The Master of Science in Design supports a wide variety of research interests through its seven concentrations. Click below to see a list of our current students and how they are applying what they are learning in design to fields like computer science and cultural tourism to cell phones and musical expression. We are adding new student groups all the time, so check back if one concentration does not currently have a student listing.
Arts, Media, + Engineering
Healthcare and Healing Environments
Leena Adame: Merging knowledge of computer science and software technology with the design and planning of healthcare facilities.
Michael Avila: Design and emotion, caregiver burden, collaborative coping, and redefining the healing environment.
Kerri Badura: Environmental impact on patient perception of quality.
Emily Newcomb: Healthcare, how lighting in healthcare settings impacts users, new lighting technologies (LED), daylighting and sustainable architecture/design.
Carol Kleihauer: How sustainable materials in interior hospital environments affect the emotions of staff and patients of the space.
Violet Lee: Sustainable healthcare design.
Healthcare Design website
Industrial Design
Brendan Beardsley:
Research and design of bulk food storage and distribution system.
Stuart Braiman
Greg Burkett: User experience of repairing consumer products.
Hsin-Lien Chen
Nancy Gray:
The multiple dimensions of branding.
Yuan-Shuo Hsieh
Vin Lim: Design and culture, design education, practicality of design research.
Christopher Meireling
Gema Munoz-Alarcon
Tate Ragland
Joshua Richman
Debra Vian Brown
Peng Yang
Melissa Zlatow
Interaction Design
Christen Forrester:
Role of graphic design in advocacy; Intercultural communication; Bridging the gap between first and third worlds.
Interior Design
Lisa Barber-Estores
Teri Bowman:
Color psychology in learning environments.
Kara Freihoefer
Danielle Jacques
Prathima Jasti: Sustainable design and its impact on office worker productivity.
Katherine Klensin:
Design history of the Riordan Mansion.
Anne Littlejohn: Workplace Environments and Sustainability.
Catherine Pliess
Cherise Robb
Maria Saporito:
Contemporary department store and the consumer response to its current state of design, proposed state of design through consumer preferences.
Rachel Simmons
Sailaja Vedula:
Sustainability in Interior environments, small space design.
Penny Yscavage
New Product Innovation
Jing Cai: Human factors, user experience research, emotional design, universal design and culture issues in design.
Maral Charkhtab Tabrizi: Universal design, inclusive design, assistive devices, design for disabled persons.
Wooyoung Sung: Interaction design, user experience design.
Dan Wandrey: Exploring compelling ways to communicate research insights to inspire the design process.
Matt Wilkins:
Human factors, user experience research, visual communication, sustainable and emotional design.
Qian Yang: Emotional design.
Liqing Zho: Human factors, emotional design, universal design, user experience research and culture issues in design.
Renu Mdhav Zunjarwa: Experience design in consumer products, empathic handheld consumer products, consumer electronics and durables, packaging.
Visual Communication Design
Sugathri Akkiraju: User interface design and user centered design.
Joe Scott Grubitz: Improving wayfinding in existing acute care facilities.
Miao Miao: Visual communications.
John Murdock
Melissa Neubauer: Cross-cultural visual communication.
David Solnick
Varita Sureephong
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