dr. Ing. Davy Parmentier
Senior researcher within the research group design.nexus in the field of product development for Industry 5.0 at Ghent University, Department of Industrial Systems and Product Design (EA18), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.
Research on product-system design for Industry 5.0 (Focus on product-systems that foster a more human centered, more sustainable, more resilient industry and society). Topics: easy and intuitive assembly, disassembly linked to repair, remanufacturing, .... (human centered + more sustainable). Personalized products, small series of products, mass-personalization geared to an Industry 5.0 production context. Coordinator of industrial collaborations and projects with companies. Coordinator of master's theses Master of Science in Industrial Design Engineering Technology: Industrial Design.
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Focus
- Design & Engineering for Industry 5.0 (changing manufacturing context)
- Design For Assembly Meaning: product design for easy and intuitive manual assembly (more human centered production)
- Design For Disassembly Meaning: product design for easy and intuitive disassembly, repair, refurbish and remanufacturing (more sustainable)
- Designing products for Industry 5.0: personalized products, small series of products, mass-personalization, computational design
Kort CV
Davy Parmentier obtained his Master in Industrial Engineering & Industrial Design (Magna Cum Laude) from Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (Howest) in 2006. He then worked in industry for 8 years where he was responsible for the management of design, engineering and research projects. He has extensive experience in designing modular, system-based products. Since 2014, he has been associated with Ghent University where he teaches several courses. In 2020, he completed his PhD on: Design for Assembly Meaning: a study from product design around facilitating intuitive manual assembly. His research interests include product design within a manufacturing context / Industry 5.0 (link to production, assembly, people in production...), computational design, interaction, cognition and sustainability.