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Fall2025/STS@VTSeminar Series: Dr. Isabel Prochner

Designing for Body Diversity: Human Factors and Wearable Technologies Dr. Isabel Prochner Faculty, Associate Professor Virginia Tech, Industrial Design This talk presents my current work at the intersection of human factors, inclusive design, and wearable technologies. I will share three major projects that reflect a commitment to designing for body diversity and lived experience. The first is a forthcoming book under contract with Routledge that reimagines classic human factors tools for industrial designers—such as those published by Henry Dreyfuss Associates—using more inclusive and representative data. The second is an ongoing line of research on gender, including my previous book Designing for Sex and Gender Equity and a current project in development with healthcare professionals focused on wearable technologies. The third is my involvement in a large-scale international initiative to design “smartwear” garments that assist movement for people with disabilities. This project was recently awarded $24 million through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). Dr. Isabel Prochner (she/they) is an industrial designer, researcher, and Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. Their work focuses on human factors, inclusive design, and gender equity, with an emphasis on centering marginalized bodies in design. Isabel is the author of two books and is currently writing a third, Human Factors for Industrial Designers. In September, they will be a keynote presenter at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Design Conference in Detroit. Isabel is also a researcher on several international projects, including a smartwear initiative funded by Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund.