{"689936":{"#nid":"689936","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MS Defense by Mingqi Wang","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnder the provisions of the regulations for the degree\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMASTER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, May 1, 2026\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10:00 a.m.\u0026nbsp;\u2013 11:00 a.m. EST\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWest Architecture 155\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeams Link:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/29404818118672?p=PsXkNbBc5fQRg39Tgk\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/29404818118672?p=PsXkNbBc5fQRg39Tgk\u0022\u003EMingqi Wang Thesis Defense | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting ID: 294 048 181 186 72\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPasscode: WV6Mj2YH\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMingqi Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ewill present a\u0026nbsp;thesis\u0026nbsp;defense entitled\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Designing for Breathing-Stroke Coordination Awareness and Training in Front Crawl Swimming\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u202fAdvisor:\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Yixiao Wang, Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Eunsook Kwon, Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Alexander T. Adams, Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty and students are invited to attend this presentation.\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBreathing-stroke coordination in front crawl swimming is a skill most swimmers cannot directly perceive or correct in real time. Every breath requires precise lateral head rotation timed to body roll and the arm pull cycle, yet swimmers have no direct view of their own mechanics while in motion. Traditional coaching addresses this through delayed verbal feedback, and while commercial swimming technology has expanded, no existing product targets breathing-stroke coordination specifically.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis thesis investigates how technology can support swimmers\u0027 awareness of breathing-stroke coordination in front crawl, with a focus on recreational and developing swimmers. The research follows a two-phase design process. Phase 1 consisted of semi-structured interviews with 16 swimmers and coaches spanning beginner through elite levels, analyzed through thematic analysis to characterize how coordination is experienced across skill levels and to derive design guidelines. Phase 2 developed a virtual reality training prototype grounded in these guidelines, presenting synchronized hand trajectory visualizations and spatial audio cues to make the timing relationship between stroke mechanics and breathing windows explicitly visible. 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