Research Staff, PhD Student
Call: +34 876 555 457
Email: msiguin@unizar.es
Address: Lab. 6.2.04, Edificio I+D+i, Campus Río Ebro, C/ Mariano Esquillor s/n 50018 (Zaragoza, Spain)
ABOUT ME
Marta Siguín obtained her degree in Engineering in Industrial Design and Product Development from the School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA) of the University of Zaragoza (UZ) in 2019 and obtained the Master’s Degree in Product Design Engineering from that same school in 2020.
Her research interests are focused on the methodological field of design, especially User-Centered Design; in the field of UX (User experience); and in its application to design of products and services. These interests, together with her attraction to digitization, technology and monitoring, led her to join HOWLab in May 2020, where she completed her Master’s Final Project: “Design of a wearable for the behavioral study of chimpanzees”.
She is currently working at HOWLab designing and prototyping wearables and 3D elements for electronic systems, and she is working on a line of research, such as his future doctoral thesis, focused on the design and development of wearables that allow the advancement of knowledge in animal-human comparative studies.
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Siguín, Marta; Blanco, Teresa; Rossano, Federico; Casas, Roberto
Modular E-Collar for Animal Telemetry: An Animal-Centered Design Proposal Journal Article
In: Sensors, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, ISSN: 1424-8220.
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title = {Modular E-Collar for Animal Telemetry: An Animal-Centered Design Proposal},
author = {Marta Siguín and Teresa Blanco and Federico Rossano and Roberto Casas},
url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/1/300},
doi = {10.3390/s22010300},
issn = {1424-8220},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Sensors},
volume = {22},
number = {1},
abstract = {Animal telemetry is a subject of great potential and scientific interest, but it shows design-dependent problems related to price, flexibility and customization, autonomy, integration of elements, and structural design. The objective of this paper is to provide solutions, from the application of design, to cover the niches that we discovered by reviewing the scientific literature and studying the market. The design process followed to achieve the objective involved a development based on methodologies and basic design approaches focused on the human experience and also that of the animal. We present a modular collar that distributes electronic components in several compartments, connected, and powered by batteries that are wirelessly recharged. Its manufacture is based on 3D printing, something that facilitates immediacy in adaptation and economic affordability. The modularity presented by the proposal allows for adapting the size of the modules to the components they house as well as selecting which specific modules are needed in a project. The homogeneous weight distribution is transferred to the comfort of the animal and allows for a better integration of the elements of the collar. This device substantially improves the current offer of telemetry devices for farming animals, thanks to an animal-centered design process.},
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