designers Experts

Alexandros Tsamis

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Graduate Program Director; Associate Director, Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Architect focused on composite materials, building energy systems and advanced manufacturing technologies for the built environment.

Michael Prietula

Professor Emeritus in Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

John Boult

Associate Professor Design StrategyBrunel University

Makes Design Strategy relevant and exciting: Inspiring; informative; combines academic thinking with real-world problem solving expertise.

Tae Wan Kim

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Tae Wan Kim's research is focused on AI ethics, cross-cultural business ethics, future of the workplace and corporate social responsibility.

Selmer Bringsjord

Director, Rensselaer AI & Reasoning Lab; Professor, Cognitive Science and Computer ScienceRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Expert in logic and philosophy, specializing in AI and reasoning

Nikolas Martelaro

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Nikolas Martelaro's lab focuses on augmenting designer's capabilities through the use of new technology and design methods

Susan Tsu

Bessie F Anathan Professor of Design & University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

As a costume designer, Tsu has spent a lifetime examining the human condition and the semiotics of what others don.

Elise King, MID, M.A.

Associate Professor of Interior Design, Interim ChairBaylor University

Interior designer, historian & researcher who explores community relationships with built environments, architectural history & sleep

Peter Christensen

Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Art HistoryUniversity of Rochester

Peter Christensen's specialization is modern architectural and environmental history of Germany, Central Europe and the Middle East.

Mark Baskinger

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Mark Baskinger's research interests include new paradigms for interactive objects, durational design, and methodologies for visual thinking.