Name: Dr Robbie Napper
Title: Senior Lecturer, Department of Design, MADA
Affiliation: Monash University
Name: Dr Robbie Napper
Title: Senior Lecturer, Department of Design, MADA
Affiliation: Monash University
Robbie Napper is an Industrial Designer, Researcher and Senior Lecturer with the Department of Design at Monash University.
Since joining Monash University in 2007 he has developed expertise in the design and manufacture of vehicles, services, systems and objects for mobility, especially examining themes of modularity, mass customisation, user experience and user-centred design. From 2011-2013 in partnership with Volgren Australia Pty Ltd Robbie led the industrial design development of Australia’s best selling route bus, the Volgren Optimus. Robbie is a standing member of the US National Academy of Science’s Transportation Research Board in Bus Transit Systems and Transit Capacity and Quality of Service. He rides mountain bikes.
PhD. Department of Design, Monash University, 2011.
Grad Cert Higher Ed., Monash University, 2012.
B.Ind.Des. University of Canberra, 2004
Early Career Research Achievement Award, Monash University, 2012
Early Career Research Development Award, Monash University, 2011
Vice Provost Commendation for Teaching, Monash University, 2010, 2011, 2014
Peer reviewer – Australasian Transport Research Forum
Peer Reviewer – Transportation Research Board – US
Sitting Member – Bus Transit Systems Committee of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Science, Washington DC, US.
Sitting Member – Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Committee of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Science, Washington DC, US.
Associate – Public Transport Research Group, Monash University.
2011-2014
Value: $1.3M
Role: Project Leader, Lead Interior Designer
This project required the research and development of a next-generation
vehicle for Volgren, Australia’s largest bus bodywork manufacturer.
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Conference Papers
Monash University Researcher Profile
https://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=13358&pid=4402
World Transit Research – Author Search