Month / June 2021

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  • NIH Awarded Grant: Care for Veterans and Healthcare Providers

    A Community-Based, Collaborative Course for Industrial Design and Biomedical Engineering Students PI: Pamela VandeVord, Co-PIs: Christopher B. Arena, Elham Morshedzadeh, Brad D. Hendershot, John L. Robertson, Andre A. Muelenaer, Elias A. Lianos,…

  • Case study space, Goodwin Hall, Virginia Tech, VA (Photo from Virginia Tech website)

    Designing Interactive Human-Aware Academic Space

    This collaborative project, in which Dr. Nazila Roofigary-Esfahan in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction, Virginia Tech, USA and I are PIs, is also a prime example of Beyond Boundaries. Entitled “Designing Interactive…

  • Connection 2 Care

    Mary Beth Dunkenberger, Elham Morshedzade, Akshay Sharma The deep knowledge and skillsets related to the research and design process prepares our senior ID students for more complex projects. For example, in Figure…

  • Team Malawi

    Senior Thesis Projects, by nature, are a great vessel for integrating project-based learning pedagogy. With my focus in healthcare and public health, I’ve been providing students in this studio with opportunities and…

  • Interactive Training System for Pediatric Telemedicine Cart Operators

    PI: Elham Morshedzadeh, Ph.D., Co-PIs: Melinda Schriver, Wallace Lages, Andre Muelenaer During the 2020 pandemic, telemedical consultation became a core tool for continuous access to healthcare. However, the skills required of medical…