Koç University - Design, Technology and Society

Middle East Technical University- Industrial Design

Hakan Yılmazer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Özyeğin University. He received his PhD from Koç University, where he was affiliated with the Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR), and the Exertion Games Lab at Monash University. His research interests are Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), interaction design, and embodied interaction, with a focus on wearable technologies and sonification in sports and physical activities. His work explores the use and design of novel interactive experiences for action sports, such as bouldering, investigating the potential of sonification to support, augment, and transform athletic performance and participation.

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), interaction design, embodied interaction