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About the Design Group

The Design Group's philosophy combines an emphasis on creativity, technology and design methodology with a concern for human values and the needs of society. 

Diversity, one of the Design Group's strengths, is required to maintain a leadership position in the rapidly changing world of design and manufacturing.

The Design Group's varied interests are reflected in the following areas of teaching and research:

bio-inspired design idea visualization
biofluid dynamics human-machine interfaces
computer-aided design interaction design
controls kinematics
creativity life-cycle engineering
design analysis machine design
design for manufacturability & quality manufacturing technology
design theory & methodology medical devices
dynamics & simulation microcomputer-based systems
engineering creativity optimization
engineering education organizational innovation
experimental mechanics & stress analysis product design
fatigue and fracture mechanics rapid prototyping
finite element analysis rehabilitation
haptics robotics
high-speed devices robust design optimization
human-computer interaction scientific instrument design
 

ME degrees associated with the Design Group

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David Beach

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J. Edward Carryer

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Mark Cutkosky

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Sean Follmer

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J. Christian Gerdes

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Thomas Kenny

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Paul Mitiguy

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Drew Nelson

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Allison Okamura

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Friedrich Prinz

Finmeccanica Professor and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Bernard Roth

Rodney H. Adams Professor in the School of Engineering

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The Burton J and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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