FACULTY
Prof. Mritunjay Kumar is an Assistant Professor - Design, at FLAME University. He completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, in the field of Design. He has completed his M.Des in Human-Computer Interaction from the Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and B. Des in Knitwear Design from National Institute of Fashion Technology Chennai.
Prof. Mritunjay’s dissertation focused on capturing the dynamics of emotions at different stages of the creative process using facial expression analysis and support vector machines.
Prof. Mritunjay has over ten years of experience in design, research and academia. Prior to joining FLAME, he worked with the Science and Technology Council of the Government of Uttar Pradesh on the Science bus (Vigyan Bus) project, where the bus (on wheels) visits several schools in remote areas and students can experience pre-installed science models, projects, apparatus, and labs. He has also been associated with the Aalto Design Factory, Finland where he worked on developing a wearable shoe insoles (Buzzway), that offers hands-free navigation by vibrating the respective foot using sensors to offer directional cues without looking at the mobile phone screens.
Prof. Mritunjay has also worked with Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development, Govt of Jharkhand, in uplifting the languishing crafts at several clusters in Jharkhand. He has also been an empanelled designer with the Development Comissioner of Handicrafts, Govt. of India.
His research interests are Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Design for Emotions, Creative Thinking, Design for Behavior Change, Visual Communication and Machine Learning for Design.
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Design Patent:
- Kumar, M., Kundal, A., (2023). A Compact Composting Device for Waste Decomposition. German Patent No. 20 2023 103 380. Germany: The President of the German Patent and Trademark Office, Eva Shevior.
- Kumar, M., Kundal, A., (2023). A Portable Infant Phototherapy Device. German Patent No. 20 2023 103 378. Germany: The President of the German Patent and Trademark Office, Eva Shevior.
- Kumar, M., Siddique, A., Ramkumar, J. (2017). Indian Design Patent No. 287986. India: The Patent Office Kolkata. Search here: https://iitk.ac.in/ipr/index.php/patent-granted
Awards:
- Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis award (2023) - Awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Best paper award for the paper titled ‘Comparing the Incubation effect between various age group of students during the Creative problem solving’at the International Conference on Creativity Cognition in Art and Design, Granted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and National Institute of Design in 2017.
- Top 14 best craft films across the globe awarded by the World Craft Council - "Dhokra Art”
Journal:
- Kumar, M., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A. (2022). Creative problem solving and facial expressions: A stage based comparison. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0269504. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269504
Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters:
- Kumar, M., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A., Kundal, A. (2023). Laterality in Gesture-Based Video Games. In: Tareq Ahram and Christianne Falcão (eds) Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 96. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003863
- Kumar, M., Roy, S., Sameer, A., Kundal, A. (2023). Examining the effects of near and far cues on creativity. In: Evangelos Markopoulos, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke and Yan Luximon (eds) Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 74. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003317
- Kumar, M., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Sameer, A., Mittal, S., & Sarkar, B. (2021). Understanding the Dynamics of Emotions During the Design Process. Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2, 469–482. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0119-4_38
- Kumar, M., Ranjan, R., Bhushan, B., Roy, S., & Sameer, A. (2021). Pupil Dilation, Emotion Valence, and Recall of Visual Images. Advances in Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Communication of Design, 498–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80094-9_59
- Kumar, M., Ranjan, R., Bhushan, B., & Sameer, A. (2017). Preferences in Recall of Pleasant and Unpleasant Images. Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2, 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0_59
- Mittal, S., Roy, S., Kumar, M., & Sameer, A. (2021). Introducing Visual Literacy Activities for Primary School Children in India. Design for Tomorrow—Volume 3, 745–760. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0084-5_61
- Kumar, M., Roy, S., & Sameer, A. (2017). Influence of Creative Thinking and Playfulness on Creative Styles of the Individuals. Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2, 465–474. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0_40
- Kumar, M., Mittal, S., Roy, S., Bhushan, B., Bajpai A., & Sameer, A. (2017, January). Comparing the Incubation effect between various age group of students during the Creative problem solving (pp. 137-145). Bloomsbury, India. ISBN - 978-938-63-4988-0