FACULTY
JEFF FENG
Co-Director of Industrial Design, Associate Professor
Teaching: Junior Studio, Senior Thesis, Graduate Studio
Research Areas: Healthcare and Medical Design, Innovation Process
Awards: IDEA, Medical Design Excellence, National Academy of Inventors
MARK KIMBROUGH
Co-Director of Industrial Design, Associate Instructional Professor
Teaching: Visual Thinking, Design Communication, Senior Studio
Research Areas: Design Branding and Practice, Design Management
Awards: IDEA, Founder of Design EDGE
GEORGE CHOW
Associate Professor
Teaching: CAID, Sophomore Studio, Graduate Studio
Research Areas: Design for Sustainability
Awards: IDEA, Red Dot, iF
MIN KANG
Assistant Professor
Teaching: Product Experience Design (PXD) Studio, Intro to UX Design, Advanced UX Design
Research Areas: AI & Emerging Technologies in Systems Design, AI in Education: Innovative Design Education with AI
Awards: IDEA, iF, Red Dot, Medical Design Excellence
ELHAM MORSHEDZADEH, PH.D
Assistant Professor, Presidential Frontier Faculty (Joint Appointment with Cullen
College of Engineering)
Teaching: Junior Studio, Senior Studio, Graduate Studio
Research Areas: Healthcare Design, Telehealth, User Research
Awards: IDEA
CHORONG PARK, PH.D
Assistant Professor, Presidential Frontier Faculty
Teaching: Intro to UX Design, Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), Human–Robot Interaction (HRI), UX research & prototyping, Technology through life course (Aging-friendly tech)
Research Areas: Age-friendly HCI/HRI/XR, Kansei Engineering for Older Adults, social/companionship/service robots
Awards: Purdue Focus Award (2025)
MEG JACKSON
Associate Instructional Professor
Teaching: Freshman Studio, Design Vocabularies
Research Areas: Beginning Design, Interdisciplinary Design
ADAM WELLS
Associate Instructional Professor
Teaching: Freshman Foundation, Material and Fabrication, Material and Manufacturing, and Design Research
Research Areas: Material, Modeling, Fabrication, and Manufacturing
Awards: ID Magazine and IDEA
YARED AKALOU
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Design Research
Research Areas: Creative and Strategic Design, UX/UI
ZAIN JAMJOON
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Freshman Studio, Sophomore Studio, Visual Communication
Research Areas: Healthcare and Medical Design
Awards: IDEA Finalist 2021, IDSA GSMA South District Finalist 2023
KELLY McCORMICK
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Design Business and Practice
Research Areas: Innovation Entrepreneurship, Business Management
Awards: Wayne and Kathryn Payne Excellence Award
AARON McEUEN
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Freshmen Studio, Sophomore Studio, Design Issues
Research Areas: Material, Ceramic Design
GORDON VOS
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Human Factors, Advanced Human Factors, Integrated Design Research
Research Areas: Human Factors, Aerospace Ergonomics, Automation and AI
Awards: NASA Innovative Research Award, NASA Human Research Program
STEPHEN WESTICH
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching: Design History
Research Areas: Architecture, Politics of Space