Feiran Zhang
About
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Feiran Zhang is currently a postdoc at the Department of Computer Science.
From 2022 to 2023, she was an ERCIM postdoctoral fellow at NTNU. From 2016 to 2020, she conducted her doctoral research at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her doctoral research was nominated for the best PhD thesis award by the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Feiran received her bachelor’s degree in Art Design (with a top 5% GPA) and a master’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering (with a top 5% GPA) from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2013 and 2016, respectively. During 2014 and 2015, she was awarded a scholarship to visit the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Research
RESEARCH PROFILE
QUOTE
"Emotions need to get us on the way, not get in the way. To facilitate this, I'm working on developing technologies that power self and social awareness of emotions so they can provide added value to our experiences."
Feiran focuses on conducting design research to build a bridge between the user, technology, and innovative solutions. In addition, she is interested in projects contributing to personal well-being (e.g., technology-enabled interventions for emotion awareness and regulation), improving learning experiences, and developing tools and methods for researching motivational and behavioural factors in learning contexts, design activities, healthcare, and everyday life.
Feiran has served as a reviewer for journals (e.g., Educational Research Review, International Journal of Child Computer Interaction, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, International Journal of Technology and Design Education) and reviewer/associate editor for conferences (e.g., IDC, IEEE RO-MAN, FabLearn Flagship, FabLearn Europe, IEEE FiE). In addition, she has experience working with designers and educational practitioners and collaborated with researchers in Europe and China.
Publications
Understanding design-based learning context and the associated emotional experience
Children’s Emotions in Design-Based Learning: a Systematic Review
EmoForm: capturing children's emotions during design based learning
Social sharing of task-related emotions in Design-Based Learning: Challenges and opportunities
Understanding learning and emotions in Design-Based Learning: what and why crucial to be considered
Emotion Awareness in Design-Based Learning
The Role of Children’s Emotions during Design-based Learning Activity - A Case Study at a Dutch High School
Understanding Design Preferences for Robots for Pain Management: A Co-Design Study
Design of Child-robot Interactions for Comfort and Distraction from Post-operative Pain and Distress
Selected research publications:
2024
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Aarhus, Karen Dahl;
Motland, Julie Holte;
Zhang, Feiran;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia.
(2024)
Development and Evaluation of a Gamified Application for Environmental Education: coralQuest.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2023
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Liu, Naixin;
Barakova, Emilia;
Zhang, Feiran;
Han, Ting;
Feng, Jincai.
(2023)
Motivating Online Game Intervention to Enhance Practice
Engagement in Children with Functional Articulation Disorder.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Zhang, Feiran;
Brynildsrud, Hanne;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia;
Kshitij, Kshitij;
Giannakos, Michail.
(2023)
Experiverse: Exploring an experiment-based gamification application for motivating children to science learning in an informal setting.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Zhang, Feiran;
Broz, Frank;
Ferrari, Oriana;
Barakova, Emilia.
(2023)
TSES-R: An Extended Scale for Measuring Parental Expectations toward Robots for Children in Healthcare.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Ferrari, Oriana Isabella;
Zhang, Feiran;
Braam, Ayrton A.;
Van Gurp, Jules A.;
Broz, Frank Broz;
Barakova, Emilia I..
(2023)
Design of Child-robot Interactions for Comfort and Distraction from Post-operative Pain and Distress.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Milrad, Marcelo;
Herodotou, Christothea;
Grizioti, Marianthi;
Lincke, Alisa;
Girvan, Carina;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia.
(2023)
Combining Design Thinking with Emerging Technologies in K-12 Education.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Books
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Liu, Naixin;
Barakova, Emilia;
Zhang, Feiran;
Han, Ting;
Feng, Jincai.
(2023)
Motivating Online Game Intervention to Enhance Practice
Engagement in Children with Functional Articulation Disorder.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
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Aarhus, Karen Dahl;
Motland, Julie Holte;
Zhang, Feiran;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia.
(2024)
Development and Evaluation of a Gamified Application for Environmental Education: coralQuest.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zhang, Feiran;
Brynildsrud, Hanne;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia;
Kshitij, Kshitij;
Giannakos, Michail.
(2023)
Experiverse: Exploring an experiment-based gamification application for motivating children to science learning in an informal setting.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zhang, Feiran;
Broz, Frank;
Ferrari, Oriana;
Barakova, Emilia.
(2023)
TSES-R: An Extended Scale for Measuring Parental Expectations toward Robots for Children in Healthcare.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Ferrari, Oriana Isabella;
Zhang, Feiran;
Braam, Ayrton A.;
Van Gurp, Jules A.;
Broz, Frank Broz;
Barakova, Emilia I..
(2023)
Design of Child-robot Interactions for Comfort and Distraction from Post-operative Pain and Distress.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Milrad, Marcelo;
Herodotou, Christothea;
Grizioti, Marianthi;
Lincke, Alisa;
Girvan, Carina;
Papavlasopoulou, Sofia.
(2023)
Combining Design Thinking with Emerging Technologies in K-12 Education.
Springer Nature
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Knowledge Transfer
2023
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Academic lectureLiu, Naixin; Barakova, Emilia; Zhang, Feiran; Han, Ting; Feng, Jincai. (2023) Motivating Online Game Intervention to Enhance Practice Engagement in Children with Functional Articulation Disorder. International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI ’23) 2023-12-04 - 2023-12-07