BIO
Faculty
Glen Hougan
Associate Professor
Division of Interdisciplinary Design
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone Number: 902 494 8228
Email: ghougan@nscad.ca
Background
Professor Hougan is an industrial/product and service designer with a background in user experience, product development and design thinking.
He is principal of the design consultancy Wellspan Research and Design which offers design research and product development services and workshops in healthcare and design for an ageing population.
As well as a full-time faculty in the design division at NSCAD University, he is an Adjunct Professor at engineering at Dalhousie University.
Professional links and more information
CURRENT RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE PRACTICE
Professor Hougan’s research and work is in the area of design for health and ageing has been covered in everything from the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal.
In 2012 he was awarded a research fellowship in Healthcare Innovations from the Center for Innovation (CFI), at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota and in 2010 he was made the Sun Life Financial Chair in Design in Health and Aging.