Prior to her current position, Lucienne was Vice-president for Research and  Professor in Engineering Design and Methodology at University of Luxembourg; interim Director of University of the Greater Region (a consortium of 6 universities in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg); Vice-president for Research and International Relations and Professor in Engineering Design and Methodology at Technical University of Berlin; Senior Research Associate and Associate Director at Cambridge University Engineering Design Centre; and lecturer at University of Twente (Netherlands).She received her MSc from Delft University of Technology (NL), a PhD from the University of Twente (NL), an Honorary Doctorate from Malardalen University in Sweden, and the Peabody Visiting Professorship at MIT (Mechanical Engineering). She co-founded the Design Society and served on its Management Board and Advisory Board. Research Interests include: Empirical studies into the design process, Design methodologies; Early stage design methods; Product service systems; User experience, product meaning; Design research methodology, Design Theory and transdisciplinarity.  Lucienne has over 30 years of teaching experience in systematic product development and design research, including workshops for public and private organizations. She supervised over 30 PhD students, has written a book, two edited books, and over 180 peer-reviewed publications. She was Editor-in-Chief (Europe) of the Research in Engineering Design (Springer) and translated Engineering Design of Pahl and Beitz, together with Ken Wallace.

在加入新加坡科技设计大学之前，Lucienne曾任职卢森堡大学副校长（主管科研）和工程设计与方法学科的教授、大区大学（University of the Greater Region）临时联盟董事（该联盟由德国、法国、比利时和卢森堡的六所大学组成）、德国柏林工业大学副校长（主管科研和国际关系）及工程设计与方法学科的教授、剑桥大学工程设计中心高级研究员和中心副主任，以及荷兰屯特大学讲师。Lucienne拥有荷兰代尔夫特理工大学理学硕士学位、荷兰屯特大学博士学位、瑞典梅拉达伦大学荣誉博士学位、以及麻省理工学院机械工程系授予Peabody访问教授称号。她是设计协会（Design Society）联合创始人，并担任协会管理委员会和顾问委员会成员。Lucienne的主要研究兴趣包括：设计过程的实证研究、设计方法论；应用在设计过程前期阶段的设计方法；产品服务系统；用户体验、产品意义；设计研究方法，设计理论及其跨学科性。 Lucienne 在系统性产品开发和设计研究领域有超过30多年的教学经验，包括为公共和私人机构举办工作坊。在她的指导下，有超过30名博士研究生顺利获得博士学位。她撰写过一本专著、编撰出版两本书，并且发表了180多篇同行评审的学术论文。她曾担任施普林格（ Springer）出版社学术期刊《工程设计研究》的主编（欧洲），并且与Ken Wallace合作翻译了Pahl和Beitz的《工程设计学》英文版。

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Title and Synopsis of the presentation
报告主题及摘要

Keyshot Title: The SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC): A Multidisciplinary Platform for Technology and Design
报告题目：SUTD-MIT国际设计中心（IDC）：科技设计的跨学科平台

Technology is the study of the practical use of scientific discoveries, whereby dictionaries refer to knowledge, application methods, as well as the resulting solutions. Technologies tend to be discussed in terms of their intended functionality, feasibility and viability, yet their impact goes well beyond this functionality. Technology determines many aspects of our lives, of our future, and that of society and the environment, as it influences how we act and decide. Designing technology, therefore, should not only be about creating products, systems, services, environments, strategies, policies or processes, but also – and foremost – about creating change in the form of new experiences and new behaviours, which may differ in different contexts. This raises the issue of ethics. If technologies enable and play an active or even decisive role in shaping experiences, behavior and decisions, technologies influence morality, i.e. the norms and values that exist in society about how to act and about what is good or right. In particular, when their impact may reach beyond the intended functionality and well into the future, referring to Van de Poel and Royakkers, “technology has morality”. Ethics, as “systematic reflection on what is moral”, should therefore be an essential part of (engineering) design practice and any design education.

技术是将科学发现实际应用的学科，技术词典包括相关知识、应用方法以及所产生的解决方案。技术的预期功能、可行性和适用性往往是讨论的焦点，但技术的影响远超其功能性。技术影响着我们行为和决策的方式，进而决定了我们生活、未来、社会和环境的许多方面。因此，技术设计不仅关乎创造产品、系统、服务、环境、策略、政策或过程，更重要的是，技术设计还关乎以新体验和新行为的形式创造变革，这些变革可能在不同的背景下有所不同。这就引发了伦理的议题。如果技术能够在塑造体验、行为和决策方面发挥积极甚至决定性的作用，技术就影响道德，即社会中该如何行动以及什么是好的或正确的规范和价值观。用Van de Poel和Royakkers的话来说，特别是当技术的影响可能超越预期功能的范畴进而影响未来的时候，“技术就具有道德性”。因此，作为“系统性反思道德本质”的伦理，应当成为（工程）设计实践和任何设计教育的重要组成部分。