Dr. Debayan Dhar

About

I am an Associate Professor of Design associated with the Usability Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction Lab at IIT Guwahati. In the past, I was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and hold a Ph.D. in Design from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
I explore technologies and study how they can be adopted to address complex problems in various domains including design pedagogy, health, education etc. While I spend the majority of my time on technology adoption, I am also interested in User Experience, Usability, Design psychology, Data visualization, Design Theory, Design Methods and Process, Design fiction, Instructional Design, Bio Design and AI in Design.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Associate Professor
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Assistant Professor
  2017 - 2023

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati PhD
  2011 - 2014
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati M.Des
  2007 - 2009
• North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech
  2001 - 2007

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (41)

• Analyzing Business Model Canvas in Design Education and its Role in Design - Driven Startups
  Research Square 2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6357868/v1
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• Decolonising Design Ethics–An Indian view of the nature of impact of designed artefacts
  Design Studies 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2025.101304
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• Typography in Urban and Built Environment: Influence on Human Perception
  Civil Engineering and Architecture 2025 DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.131341
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• Learning Styles and Tool Selection in Interior Design Education: A Comprehensive Review and Future Direction
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5507-6_46
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• Investigating Usability of Conversational User Interfaces for Integrated System-Physical Interactions: A Medical Device Perspective
  International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 2025 DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2023.2298534
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• Digitizing creativity evaluation in design education: a systematic literature review
  International Journal of Technology and Design Education 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10798-023-09846-6
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• Design-Durability: Insights from Product Case Analyses
  Archives of Design Research 2024 DOI: 10.15187/adr.2024.11.37.5.131
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• Product Durability: A Systematic Literature Review
  Archives of Design Research 2024 DOI: 10.15187/adr.2024.11.37.5.93
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• Understanding Medical Technology Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Factors, Impact, and a Model Proposal
  She Ji 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.sheji.2024.07.002
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• A Think-Aloud Study: Exploring the Effects of Digital vs. Print Comics on Reading Efficiency and Comprehension
  SSRN 2023 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4417925
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