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DrKaja Antlej

Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering

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  • Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Engineering
  • +61 3 524 79546 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Human-centred design, humans in space, isolation, digital heritage and virtual museums, extended reality (XR), 3D printing, futures thinking, well-being, and entrepreneurship.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Australia-Japan Cross-cultural Knowledge Exchange for the Wellbeing of Older Adults
    1 Nov 2025 - 30 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    DFAT - Australia-Japan Foundation - $43,185.20
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Towards the wellbeing in space: measuring and monitoring the emotions of users immersed in meaningful virtual reality experiences (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Deakin Science Society Network17 Jan 2023 - 16 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Deakin Science Society Network- $ 13,940
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  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    TruckWise Stage 2
    29 Nov 2021 - 28 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative - $390,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigating Virtual Reality (VR) Low Voltage (LV) Electrical Safety Rescue Simulation for Utilities and Manufacturing Sectors.
    1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited - $200,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Reality Embodiment for the Performing Arts.
    22 Jun 2020 - 30 Sep 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Arts Centre Trust - CONTR2020/01016 - $18,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Reality Awareness Tool for Residential Flooding Scenarios.
    13 Apr 2020 - 31 Oct 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    MWC Grant - Research - Melbourne Water Corporation - $34,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Virtual Reality Heavy Vehicle Awareness Platform
    27 May 2019 - 31 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    City of Greater Bendigo - CONTR2019/01074 - $248,619.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    3D digitisation of performing arts costumes.
    12 Mar 2019 - 12 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Arts Centre Melbourne T/As Victorian Arts Centre Trust - CONTR2019/00601 - $14,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    The social value of engineering and design heritage in post-industrial cities and its digital interpretation in a museum context (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Deakin Science and Society Network (SSN)17 Dec 2018 - 18 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
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  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Reality Confined Space Entry (CSE) Training Systems.
    1 Sep 2018 - 1 Oct 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Melbourne Water Corporation - CONTR2018/01836 - $266,038.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Gale Pacific Design Investigation
    27 Feb 2017 - 9 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Gale Pacific Limited - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Geelong Orthotics Design Investigation
    27 Feb 2017 - 9 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Geelong Orthotics - $10,000.00