Faculty Experts

J. Edward Colgate

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Haptics, Human-Machine Interaction

Mark Fisher

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Manufacturing, Medical Device Development, Product Management and Development

Steven Franconeri

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, The Garage at Northwestern, The Graduate School, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Psychology

Field: Education, Psychology

Focus Areas: Behavioral Economics, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Design Thinking, Influence and Persuasion, Misinformation and Fake News, STEM Education

Elizabeth Gerber

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Crowdsourcing, Design Thinking, Human-Machine Interaction, Innovation, Organizational Culture, Social Networks

Jeremy D. Gilbert

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Journalism

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Journalism Industry

Greg Holderfield

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Clinical Professor of Design

Field: Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Product Management and Development

Jessica Hullman

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Field: Computer Science, Journalism

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Data Visualization, Decision Making, Design Thinking

Sam Kriegman

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Complex Systems, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biodiversity, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biotechnology, Design Thinking, Robotics

David Schonthal

Kellogg School of Management

Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Field: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

Gerald E. Stark

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Focus Areas: Amputations, Artificial Intelligence, Biomechanics, Biotechnology, Design Thinking, Haptics, Human-Machine Interaction, Machine Learning and Automation, Predictive Analytics, Prosthetics, Robotics