Dr. Axel Roesler is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Interaction Design Program at the Division of Design at the University of Washington. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Systems Engineering with a specialization in Human Centered Design from The Ohio State University. He also holds an M.F.A in Industrial Design from The Ohio State University and a Diplom in Industrial Design (equivalent to M.A.) from Burg Giebichenstein, Hochschule für Kunst und Design (University of Art and Design) in Halle, Germany. He came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar in 1998.
Recent research projects address interaction design and cognitive support in decision-making aided by health information technology, new interaction design directions for the commercial flight deck, new concepts for interacting with procedural instructions and task plans, and an interface framework that applies principles of perspective to control remote views into dynamic spatial settings. Industry partners and research collaborators include Boeing, Microsoft, Intel, Group Health, and the Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies at the UW School of Medicine.
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