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Etienne Gernez is part of the research group Ocean Industries Concept Lab with a PhD in design from AHO titled Human-centred, collaborative, field-driven ship design. Etienne is trained as a numerical modelling engineer and has been working as consultant engineer in an international, maritime consultancy company. Etienne has experience with multi-disciplinary projects related to ship design and ship operations. In parallel Etienne has been involved with research coordination for ocean robotics projects such as “Protei – open source sailing drones” and “OCP – Ocean Collaboration Platform”.
Etienne is a graduate from the University of Bordeaux (France), University of Southampton (UK), and the University Centre of the Westfjords (Iceland) respectively in Numerical modeling, Maritime Engineering Sciences, and Coastal and Marine Resources Management.
Onsite – Design driven field studies for safer demanding marine operations|OPENVR
What is happening at the intersection of urban and ocean spaces? The seminars bring together different perspectives, research and educational interests about the sustainable development of the urban-ocean frontier... Read »
Field studies are a central method in design practice. However, they are costly and difficult to arrange, particularly in the maritime domain where it is hard to get access to ships. As a result, they are often omitted in ship design processes... Read »
Ocean industries involve complex operations, often in safety-critical conditions. Workplaces where such operations are performed are pervaded with technology distributed in many different systems. Designing for such workplaces is a challenge for designers. At the same time, there is a growing number of designers working with projects in the ocean industries... Read »
ONSITE is a research project that builds knowledge on how to implement human-centered design processes within ship design. The project focuses specifically on a field study methodology and the transfer of knowledge between human-centered design and engineering disciplines. Access the report here. .. Read »
Current ship design processes have two main problems. First, the experiences of crew who operate ships are not included in the design process. This poses a problem because it limits the ability of ship designers to design ships and ship systems that can be safely and efficiently operated by the ship crew... Read »
Human-centred design processes often include field studies to achieve effective design solutions that support user needs. Despite this, field studies are rarely used in maritime design because they are time consuming and because it is hard to ensure that the field study outcome will have an impact on the design process... Read »
Workshop to prepare a field study about the design of a new type of ship. .. Read »
Workshop on support tools to ship inspection, following a field study. .. Read »
Collaborative workshop on ship engine room design, following a field study. .. Read »
A 10-day intensive course, including a field study onboard a ship, for system oriented design, service design and industry design students at AHO. .. Read »
Introduction to System Oriented Design students at AHO, 29th september 2017. .. Read »