Ms Leah Heiss - RMIT University

Position: Senior Lecturer

College / Portfolio: Communication Design Cluster

School / Department: Design Futures

Email: leah.heiss@rmit.edu.au

Campus: Melbourne City Campus

Contact me about: Research supervision

Publications

Heiss, L.,Beckett, P.,Luke, E.,Matthews, G.,Bush, M. (2019). CaT Pin In: Agency by Design: Expressive Design for Disability Brisbane, Australia
Heiss, L. (2018). Facett In: 2018 Good Design Awards Melbourne, Australia
Heiss, L. (2018). Hearing Aid Design Process In: Museums Victoria Heritage Collection Melbourne, Australia
Heiss, L.,Macarow, K.,Beckett, P. (2018). Smart Heart In: Handle with Care at Reciprocity: Design Liege (Triennial of Design and Social Innovation) Liege, Belgium
Heiss, L. (2018). Inhabiting practices: Operating between art, design, science and technology In: Undesign Critical Practices at the Intersection of Art and Design, Routledge, London
Heiss, L.,Beckett, P.,Carr-Bottomley, A. (2016). Redesigning the trans-disciplinary: working across design, craft and technological boundaries to deliver an integrated wearable for cardiac monitoring In: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Brisbane, Australia, 4-6 June 2016
Heiss, L. (2015). IHearYou In: Good Design Awards Sydney, Australia
Heiss, L.,Macarow, K.,Beckett, P. (2014). SOS Emergency Jewellery In: A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity Sydney, Australia
Heiss, L. (2014). Constellation In: thisness Collingwood, Australia
Heiss, L. (2013). Hearing programmer In: Blamey Saunders Hears (hearing aid manufacturer) Melbourne, Australia

Note: Supervision projects since 2004

1 PhD Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions

Wearable technology; Art/science collaboration; Interior design; Next generation technologies in art practice; Nanotechnology in art practice.

R2R printing for cost effective manufacturing of a Smart Patch for health monitoring (NTM Project). Funded by: Innovative Manufacturing CRC from (2020 to 2022)
Preventing Heart Attacks with Nanotechnology-enabled Biomarker Sensors (ESN Project). Funded by: Innovative Manufacturing CRC from (2019 to 2021)
North Western Melbourne PHN Children and Families Tactile Tools Workshop and Partnered MDF Research. Funded by: Primary Healthcare Network North Western Melbourne - contract from (2019 to 2019)
Delivery of a four hour workshop with key staff to identify areas of the new strategic vision statement that may be addressed through design thinking and innovation strategy. Funded by: Austin Health Contract from (2016 to 2016)