Joon Sang Baek

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Korea

Professor Engineering
Biography

 Dr. Joon Sang Baek is an assistant professor at the School of Design and Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). He is the director of DESIS lab at UNIST, which is a member of the DESIS (Design for Social Innovation and Technology) International Network. He is also the head of the Service and UX Design research group. His research areas include design for social innovation and sustainability, transformation design, and product-service system design. His current research focuses on developing sustainable product-service systems for food, energy, and aging sectors.

Research Intrest

Design for social innovation and sustainability, product-service systems (PSS),socio-technical systems, design for service, nature-inspired design, community resilience, social system design.

List of Publications
Baek JS, Meroni A, Manzini E(2015)A socio-technical approach to design for community resilience: mA framework for analysis and design goal forming.Design Studies,40 (September),60-84.
Self J Baek JS(2016)Inter-disciplinarity in Design Education: Understanding the undergraduate student experience. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 1-22
Kang R, Ahn Y, Meijer M, Muhammad T, Baek J et al.(2016). Characterizing Natural User Interface with Wearable Smart Watches. Archive of Design 29: 45-61.
Baek JS, Pahk Y, Kim S, Manzini E (In press). A sociotechnical framework for the design of collaborative services. Design Studies Special Issue on Design Processes in Service Innovation.

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