Bertina Lee

B.A.Sc, Systems Design Engineering, U. of Waterloo (2007)
M.A.Sc, Candidate, Systems Design Engineering, U. of Waterloo (2007-2008)
Ph.D., Candidate, Systems Design Engineering, U. of Waterloo (2008-2012)

Current activities

• Running an experiment to determine if a touch experience (including the visual and tactile information) can be influenced by changing only the visual component on a textured touchscreen.
• Interesting preliminary results: participants reported changes in hardness as a function of changing visual information on the textured touchscreen!

Teaching and work experience

• January 20 - March 31, 2011: Humansystems Incorporated Consultant: low-fidelity prototyped a decision-making support tool for naval vessels.
• November 3, 2010: Guest lecture on Practical Design and Prototyping for SYDE161: Introduction to Design.
• January-April 2010: Teaching assistant for SYDE348: Human Computer Interaction.
• February 2010: Guest lecture on User Experience for SYDE542: Interface Design.
• May-August 2009: Teaching assistant for SYDE142: Introduction to Human Systems.
• January-April 2009: Teaching assistant for SYDE542: Interface Design.
• May-August 2008: Teaching assistant for SYDE142: Introduction to Human Systems.
• January-April 2008: Teaching assistant for SYDE542: Interface Design.
• September-December 2007: Teaching assistant for SYDE161: Introduction to Systems Design Engineering.

Education

• Candidate for Ph.D. in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, September 2008 – Present
• Candidate for Master's of Applied Science, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, September 2007 – August 2008
• Bachelor of Applied Science, Honours Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, September 2002 – June 2007
• Canadian Securities Course certificate, 2005
• Royal Conservatory of Music ARCT, Candidate

Awards, Publications, and Presentations

• Association of Canadian Ergonomists Annual Conference 2010 Founder’s Award for winner of the PhD-level Student Paper Competition (approx. 200 total attendees)
• Bertina Lee, Carolyn MacGregor. Emotion and Touch in Product Design. 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES2010).
• Bertina Lee, Carolyn MacGregor. Usability testing of an experimental sEMG glove for collecting data from the hand. Association of Canadian Ergonomists 41st Annual Conference (ACE2010).
• Bertina Lee. Emotion and Touch in Product Design. 10th Annual Human Factors Engineering Inter-University Workshop. October 2010.
• Bertina Lee. Usability testing of an experimental sEMG glove for collecting data from the hand. 2009 Graduate Student Research Conference at the University of Waterloo. April 2009.
• Bertina Lee, Catherine Burns, Carolyn MacGregor. Usability testing of an experimental sEMG glove for collecting data from the hand. Applied Ergonomics. (Submitted September 2008 - Rejected.)