Dr. Nyein Chan Aung is an industrial designer, design researcher, and artist. As the Program Director of Imaging Technology Design Research at Monash University’s Design Health Collab, Nyein leads groundbreaking imaging design projects, including a mobile brain CT scanner for stroke emergencies and self-screening airport security checkpoints. Drawing from his experiences in Myanmar, the United States, and Australia, he tackles design challenges with a unique user-centered approach. His humanitarian focus, inspired by his upbringing in Myanmar, is evident in all of his work. Nyein completed his Industrial Design PhD in 2018, where he designed an aircraft cabin that improves sleep for economy class passengers. The resulting design is patented in five countries and is in the permanent collection of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Throughout his time in industry and in academia, Nyein has won numerous awards, including the Good Design Award (2021), Creative Victoria's Creators Fund (2020), and the Melbourne International Arts Festival Art Trams (2019 Launch Tram), as well as the TEAGUE PhD Design Research Scholarship (2015) and the Carl Nielsen Professional Development Award (2007). As an artist, Nyein blends design, craft, and quirkiness to create whimsical yet captivating pieces with graphite, watercolour, and ink.