Brad Holschuh
Professor of User Experience UX Design
Co-Director of the Wearable Technology Laboratory
Director of Graduate Studies, Human Factors and Ergonomics Program
Director of Graduate Studies, Design Graduate Program
Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Credentials
Ph.D.
Publications
See the full publication list on Brad Holschuh's Google Scholar page.
Classes
- DESI.5185 – Human Factors in Design
- DES.8102 – Quantitative Research Methods
- DES.5901 – Principles of Wearable Technology
- DES.5902 – Wearable Technology Laboratory Practicum
- DESI.8901 – Graduate Seminar in Human Factors and Ergonomics
- ADES.2214 – Softlines Analysis
Press
- Invention of shape-changing textiles powered only by body heat
- Wearable Technology Laboratory (WTL)
- Wearables Turn Military Training Into a High-Tech Race
- At the University of Minnesota’s Wearable Technology Lab, clothing becomes medical care
- How Robotic Textiles Are Revolutionizing Clothing Sizes | Worn Within
Awards
- 2024 ASME Adaptive Systems Dynamics and Controls (ASDC) Best Paper Award
- 2023 ISWC Design Exhibition -- First Place (Functional Category)
- 2021 ISWC Design Exhibition -- First Place (Functional Category)
- UMN 2021-22 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education
- 2020 ASME SMASIS Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award
- UMN College of Design 2019 Outstanding Research Award
- 2016-2018: 3M Non-tenured Faculty Grant Award
- 2015: MIT Man-Vehicle Laboratory Sherwood A. Modestino “Sherry” Award
- 2015: First Place, NSBRI Post-Doctoral Poster Competition, NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop
- 2013: First Place, NSBRI Graduate Student Poster Competition, NASA Human Research Program Investigators’ Workshop
- 2011: NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) Recipient
- 2007: MIT Aero/Astro Apollo Award
Committee involvement
- 2016: Member, MnDRIVE Robotics, Sensors, and Advanced Manufacturing Research and Outreach Committee.
- 2016: Co-Convener, UMN Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Physical Computing and the Internet of Things Research and Creative Collaborative.
- 2016: Member, Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments (CAMMEE), National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
- 2016: Present: Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Graduate Advisory Committee
- 2015: Member, Committee to Review NASA’s Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks – Decompression sickness report lead, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Brad Holschuh
Specialties & Expertise:
Wearable Technology, Active Materials, Space Suit Design, Extravehicular Activity / Bioastronautics, Human Factors Design and Engineering, Medical Devices, Soft Robotics