Lucas Küntzer
Trier, Germany ·
lucas@kuentzer.de
Driven by curiosity for real-world applications of emerging technologies, I am passionate about developing user-friendly, robust, and purposeful systems that bridge innovation and usability. My work is guided by a keen attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
Skills
Languages, Operating Systems & Tools
- C#
- .NET
- Unity
- Python
- Anaconda
- Java
- Android Studio
- Kotlin
- C++
- JavaScript
- JSON
- XML
- HTML
- CSS
- Flutter
- Apache Server
- SQL
- git
Software Engineering
- Requirements
- FMEA
- UML
- SCRUM
Platforms & Administration
- CATIA
- 3D Experience
- Creo
- Windchill
- Typo3
- Wordpress
- Obsidian
- MS Office 365
- Adobe Creative Suite
Open Source Contributions
A collection of Open-Source Projects, Lucas contributed to.
ROVER
ROVER (Rating Overlay for Virtual Environments in Research) is a VR questionnaire toolkit enabling expert researchers and those with a limited IT-background to easily integrate surveys and questionnaires into the virtual environment during users studies.
Publications
Academic publications: articles, posters, and talks.
Research Article - ROVER: A Standalone Overlay Tool for Questionnaires in Virtual Reality
Lucas Küntzer, Sandra Schwab, Heike Spaderna and Georg Rock. In Companion Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems. pp. 1–8. ACM, Cagliari, Italy, 2024.
June 2024
Research Article - Extended Reality Prototyping for Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Product Development
Lucas Küntzer, Thomas Nather, Markus Krost, Timo Zenner, and Georg Rock. Transdisciplinary Design and Communications: Data, Information and Knowledge, International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, Special Issue, 2022.
January 2022
Research Article - evoDash – A Transdisciplinary Vision or an Education Platform and a Simulation‐Based Vehicle Development Process
Lucas Küntzer, Marcel Schwarzenbarth, Daniel Siladjev, and Georg Rock. In Transdisciplinary Engineering for Complex Socio-technical Systems – Real-life Applications. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, Volume 12, 2020.
September 2020
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Creations
A collection of projects authored by Lucas.
proTRon EVOLUTION Experience
The 'proTRon EVOLUTION Experience' is a virtual showroom for the electric vehicle prototype 'proTRon EVOLUTION' by 'Team proTRon' made up of students from Trier University of Applied Sciences. It was developed as part of a Bachelor's Thesis.
VaRiant - A Tool for the Visualization of Variant Structures in VR
VaRiant is a visualization tool for variant management building on the data structure of the tool Glencoe by Bettinger and Rock et al. from Trier University of Applied Sciences. VaRiant enables the user to directly interact with 3D-cone trees built from 2D structures to explore variant constraints. This demo implements a link to the design data of the electric vehicle proTRon EVOLUTION.
Experience
Research Associate / Doctoral Researcher
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
Department of Computer Science
- Led a Virtual Reality (VR) lab for human-computer interaction (HCI)
- Conceptualized, supervised and integrated student research projects
- Conducted interdisciplinary HCI research on user experience and its quantitative measurement in VR, presented findings internationally
- Designed and delivered an accessible, open-source VR research tool
- Revised and finalized a practical AI course and certification program
August 2021 - Present
Research Associate
Germany | Trier University
Department of Health Psychology
- Data aggregation, analysis and preparation for publication of a user study on VR exergaming of vulnerable users with low affinity for technology
February 2025 - June 2025
Working Student Internship (Master’s Thesis)
Germany | Volvo Construction Equipment
Technology Engineering
- Supported integration of VR prototyping into development processes
February 2021 - April 2021
Research / Teaching Assistant
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
Department of Computer Science
- Conceptualized and supervised android-based infotainment software projects in the interdisciplinary student vehicle project ‘proTRon’
- Investigated and presented use cases of VR in industry and academia
- Taught undergraduate classes, tutorials and practicals, graded exams
March 2018 - July 2021
Lab Assistant
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Established an interdisciplinary Virtual/Augmented Reality laboratory prototyping applications in product development and manufacturing
October 2015 - February 2018
Student Assistant
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
Department of Computer Science
- Conceptualized and supervised android-based infotainment software projects in the interdisciplinary student vehicle project ‘proTRon’
- Investigated and presented use cases of VR in industry and academia
- Taught undergraduate classes, tutorials and practicals, graded exams
October 2014 - January 2018
Education
Germany | Trier University
Ph.D. Computer Science
Focus:
- Human-Computer Interaction, Tool Development, User Research
- Thesis: “Development of a Open-Source Tool for VR-based User Experience Studies”
2021 - Present
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
M.Sc. Computer Science – Final Grade: 1.1 (very good)
Focus:
- Software Engineering, User Experience Design, Virtual Reality Prototyping
- Thesis: “Virtual Prototyping Integration in established Product Development Processes at Volvo CE”
Activities:
- Member of the Student Vehicle Development Project “Team proTRon”
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (2011)
- Student Council Member and (Vice-)President
2017 - 2021
Germany | Trier University of Applied Sciences
B.Sc. Computer Science – Final Grade: 1.3 (very good)
Focus:
- Software Engineering, Virtual Reality Prototyping, Mobile Applications
- Thesis: “Development of the VR system ‘proTRon EVOLUTION VR Experience’ for the PR work of Team proTRon”
Activities:
- Member of the Student Vehicle Development Project “Team proTRon”
- Semester abroad at Hogskolan Kristianstad, Sweden
- Student Council Member
2014 - 2018
Germany | Leibniz-Gymnasium, Sankt Ingbert
University Entrance Qualification (German Abitur) – Final Grade: 1.0 (very good)
Activities:
- Member of the School Orchestra
- Member of the Robotics Club
- Founding Member of the Student Company “innogrün”
2005 - 2013