Instructors for Capstone Design (ME 450)

Fall 2023 and Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
mechanical design; precision engineering; human-centered design; mechatronic systems; robotics; medical devices; modular prostheses; micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)

Email: awtar@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-0285

Fall 2023

Expertise and Interests:
control theory and applications; iterative learning control; multi-agent systems; human/robot collaborations; smart manufacturing; manufacturing robotics; high-performance micro/nano-scale printing for electrical and biomedical applications

Email: bartonkl@umich.edu 

Phone: (734) 764-7293

Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
front-end design processes; idea generation; engineering creativity and divergent thinking; design cognition; socially-engaged design; socio-technical engineering skillsets; design ethnography; design problem finding and framing; design prototyping; design education

Email: srdaly@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 763-0822

Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
aeronautical engineering; aerospace engineering

Email: bakish@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 763-0036

Fall 2023

Expertise and Interests:
design for health; front-end design methods and processes; design justice; global health equity; stakeholder co-design

Email: kramerju@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 763-9688

Fall 2023

Expertise and Interests:
mechamatronic system design methodology; smart materials and structures; inflatable structures and devices

Email: jluntz@umich.edu 

Phone: (734) 615-3889

Fall 2023 and Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
product development in aerospace, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices; design thinking, user centered design, and iteration; customer discovery for innovators; developing and manufacturing medical devices for underserved populations; supply chain management; manufacturing cost accounting

Email: randys@umich.edu 

Phone: (650) 346-8792

Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
design; fabrication; control and evaluation of human assist devices; gait analysis; biomechanics; instrument design

Email: kshorter@umich.edu 

Phone: (734) 764-8449 

Fall 2023 (Lead Instructor) and Winter 2024

Expertise and Interests:
sensory augmentation; rehabilitation engineering; biomechanics; medical device design (emphasis on global health contexts and task-shifting devices); design science; engineering design education

Email: sienko@umich.edu 

Phone: (734) 647-8249

Winter 2024 (Lead Instructor)

Expertise and Interests:
environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention technologies for manufacturing; metalworking; membrane filtration; technology policy analysis

Email: skerlos@umich.edu

Phone: (734) 615-5253

Fall 2023

Expertise and Interests:
physics-based modeling for advanced manufacturing processes; computational fluid dynamics; computational materials modeling for additive manufacturing; welding, casting, powder metallurgy; and electrohydrodynamic printing processes

Email: wendatan@umich.edu