Prof. Ameersing Luximon is currently Professor of Practice at GTSI in the Industrial Design Department and Adjunct Associate Professor in School of Industrial Design, Georgia Tech Institute of Technology. He is also president of the Hong Kong Ergonomics Society (HKES) and a council member of the IEA [2021-2023]. Previously, Prof. Luximon worked as Associate Professor in the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Dr. Luximon completed his Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and B.Tech (First Class) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Mauritius. He has more than 20 years of working experience in academia and industry. He has more than 180 publications. He is the editor of the handbook of footwear design and manufacture (2013 and 2021) and editor of the International Shibori symposium proceedings (2011-2016). He was the program chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (USA), Product Design Technical Group (2011, 2012). He is very active in research, teaching, and technical service. His teaching and research areas include Ergonomics in Design; wearable product design; Biomechanics and health Application, AI in Design; social robots; and entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity.

Ergonomics, Design, Social robots, Interaction design, Smart technology, Human computer systems, Digital Human, Enthrepreneurship