School of Engineering
Brown-RISD Master of Arts in Design Engineering

MADE Core Faculty, Team, & Affiliates

MADE Core Faculty and Team

  • Beth Altringer Eagle

    Beth Altringer Eagle

    MADE Founding Executive Director, Professor of the Practice, RISD Faculty Associate, Speciality: UX, human computer interaction, AI
  • Paolo Cardini

    Paolo Cardini

    RISD Industrial Design Professor, Brown Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: industrial design, design education
  • Tino Chow

    Tino Chow

    Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: design, branding, storytelling
  • Ian Halpern

    Ian Halpern

    Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: engineering, medical device design, entrepreneurship
  • Jonathan Knowles

    Jonathan Knowles

    RISD Professor of Architecture, Brown Visiting Professor, MADE Super Advisor, Speciality: architecture, sustainable materials
  • Louise Manfredi

    Louise Manfredi

    Associate Professor of the Practice, Director of the Brown Design Workshop, MADE Super Advisor, Speciality: sustainability and engineering
  • Rich Morales

    Rich Morales

    Professor of the Practice, Speciality: systems design and engineering
  • Chaki Ng

    Chaki Ng

    Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: computer science, human computer interaction, AI
  • Tori Riccitelli

    Tori Riccitelli

    MADE Program Coordinator
  • Monty Sharma

    Monty Sharma

    Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: game design, entrepreneurship
  • liz sylvan

    Elisabeth Sylvan

    Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: technology, ethics, AI
  • Griffin van Horne

    Griffin van Horne

    Instruction and Technical Specialist, MADE Maker in Residence

MADE Affiliates

  • Adam Blumenthal

    Adam Blumenthal

    Virtual Reality Artist-in-Residence, Brown Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: AR, VR, XR and production
  • David Borton

    David A. Borton

    Associate Professor of Engineering, Interim Director of the Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine, Speciality: neuroengineering, neuromotor disease, neuroprosthetics, responsive neuromodulation, spinal cord injury
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    Chris Bull

    MADE Founding Co-Director (2021-2023), Speciality: mechanical engineering
  • John Caserta

    John Caserta

    RISD Dean, Architecture & Design, Speciality: graphic design
  • LIsa DiCarlo

    Lisa Di Carlo

    Interim Organizational Studies Track Lead Advisor, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Speciality: public anthropology, innovation and social change, theories of learning, migration and identity
  • gonsher

    Ian Gonsher

    Assistant Professor of the Practice, Speciality: design research
  • Dan Harris

    Daniel Harris

    Associate Professor of Engineering, Speciality: fluid mechanics, interfacial phenomena, microfluidics, granular matter
  • Celinda Kofrin

    Celinda Kofron

    Associate Dean for Educational Initiatives, Senior Lecturer, Speciality: recruitment and admissions, academic advising and programs, curricular innovation, career services, student engagement and inclusion, biomedical engineering, design engineering
  • Khipra Nichols

    Khipra Nichols

    MADE Founding Co-Director (2021-2024), RISD Associate Professor, Brown Adjunct Lecturer, Speciality: toy design, industrial design
  • Alexandra Poterack

    Alexandra Poterack

    Director of Academic Programs, RISD Museum, Speciality: museums and public education
  • Clement Valla

    Clement Valla

    RISD Dean, Experimental and Foundation Studies, Speciality: culture, technology, and design
  • Roberto Zenit

    Roberto Zenit

    Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Engineering, Speciality: two-phase flows, biological flows, non Newtonian fluid mechanics, the mechanics of artistic painting