Publications

2026

Arun Kumar, P., Brakenridge, C., Nagaraja, V., & Mitchell, S. (2026). Measuring Movement: Reframing Physical Activity Monitoring For Sedentary Lifestyles, A Narrative Review. https://doi.org/10.51224/SportRxiv.944

Arun Kumar, P. (2026). MOVE – An Alternative Approach to Monitoring Physical Activity for Highly Sedentary Lifestyles (Version 1, p. 151985009 Bytes) [RMIT University]. https://doi.org/10.25439/RMT.33014210

Philpotts, E. (2026). Ready for the next phase. Medical Device Developments, 1, 15–17.https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.yudu.com%2Fweb%2F442ay%2F0A4479m%2FMMI058-Pros%2Fhtml%2Findex.html%3Fpage%3D14%26origin%3Dreader&data=05%7C02%7Cpranay.arun.kumar%40rmit.edu.au%7C19a34a162d734a20eaba08deb170304c%7Cd1323671cdbe4417b4d4bdb24b51316b%7C0%7C0%7C639143292581561719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E125N39ksRPzbHQewIISzhhm1pgAsBYj1kT%2FQuXaOgc%3D&reserved=0

2025

The Royal Society (2025). Disability technology: Exploring how data and digital assistive technologies can support independent, fulfilled lives. https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/disability-technology/disability-technology-report.pdf

2024

OpenDesign (2024). activPAL 3c Teardown (guide). iFixit. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/activPAL+3c+Teardown/170046

2023

OpenDesign (2023). ActiGraph GT3X+ Teardown (guide). iFixit. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/ActiGraph+GT3X-plus+Teardown/166217

OpenDesign (2023). activPAL 3 Teardown (guide). iFixit. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/ActivPAL+3+Teardown/166182

Jones, P., Arun Kumar, P. (2023). Formative Interventions for Healthcare Sustainability: A Developmental Design Agenda. In: Pfannstiel, M.A. (eds) Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20168-4_11

Jones, P. and Arun Kumar, P. (2023). Fibreshed: A positive alternative for the fashion industry, consumers, and the planet. In: Proceedings of Related Systems Thinking and Design RSD12 2023 Symposium, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. https://rsdsymposium.org/fibreshed/

2022

Arun Kumar, P., Jones, P. (2022). Towards Healthcare Sustainability: A developmental design approach. Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design Symposium University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, Oct 3-16, Vol. RSD11, Article No. 181, ISSN 2371-8404. https://rsdsymposium.org/towards-healthcare-sustainability-a-developmental-design-approach/

Arun Kumar, P. and Jones, P. (2022). Developmental Design for Healthcare Sustainability – Synthesis map 1.0. In: Proceedings of Related Systems Thinking and Design RSD11, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. https://rsdsymposium.org/developmental-design-for-healthcare-sustainability-synthesis-map-1-0-227/

2021

Arun Kumar, P. (2021). Regulating Environmental Impact of Medical Devices in the United Kingdom - A Scoping Review. Prosthesis 3(4), pp. 370–387. EISSN 2673-1592. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/prosthesis3040033

Upadhyay, V., Arun Kumar, P., Singh, P., Ayush, Sharma, S., Paldas, S., Rao, P. V. M., Balakrishnan, M. (2021). Retrofit Framework for Indoor Mobility in Unstructured Spaces. Workshop Paper in CHI 2021, Yokohama, Japan. [link]

Arun Kumar P., Wang S.J. (2021). The Design Intervention Opportunities to Reduce Procedural-Caused Healthcare Waste Under the Industry 4.0 Context – A Scoping Review. In: Brooks A., Brooks E.I., Jonathan D. (eds) Interactivity and Game Creation. ArtsIT 2020. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 367. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_27

2020

Arun Kumar, P. (2020). EcoDesign for medical devices: Barriers and opportunities to eco effective design of medical devices, (MPhil thesis) Royal College of Art, London, UK. Retrieved from https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/4467

2019

Kumar, P. A., & Wang, S. J. (2019). Encouraging DfE in Design Education to promote Sustainable Medical Product Design. Designing Sustainability for All, 4, 1354–1359. [link] [poster]

Laroia, M., Kumar, P. A., Minz, M., Khateeb, B., & Nahar, P. (2019). A case study on Access to Electricity Decentralized People-Centric Energy Model for India. Catalogue of the RSD7 Exhibition, 67–68. https://systemic-design.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RSD7Exhibition_VisualizingComplexSystems.pdf, [poster]

2017

Arun Kumar, P., Sridhar, S., Chaturvedi, J., & Deshpande, R. P. (2017). Identification of unmet clinical needs in the field of nephrology – A modified bio-design approach. Medical Devices and Diagnostic Engineering, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.15761/MDDE.1000115

2015

Arun Kumar, P. (2015). Sinucare – Biomedical product system innovation for Chronic Rhinosinusitis, (BDes thesis) National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.

2014

Kumar, P. A. (2014). Insulin Management System for Diabetic Patients. Proceedings of the India HCI 2014 Conference on Human Computer Interaction – IHCI ’14, 102–107. https://doi.org/10.1145/2676702.2676720, [poster], [paper]