Dr. ir. Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, S.

Post-doctoral researcher
Department Design Engineering, section Mechatronic Design 

Suzanne Hiemstra-van Mastrigt studied Industrial Design Engineering (BSc and MSc) at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), with a specialisation in automotive design. After graduating in 2008 (cum laude), she started working at vhp human performance, an ergonomics consultancy company, specialising in command and control rooms and interface design. 

After that, she has been working at TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) from 2010 until 2015. The main topic of her research at TNO has been the effects of work environments on health and productivity. At the same time, from 2011 to 2015, she has performed her PhD research project at TU Delft, faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, on the topic of ‘Comfortable passenger seats’. In these four years, she has been working together with seat manufacturers, car manufacturers, railways, airlines and material suppliers, to conduct experiments on passenger comfort. 

Currently, she is a post-doctoral researcher at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (TU Delft), within the European H2020 project PASSME (Personalised Airport Systems for Seamless Mobility and Experience). The goal of this project is to reduce travel time at the airport and enhance passenger experience by developing innovative designs for future airports and aircrafts.

• 2011 - 2015 
  PhD (Industrial Design Engineering), TU Delft 
• 2007 - 2008
  Integrated Product Design (MSc), TU Delft 
• 2002 - 2007
  Industrial Design Engineering (BSc), TU Delft  

• 2015 - present
  Post-doctoral researcher at TU Delft 
• 2010 - 2015
  Research scientist at TNO 
• 2009 - 2010
  Junior consultant at vhp human performance

Comfort, seat design, passenger experience, vehicle interiors and aviation

Graduation projects, JMP, AED, ACD and user research