About

Assistant Professor

Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology
Contact: d[dot]dey[at]tue[dot]edu

I joined TU Eindhoven as an Assistant Professor in Industrial Design in January 2025 (✨), returning to my alma mater to explore the future of human-centered technology.

I help lead the Mobility Squad and serve as a core member of the AutomotiveUI steering committee, where I help shape the conference’s long-term direction, sustainability, and quality. Before this, I had a fantastic time as a postdoctoral scholar with Associate Prof. Wendy Ju at Cornell Tech (NYC).

My research focuses on ubiquitous computing, multimodal interaction, and natural user interfaces. I use mixed-methods research to understand human behavior in interactions with technology, automation, and AI. Questions like “What makes an interaction meaningful?” and “How do we measure its success?” keep me up at night. If you’re into Usability, UX, Cognitive Psychology, or User-Centered Design, let’s talk!

I’m especially interested in the human factors of automotive systems and user interfaces, as well as the traffic psychology that shapes them. What does the future of mobility look like? How do Intelligent Transportation Systems evolve in a society increasingly driven by AI? And how do we ensure AI is used responsibly and ethically in this space? If you have ideas, I’d love to hear them!

I earned my PhD cum laude from TU Eindhoven, where I studied how self-driving cars interact with pedestrians, cyclists, and human-driven traffic in the absence of a human driver. You can read my dissertation here. Before that, I completed a PDEng (now Eng.D.) in User-System Interaction at TU/e and an MS in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.

Check out my research on Google Scholar!