Design Innovation News Center
Kayon Hall, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Higher Education Administration program, is one of six faculty members selected to be a Summer 2025 Elliot DI Faculty Fellow.
Delonte Goodman is a graduate student in 蹤獲扦 State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering. He will complete his master's program in mechatronics in December, before moving on to his doctoral program in the spring semester. He is active in multiple student and professional organizations at 蹤獲扦 State that enhance and complement his studies and also allow him to assist and mentor undergraduate students.
Jennifer Mapes, an assistant professor of geography at 蹤獲扦, developed an interactive mapping project that reimagines how people connect with the places they live. Using 3D printing, data visualization and storytelling, Mapes's work explores the South End neighborhood in 蹤獲扦, Ohio.
Creating e-textiles is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in 蹤獲扦s Design Innovation (DI) Hub in collaboration with 蹤獲扦 States School of Fashion.
The Design Innovation Initiative at 蹤獲扦 is excited to announce the selected participants for the inaugural cohort of the DI CreativesinResidence (CIR) Program, a semester-long residency that supports visionary creatives in the 蹤獲扦 State community and beyond working at the intersection of art, design and technology.
David E. Silva participated in The John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellows Program, a six-week intensive fellowship with the Design Innovation Initiative that embodies DI's core mission of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, connecting design, innovation and technology while serving as an incubator for cross-university projects.
As part of the John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellowship, VCD professor Hadi Rahmati partnered with Computer Science assistant professor Raiful Hasan to improve how self-driving cars communicate with pedestrians.
As part of Hawken Schools annual FAB Play Maker Educators Institute, Integrated Mathematics major and future math teacher, Anna Leitson, led a hands-on workshop titled Integrating Sewing Arts into the Classroom.
A group of school administrators from Brazil recently completed the 10-day Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop at 蹤獲扦s Design Innovation Hub, where they immersed themselves in design innovation techniques as they endeavor to innovate their school system at home.
The Design Innovation Initiative is pleased to welcome the third cohort of The John and Fonda Elliot DI Faculty Fellows Program and first to participate in the six-week summer fellowship. Based in the Design Innovation Hub and generously supported through an endowed gift from John and Fonda Elliot, the program creates space and time for faculty members from any academic unit to engage in collaborative, cross or trans-disciplinary projects utilizing human-centered design and innovation strategies.