Dr. Hassan Sadeghi Naeini

Assoc. Prof. Hassan Sadeghi Naeini is a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Design at Iran University of Science and Technology, specializing in ergonomic design and sustainability. With over two decades of academic and industrial experience, he leads research and consultancy projects that integrate human-centered design with sustainable innovation. He is actively involved in international scholarly communities, contributes to peer-reviewed journals and academic books, and regularly presents at global conferences. Additionally, he has taught at several international universities, including KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Milano (POIMI), and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

Dr. Ebrahim Bagheri Taleghani

Ebrahim Bagheri is a researcher in the field of human-centered design (HCD) and design methodology, and has authored a book and numerous articles in this area. He is a member of the scientific committee for the Industrial Design discipline in the National Education Assessment Organization. His academic and professional contributions include serving on the scientific committee of the "First International Conference on Packaging, Handicrafts, Sustainable Development" held at Al-Zahra University, Tehran, in 2015. He is also a member of the judging committee for the "Idiran" National Design Competition in Tehran during 2016–2017, as well as for the "AISA" Furniture Design Competition at the University of Tehran in 2017. Since 2019, he has been on the editorial board of Dastavard Magazine, published by Iran University of Art. In 2025, he joined the scientific committee of the "First Biennial Conference on Packaging Design and Innovation" at the University of Guilan. In addition to these roles, he actively cooperates with scientific centers and publications in reviewing scholarly articles and creative works, and he collaborates with industry and organizations in the design and development of products and services.

Dr. Yassaman Khodadadeh

Yassaman Khodadadeh is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Industrial Design Department at the University of Tehran, Kish International Campus. She initiated the International PhD program in Industrial Design at the university, which collaborates with leading universities globally. She is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Design Thinking. Her research focuses on areas such as children's design, health, behavior, positive design, user well-being, happiness, and sustainability, and she has contributed to the field through her publications.

Dr. Hadi Moradi

Hadi Moradi received his B.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering in 1989 from the University of Tehran (UT). He received his M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in robotics and intelligent systems, from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1994 and 1999 respectively. He has experience in industry and education since 97 working at FEM Engineering for 2 years and at USC and SKKU is South Korea between 2000 and 2008. In 2008 he joined the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UT. His research interest includes computational psychology using games, intelligent systems, and robots. Dr. Moradi received several awards such as the best paper award at CLAWAR2008 and finalist for the best paper award in ROBIO 2011. He also received several awards for his games and methods for cognitive screening and rehabilitation. He has been heavily involved with IEEE activities from 2004 in positions such as the chair of IEEE Iran section and the co-chair of the service robots technical committee of Robotics and Automation Society.