Role
The Academic Innovation Fellows who designed and developed the program will be teachers, mentors, advisors, and help to steward a select cohort of students through the ITD program.
Program Faculty
Khaled Abdelrahman
Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Hanover University (Germany)
Ines Basalo
Assistant Professor in Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Pratim Biswas
Dean, College of Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering PhD, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
MS, Chemical, Nuclear, and Thermal Engineering, UCLA
Michelle DeStefano
Professor of Law and Larry Hoffman Greenberg Traurig Business of Law Chair, School of Law JD, Harvard University
Course: Creativity, the Creative Process, and Innovation (team taught with Karen Matthews)
Kim Grinfeder
Associate Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Interactive Media, School of Communication Founding Director of the UMXR Initiative, University of Miami
Director of Creative Computing, Institute for Data Science and Computing MPS, Interactive Telecommunications, NYU
Course: CIM 121 Prototyping Techniques
Marianna Makri
Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Department of Management, Miami Herbert Business School PhD, Business Administration, Arizona State University
Course: Entrepreneurship: Creating New Ventures
Fabrice Manns
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami
Karen Matthews
Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
PhD, Art History, University of Chicago
Course: Creativity, the Creative Process, and Innovation (team taught with Michelle DeStefano)
Barbara Millet
Assistant Professor, Interactive Media, School of Communication
PhD, Human Factors, University of Miami
MS, Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
MS, Neuroscience, Boston University
Suhrud Rajguru
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Miller School of Medicine
Co-Director, University of Miami Institute for Neural Engineering
Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Restor-Ear Devices, LLC.
Lokesh Ramamoorthi
Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences
MBA, Concentrations in Computer Information Systems and Management Science, University of Miami MS, Software Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology (India)
Course: Systems Analysis and Design
Derin Ural
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, College of Engineering
Professor in Practice, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering
PhD, Civil Engineering & Operations Research, Structures & Mechanics, Princeton University
Marcia Narine Weldon
Director of Transactional Skills Program, Faculty Coordinator, Business Compliance and Sustainability Concentration; Lecturer in Law
JD, Harvard University
Course: Ethics, Equity, and Responsibility; Design Challenges 1 & 2
UM Academic Innovation Fellows
- Rik Bair, Associate Dean of the Distance Learning Institute.
- Hilary Close, Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences.
- Michele DeStefano, Larry Hoffman Greenberg Traurig Business of Law Chair.
- Caleb Everett, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. Professor, Anthropology.
- Allan Gyorke, Associate Provost of Educational Innovation, Chief Academic Technology Officer.
- Jennifer Kahn, Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning.
- Leslie Knecht, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry.
- Greg Levy, Associate Dean Law Academic & Student Services and Strategic Initiatives; Director, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M.
- Samuel Martin-Barbero, Presidential Distinguished Fellow.
- Marianna Makri, Associate Professor of Management.
- Karen Matthews, Associate Professor of Art History.
- John Mezias, Associate Professor of Management.
- Barbara Millet, Director of the User Experience (UX) Lab, Assistant Professor of Interactive Media.
- Nina Miville, Associate Professor of the Practice, Industrial Engineering.
- Suhrud Rajuru, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology
- Lokesh Ramamoorthi, Lecturer, College of Engineering.
- Ji Shen, Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning.
- Michelle Seelig, Associate Professor, Department of Interactive Media.
- Marcia Narine Weldon, Director of Transactional Skills Program, Faculty Coordinator, Business Compliance and Sustainability Concentration; Lecturer in Law
Origin
The Academic Innovation Fellows were appointed by President Frenk and Provost Duerk to design an innovative undergraduate education, preparing students to tackle future challenges.
