A/ Prof. Carlos Montana Hoyos is currently Associate Professor and course convener of Industrial Design in the University of Canberra. Born in Bogota, Colombia, his multicultural background includes living, studying, and working in Italy, Japan, Si
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A/ Prof. Carlos Montana Hoyos is currently Associate Professor and course convener of Industrial Design in the University of Canberra. Born in Bogota, Colombia, his multicultural background includes living, studying, and working in Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. A native Spanish speaker, he is also fluent in English, Italian, Japanese, and basic Portuguese. Carlos obtained his BA in Industrial Design from Javeriana University (Colombia), and after seven years of professional practice, he was awarded a scholarship from the Japanese government, Monbukagakusho, obtaining a Master`s degree and a PhD in design theory, both cum laude from Kobe Design University (KDU, Japan). As a professional designer, Carlos has worked in-house for several industries (including Unilever and Colceramica in his country, and Whirlpool Europe SRL in Italy), in diverse areas of design. Several of his projects have received multiple design awards and been exhibited internationally. As a design educator and researcher, Carlos was an adjunct assistant professor in the product design engineering course of EAFIT University in his country (2001-03), as well as a Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Industrial Design program of the National University of Singapore (2006-10). His current research focuses mainly on Design for Sustainability (DfS), Biomimicry and Bio-Inspired Design, and Design for Health and Sports.
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