaching Area of Technical Design, University of Stuttgart

Qualifications

  • Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience Foundation Level (June 2016)
  • Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience Usability Testing (July 2016)
  • Doctor of Engineering (Technical Design, University of Stuttgart, 2016)
  • Master of Engineering (Technology Management, University of Stuttgart, 2008)
  • Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience - User Requirements Engineering (2019)

Memberships

  • German Usability and User Experience Professionals Association
  • Working Group “Usability in Medical Technology”
  • Standardisation Committee DKE/UK 811.4 Ergonomics, Usability, and Instructions for Use
  • Society for Ergonomics (GfA)
  • Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE)
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (USA)
Field of research and / or teaching

Teaching areas

  • User-Centered Design
  • Technical Design
  • Product Ergonomics
  • Virtual Ergonomics
  • UI Design
  • Human Factors Engineering in Medical Technology

Research interests

  • Usability and User Experience
  • Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction
  • Evaluation of Design and Usability Quality
  • Creativity and Ideation in Product Development
  • Use of Mixed Reality in Virtual Ergonomics and Usability Validation
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