MSc. Gomez Ortega, A.

Alejandra Gomez is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Alejandra is currently working on Designerly Data Donation, a participatory approach to data collection in the wild. Through her research, Alejandra aims to facilitate access to data for designers, in addition to empowering people to exercise control over their personal data.

Education

  • 2016 ─ 2018
    Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), Awarded with Invest your Talent in Italy Scholarship.

    Final Project: Design, Development and Field Verification of a RF Gait Analysis System.

  • 2012 ─ 2016
    Bachelor in Electronics Engineering, Minor in Creative Writing, Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia) 

    Final Project: Design, Development and Validation of a Pressure-Based Gait-Analysis System for Sport Monitoring.

Experience

  • 2017 ─ 2020
    Junior Researcher, Ab.Acus (Milan, Italy)
  • 2015 ─ 2016
    Teaching Assistant: Science, Gender and Technology, Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia)  

Involved in the research project(s):

Data-Centric Design

Developing methods and tools for understanding and demonstrating how personal Internet of Things (IoT) data can be used effectively and responsibly throughout the design process of products and services.

Building Rhythms

The Building Rhythms project investigates how privacy-preserving sensing and public data visualisations can become a platform for understanding COVID-19's impact on campus life, and for supporting health and wellbeing.

Alejandra Gomez Ortega

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"Make the things that only you can make."

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