Donald Herring Area: Design Innovation Category: Faculty Title: Clinical Associate Professor Office: AED 390 Phone: 480.727.7338 Fax: Specialty: Industrial Design, Master of Science in Design Email: Donald.Herring@asu.edu WebPage:

Bio: My research and teaching interests center on human factors and anthropometrics involving special user population needs. My toy design background and my 1993 thesis project measurement study of Arizona school children has lead me to continuing research on the computer seating needs of school age children. Other research proposals have been submitted for playgrounds for special needs children and recently, assistive device redesign projects concerned with wheel chair design, prosthetic arm redesign, pneumatic muscle applications, controls, and attachment issues involving user needs and comfort. My current funded research is an outgrowth of a proposal last spring to develop a collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-campus class involving bioengineering and industrial design students in the design of upper extremity prosthetics for economically disadvantaged rural areas around the world. Professor Gary Yamaguchi, Department of Bioengineering, and I wrote a joint proposal to determine the providers of prosthetic arms and wheel chairs versus where the recipients are for these devices, globally. We were funded through the Herberger Center, for a CAED Seed Grant entitled A Global Network for Assistive Devices and Rehabilitation Design. In January 2001, work began on the design of the human interface components for a pneumatic muscle to be used in stroke rehabilitation by an adjunct faculty investigator and on a proposal for wheelchair and electric scooter tie down devices for commercial bus applications Curriculum Vitae Academic Credentials MSD Arizona State University BS Arizona State University BA American University