BYU CENTER FOR
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EDUCATION
& RESEARCH
People
We collaborate with academics and professionals internationally to provide our undergraduate industrial design students opportunities to learn research methods, publish, and present their work.
FACULTY
Bryan Howell
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC COLLABORATORS
Rick Schifferstein
Color Research
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Brett Swan
Information Technology
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Ahmed Kovacevic
International Multi-Disciplinary Studies
CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON
Curtis Anderson
J. Reuben Clark Law School
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
David Morgan
Associate Professor, Industrial Design
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Jan Willem Hoftijzer
Visual Papers & Sketching Special Interest Group
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY COLLABORATORS
Casey Jarvis
Black Diamond Equipment, Utah
Jake Hall
Black Diamond Equipment, Utah
Mark Solomon
Hewlett Packard, California
Nathan Shirley
Tupperware, Florida
Jan De Groot
Tupperware, Belgium
Marty Burke
Jasco Products, Oklahoma
CURRENT STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Becky Fuller BS Technology & Engineering Studies Junior
"Exploring the Impact of Social Threat on Women's Educational Experiences Participating in Majority Male or Female Teams"
Carly Matheson BFA Industrial Design Junior
"Using Figures of Speech to Inform New Product Designs"
Garrett Hazen BFA Industrial Design Senior
"Exploring Play Interventions in Design Education"
"Application of 'Codeve' Methodology in Transatlantic Student Design Project"
Judith Westwood BFA Industrial Design Senior
"Exploring the Impact of Social Threat on Women's Educational Experiences Participating in Majority Male or Female Teams"
Mackinzie Hamilton BS Sociology Senior
"Exploring the Moral Differences between Industrial Design, Engineering and Entrepreneurship Students"
Michaela Hill BFA Industrial Design Junior
"Sketched: Students Identify Trends at Dutch Design Week"
"New Uses of Instagram In Design History Education"
Monica Robinson BFA Industrial Design Senior
"Exploring the Impact of Social Threat on Women's Educational Experiences Participating in Majority Male or Female Teams"
PAST STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Hannah Cardall BFA Industrial Design '07
"Sketched: Students Identify Trends at Dutch Design Week"
"Identifying Product Design Trends at Dutch Design Week"
"Using Instagram to Increase Student Engagement with Design History"
Hannah Lutz BFA Industrial Design '19
"Sketched: Students Identify Trends at Dutch Design Week"
Joshua Siebert BFA Industrial Design '19
"New Uses of Instagram In Design History Education"
Alisa Larsen BFA Industrial Design '19
"Increasing the Educational Impact Following A Field Study Programme"
Tom Briscoe JD J. Reuben Clark Law School '18
"Design Education and The New Culture of Design Centric Intellectual Property"
Camilla Stark BFA Industrial Design '17
"Integrating A Multidisciplinary Design Methods Mindset into Classroom Practice"
"Design Student Acculturation Through Collaborative Project Assessment"
"Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
"Collaborative Mentorships in Design Education"
"Kickstarters Role in Design Education"
Kathryn Willett BFA Industrial Design '17
"Using Local Invasive Species and Flora to Manufacture Collagen Based Biodegradable Plastic Tableware"
"Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
Daniela Turner BFA Industrial Design '18
"Design Student Acculturation Through Collaborative Project Assessment"
Tyler Christiansen BFA Industrial Design '17
" Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
Hunter Hofstrand BFA Industrial Design '17
"Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
Jenae Pettit BFA Industrial Design '17
"Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
Samantha Van Slooten BFA Industrial Design '17
"Introducing New Design Disciplines into a Traditional Industrial Design Program"
Aaron Puglisi BFA Industrial Design '15
"Kickstarters Role in Design Education"
Drew Smith BFA Industrial Design '15
"The Sharing Economy"
Camila Toro Gutierrez BS Product Design, Universidad EAFIT '15
"Color, Trademark and Designers"
Estefania Marin BS Product Design, Universidad EAFIT '14
"The Effects of Context in Product Color Testing"
Soo Jeong Kook BS Industrial Design, KAIST
"The Effects of Context in Product Color Testing"
Kimberly Christensen PhD Instructional Psychology & Technology '13
"Out of the Lecture and into the Studio: A New Take on Teaching Design History"
Seth Christensen BFA Industrial Design '12
"Design Mashup: Personal Object Meets Narrative in Contemporary Design"
Nathan Shirley BFA Industrial Design '11
"Two Color Proportion in Nature"
Ryan Whitaker BFA Industrial Design '11
"Two Color Proportion in Nature"
Jessica George BFA Industrial Design '08
"Two Color Proportion in Nature"