Weber-Hansen Andrea HSLU T&A

Prof. Dr. Andrea Weber-Hansen Andrea Weber-Hansen

Vice Dean

Head of the Competence Center for Product and Textile

Weber-Hansen Andrea HSLU T&A

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture

Room D202
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw


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Vice Dean

Head of Research and Development

Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art​

Room 745_442
Nylsuisseplatz 1
6020 Emmenbrücke


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Head of the Competence Center for Product and Textile

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Biography

Andrea Weber Marin studied environmental sciences at ETH Zurich and did her PhD in process engineering. She completed a teaching course for higher education. After and during her postdoc studies at ETH Zurich at the Institute of textile machinery and production and her employment at CIBA Basel she started lecturing at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts. 2009 she was appointed vice dean. 2017 she became head of engineering and research at the school of engineering & architecture. As member of the University management Andrea Weber Marin is responsible for the strategic development for the engineering part of the departement and research.

Her own research is focussed on textile and design. She is head of the Competence Center Products & Textiles at the departement of Design & Art and project head of several Innosuisse projects with industry and research partners from the fields of textile, design and architecture. She was nominated with her team for Design Prize Switzerland for a number of research projects and awarded with the price in 2015. She did a number of publications and presentations at national and international conferences. She is member of Swiss Texnet, member of the board of several SCCER, member of the stearing committee of the Lucerne Energy & Sustainability commission, member of Swiss Engineering and Swiss Textile Network.

Projects

Research projects

  • Viscosilab
  • Circle Up Textiles (CUT) 2
  • Nachhaltigkeit und Naturfasern – Spinnerei Lab
  • Solar Design Tools
  • Innovation Boosters Energy Lab
  • Adaptives Blendschutztextil
  • CIMProW - Circular Innovation: Medical Protective Wear
  • Smart Ennoblement Factory
  • Textiles Remanufacturing 2.0
  • Forschungszentrum zu kreislauffähige Gebäude SAG Reiden
  • Foschungszentrum zu kreislauffähige Gebäude SAG Reiden
  • Digital Model for the assessment of environmental impacts in a circular textile chain
  • Textile Waste 3D-Printing
  • SmartDRY
  • Adaptives Blendschutztextil
  • Texrecycling 4.0
  • ITC Smart Application Factory
  • TESS - Textile Eco System Sleep
  • Veganer Second Layer Bettsystem (Vorprojekt)
  • Silk Memory
  • TEXCYCLE
  • Texlining 2
  • Design of Bioinspired textile products with natural fibres (DesNat)
  • Future F-ABRIC
  • Verein Innovationspark Zentralschweiz
  • Gessner@Silk Memory
  • Medela - Emotion through Textiles
  • DAFAT 2 - Digitale Applikation von Farbe auf Textil
  • e-Broidery 2.0
  • Konstruktionssysteme mit Textilien
  • Staff Exchange India
  • Vorprojekt Silk Memory II
  • Innovation Day 2014
  • Vorprojekt Silk Memory I
  • Event Pavillon
  • DAFAT 1 - Digitale Applikation von Farbe auf Textil (Hauptstudie)
  • BambuSigns
  • Optimum

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Artistic, art-related work/art and design

  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Weber Marin, Andrea & Tomovic, Tina (2013). e-Broidery and Interior Embroidery [Exhibition of results from research projects]. Shenzhen, China.

Publications and presentations - Book/catalogue

  • Burri, Monika; Egloff, Brigitte; Moor, Christina; Schwarzenbach, Alexis & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (Hrsg.). (2015). Silk Memory. In Luisa Collina; Laura Galluzzo; Anna Meroni (Hrsg.), The Virtuous Circle. Design Culture and Experimentation. Proceedings of the CUMULUS conference Milano 2015 (103-117). Milano: McGraw-Hill education Italy.
  • Meier, Urs; Creux, Simone & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (2006). Process Oriented Analysis: Design and Optimization of Industrial Production Systems. UK: Taylor&Francis, CRCPress.
  • Meier, Urs; Creux, Simone & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (2005). Grafische Methoden der Prozessanalyse. Detuschland: Hanser Verlag.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Tomovic, Tina & Weber Marin, Andrea (2017). Silk Memory oder der Weg vom Firmen- ins Webarchiv. In netzwerk mode textil e. V.; 1. Vorsitzende Gundula Wolter (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch nmt 2017 (S. 47-55). Augsburg: Wissner-Verlag.
  • Adler, Françoise; Steffen, Dagmar Johanna & Weber Marin, Andrea (2009). Designing Smart Clothes for the user: Product semantics of Smart Clothes. Proceedings of dthe Swiss Design Network (SDN) Conference, 2009 (S. 233-239). Milano: et al edizioni.
  • Steffen, Dagmar Johanna; Adler, Françoise & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (2009). Smart clothes: Product semantics of smart clothes. Proceedings of the IASDR Conference, 2009 (S. 1-10). Seoul: Korean Society of Design Science.

Publications and presentations - Report/working paper

  • Adler, Françoise; Schmidt, Lea; Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Willi, Benjamin (2023). Sustainable Design Decisions for Circularity – a Challenge (Bericht).
  • Häusermann, Martina; Weber-Hansen, Andrea; Adler, Françoise; Schöb, Florence & Willi, Benjamin (2023). Report Textiles Remanufacturing 2.0 (Bericht). Luzern-Emmenbrücke.
  • Adler, Françoise; Weber Marin, Andrea & Schmidt, Lea (2022). Texcircle – Circularity for Textiles: Ein Zwischenbericht zum InnoSuisse Projekt-Nr. 41278.1 IP-SBM (Bericht). Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst, Luzern.
  • Adler, Françoise; Schmidt, Lea; Weber Marin, Andrea & Willi, Benjamin (2021). Design Decision Tool für eine nachhaltige Produktentwicklung (Bericht). Forschungsgruppe Produkt & Textil, Luzern.
  • Poldner, Kim; Müggler, Isabel Rosa; Adler, Francoise & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (2014). Illuminating the future of textile design research (Bericht).
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea; Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Adler, Françoise; Poldner, Kim & Häberle, Janine (2014). The Design Alphabet for Textiles as applied Method at the Frontiers of Textile Design Research (Bericht). Design Research Society,

Publications and presentations - Other publication formats

  • Adler, Françoise; Tina, Tomovic & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (15.12.2022). Wege weg von Fast Fashion [Fernsehsendung]. https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/einstein/video/wege-weg-von-fast-fashion?urn=urn:srf:video:c07bf60f-8c61-46e7-a61a-277f54bd6b20
  • Weber Marin, Andrea (03.04.2022). «Undress»: Wie eine St. Galler Modeschau auf nachhaltige Mode aufmerksam machen will [Radiosendung]. https://www.srf.ch/audio/regionaljournal-ostschweiz/wahlen-in-ausserrhoder-gemeinden?id=12170376

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Moor, Christina & Weber Marin, Andrea (27.11.2019). SmartDRY: Maschinelle Trocknungsprozesse. Textile Trends und Neues zu Wet-Clean-Verfahren., Zürich.
  • Moor, Christina & Weber Marin, Andrea (04.09.2019). Manual labour and industry: A mutual stimulation proven in an intercultural research project. International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019, Manchester, UK.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber Marin, Andrea (02.09.2019). Textiles & Biodegradability: Challenges and Opportunities of sustainable textile Futures. IASDR 2019 International Association of Societies of Design Research Conferences, Manchester.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber Marin, Andrea (02.09.2019). Textiles & Biodegradability: Challenges and Opportunities of sustainable textile Futures. Design Revolutions IASDR Conference 2019, Manchester, UK.
  • Moor, Christina & Weber Marin, Andrea (08.03.2019). Baumaterialien der Zukunft: Textilien. architekturSCHWEIZ 19, Zürich.
  • Burri, Monika; Schmid, Claudia; Schumann, Marie; Tomovic, Tina & Weber Marin, Andrea (14.11.2018). Textilarchive 2.0. Silk-Memory-Workshop, Schweizerische Textilfachschule, Zürich.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Weber Marin, Andrea; Tomovic, Tina & Moor, Tina (01.08.2018). Technologie-Impuls Textil. Workshop Technologie Impuls Textil, Zug.
  • Moor, Christina & Weber Marin, Andrea (14.03.2018). verstrickt statt zugenäht. Textilsymposium 2018, Wankdorf Bern.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea & Wehrli, Daniel (01.06.2017). TexLining 2. Brownbag Lunch, Emmenbrücke.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea; Adler, Françoise & Tomovic, Tina (15.09.2016). DAFAT: 3D Color Application on Textiles. 4th International Digital Textile Congress, Ghent.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea & Adler, Françoise (28.01.2016). The multi-disciplinary Research Project DAFAT: Adesign-driven technological development. Unfrozen: First SDN Design Research Winter Summit, Grandhotel Giessbach.
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea; Wehrli, Daniel & Moor, Christina (28.01.2016). Stoffwechsel: Textile insulation solutions. Unfrozen, Grandhotel Giessbach.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea & Adler, Françoise (30.09.2015). Das Projekt DAFAT: Digitale Applikation von Farbe auf Textil. Ortstermin "DAFAT", Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (27.08.2015). Cross-Technology Ansatz in der Textilforschung. Innovationday 2015, EMPA Dübendorf.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (22.04.2015). Radical Design Interventions Designers’ roles in future technologies. Designseminar 2014, Maskenliebhabersaal, Luzern.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea; Adler, Françoise & Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa (16.04.2015). Das interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt DAFAT: Eine designgetriebene Technologieentwicklung. Projektpräsentation Kategorie Forschung, Langenthal.
  • Sulzer, Sabine & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (25.03.2015). SCCER an der Hochschule Luzern / Luzerner Kompetenzzentrum für Energieforschung (LUCCERNE). 11. ZIG-Planerseminar, Horw (Luzern).
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (09.12.2014). Designvision and Designalphabet in applied Textile Design Research. OCT-LOFT Creative Festival 2014, Shenzhen, China.
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea; Häberle, Janine & Moor, Christina (07.09.2014). An aesthetic approach to the use of textiles in architecture. Ambience Conference, Schweden.
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Adler, Francoise (07.09.2014). Giving color back its materiality: 3D color application on textiles. Ambience Conference, Schweden.
  • Adler, Françoise; Weber Marin, Andrea & Poldner, Kim (07.09.2014). Giving Color back it's Materiality: 3D Color Application on Textiles. Ambience'14 & 10i3m, Tampere, Finnland.
  • Schwarzenbach, Alexis & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (28.08.2014). Silk Memory: Von der Tradition zur textilen Innovation. Innovationday, EMPA Dübendorf.
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea (23.05.2014). Characteristics of Bamboo stem fiber. Fiber Society Converence, EMPA St. Gallen.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (07.05.2014). Methode, Innovation & Verzauberung. Designseminar 2014, Bourbaki Luzern.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (09.12.2013). Design Vivison and Design Alphabet in applied Textile Design Research. DESIGN EDGE: INSIDE/ OUTSIDE, Shenzhen, China.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea & Adler, Françoise (13.06.2013). DAFAT: Digitale Applikation von Farbe auch Textil. Brown Bag Lunch, Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (11.04.2013). Licht, Textil & Spektakel. Designseminar 2013, Hochschule Luzern.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Moor, Christina (07.09.2012). Applied Research Project OPTIMUM: Generation and Design of Micro structured Textiles with spectral Colour Effects. Ambience Conference, Schweden.
  • Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Moor, Christina (30.08.2012). Textiler Pavillon. Innovationday, EMPA Dübendorf.
  • Steffen, Dagmar Johanna; Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa (12.04.2012). Bamboo: A holistic approach to a renewable fiber for fashion design. European Academy of Design Conference, Gothenburg.
  • Halbeisen, Marcel & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (29.02.2012). Colour effects on microstructured textiles. International Fiber Symposium, Dornbirn.

Achievements

Achievements - Patent

  • Weber Marin, Andrea; Adler, Françoise; Selbmann, Karl-Heinz & Felder, Ramon (31.08.2017). Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Textildruckes und damit hergestelltes bedrucktes Substrat No. CH 712 180 B1. Schweiz, Liechtenstein: Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum.

Achievements - Commissions, memberships and external activities

  • Weber Marin, Andrea. Mitglied Forschungskommission. (01.09.2022). SWissMEM.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea. Jury Nachhaltigkeitspreis. (01.07.2022). OKB Obwaldner Kantonalbank.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea. Jury Innovationspreis. (01.08.2018). IHZ Industrie- und Handelskammer Zentralschweiz.

Achievements - Awards and honours

  • Adler, Françoise; Schmidt, Lea; Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Willi, Benjamin (18.11.2022). Best Research on Sustainability für A practiced-based approach for sustainable product design decisions.
  • Geissbühler, Dieter; Kunz, Stefan; Moor, Christina; Saur, Alexandra; Weber-Hansen, Andrea & Wehrli, Daniel (31.12.2015). Nomination Design Preis Schweiz Kategorie Research für KTI Teilprojekt TexPavillon.
  • Adler, Françoise; Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Müller, Nina & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (30.10.2015). Winner Kategorie Research Edition 2015 für Das interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt DAFAT.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Tomovic, Tina & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (01.11.2013). Designpreis Schweiz für Nomination Kategorie Newcomer.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Moor, Christina & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (01.11.2013). Designpreis Schweiz für Nomination Kategorie Research.
  • Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Moor, Christina & Weber-Hansen, Andrea (04.11.2011). Designpreis Schweiz für Nomination Kategorie Research.

Achievements - Other achievements

  • Adler, Françoise; Bosshard, Sara; Gassler, Cornelia; Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Moor, Christina; Schumann, Marie; Tomovic, Tina; Weber Marin, Andrea & Wehrli, Daniel. Techtextil 2017 - Leitmesse für Technische Textilien und Vliesstoffe. Techtextil 2017. Techtextil 2017.
  • Weber Marin, Andrea; Müggler Zumstein, Isabel Rosa; Adler, Françoise; Moor, Christina; Tomovic, Tina & Wehrli, Daniel. Techtextil 2015 - Leitmesse für Technische Textilien und Vliesstoffe. Techtextil 2015. Techtextil 2015.