People
Faculty from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) lead and provide core instruction in the MDE program. Additional instructors and guest critics are routinely incorporated into MDE courses to provide area expertise and experience from professional practice.
Program Co-Directors
Andrew Witt
Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture, GSD; Co-Founder, Certain Measures
Fawwaz Habbal
Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics, SEAS
Program Faculty
Kipp Bradford
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Chief Technology Officer, Gradient
Kathleen Brandenburg
Lecturer in Architecture, GSD; Co-founder of IA Collaborative
Elizabeth Bowie Christoforetti
Assistant Professor in Practice of Architecture, GSD; Founding Principal, Supernormal
Mark F. Coughlin
Lecturer in Engineering Design, SEAS
Jonathan Grinham
Assistant Professor of Architecture, GSD
Alexandros Haridis
Lecturer in Engineering Design, SEAS
Justin W. Cook
Design Critic in Architecture, GSD; Co-Founder, Integrated Design Cubed
Monique Fuchs
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Entrepreneur in Residence, MITdesignX
Melanie Hoff
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS
Jock Herron
Design Critic in Design Engineering, GSD
Swarna Kakodkar
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Head of Product Management, Conversions, Google
Gina Lucarelli
Lecturer in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Team Leader Accelerator Lab Network, UNDP
Yuan Mu
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Lead Computational Designer, Nike Innovation
Frank Nagle
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, HBS
Drake Pusey
Lecturer in Architecture; Founder & Principal Strategist, Volition Project
Karen Korellis Reuther
Design Critic in Architecture, GSD
Siqi Zhu
Preceptor in Engineering Sciences, SEAS; Director of Urban Technologies & Planning, Assoc. Principal, Sasaki
“I knew going into the program that our cohort would be made up of deeply talented individuals from a variety of backgrounds, and I anticipated that we would all have different skillsets and knowledge bases. What I did not anticipate was that our interests and ways of working would be so closely aligned: across the board, there’s a desire to think systematically, understand details, and make a positive contribution to society.”
-Brian Ho, MDE ’18-
Valentina Arango Low
B.S. Industrial Engineering
Joachim Asare
B.S. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Max Bock-Aronson
B.S in Mechanical Engineering
Michael Chang
B.S. in Computer Science
Darren Chin
Bachelor of Commerce, Operations Management
Diksha Chugh
B.Tech in Computer Engineering
Akhil Dayal
B.A. in Mathematics
Morgan Doane
B.S. Design
Sara Falkson
B.A in Human-Centered Design, Digital Arts, and Anthropology
Luke Fiorante
B.S. in Computer Science
Valentine Geze
B.S. Environmental Engineering; Minor, Studio Art
Malcolm Grba
M.A Teaching; B.S.M Finance; B.A Political Economy
Jingfei Huang
Bachelor of Architecture
Mitul Iyengar
B.F.A. in Visual Communication Design
Riddhi Kasar
Bachelor of Product Design
Hana Khurshid
Masters in Architecture – Sustainable & Resilient Strategies
Donghun Kim
B.S in Computer Science; B.F.A in Visual Communication and Design
Vaishnavi Krishnamurthy
B.Engineering
Yiko Li
BFA Design & Technology; B.A. Interdisciplinary Science
Mackenzie Li
B.S. & M.S. in Computer Science
Sirinda Limsong
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Meihan Liu
Bachelor of Architecture
Leo Luo
Bachelor of Business Administration; B.S. in Information Science Dual Degree
Gelei (Grace) Mai
Bachelor of Architecture & B.F.A. in Fine Arts
Fatima Mamu
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Prachi Mehta
M.A. Communications; B.S. Engineering
Sophia Millay
B.A. in Physics & Art History
Gonzalo Minuto
Bachelor in Business Economics
Lucas Miyazaki
Mechatronics Engineering
Eric Oh
B.S. Aerospace Engineering
Jaewon Oh
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design
Swapnil Paliwal
B.S. & M.S in Computer Science
Hongbee Park
B.S in Textile Engineering; B.BA in Global Business Administration
Linh Pham
M.A. Visual Communications Design; B.A. Economics
Constanza Pinto
B.F.A. in Communication Design
Steffek Rainey
B.B.A. in International Business
Daniel RodrÃguez RodrÃguez
Biomedical Engineering
Hessan Sedaghat
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Hui-Ying Suk
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering & Geosciences
Siddharth UR
Bachelor of Design (B.Des) with a specialization in Industrial Design
Bradley Scott Wagman
B.F.A. in Industrial Design
Danni Wang
Master in Media Arts
Hua Wang
B.A. in Media Arts and Game Design
Vera (Yu) Wu
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Sangyu Xi
B.S. in Industrial Design
Haolei Zhang
B.A. in Visual Arts, Minor in Psychology
Joyce Lee
B.F.A in Fiber and Material Studies, M.F.A in Design for Emerging Technologies
Barakah Quader
B.S. in Computer Science and Political Science
MDE alumni take the skills, tools, and techniques developed during the program into a variety of fields, industries, and research institutions. Some MDE alumni work for large corporations, others for startups, non-profits, or in the academy. Their pursuits are as diverse as their backgrounds, and several have started ventures based on work in the MDE program.
Featured Alumni Stories
Nupur Gurjar
Students in Dialogue: A conversation with MDE candidate Nupur Gurjar
Maximilian Mueller
Students in Dialogue: A Conversation with Maximilian Mueller
Alumni Directory
The following listing includes a selection of MDE alumni.
Zeerak Ahmed
Nicole Adler
Ed Bayes
Rebecca Brand
Kedrick Brown
Jeronimo Beccar
Jeremy Burke
Nicholas Collins
Jenny Fan
Taylor Greenberg Goldy
Mitsue Guerrero Monsalve
Nupur Gurjar
Brian Ho
Vivek HV
Divyanka Kapoor
Togo Kida
Mimi Kigawa
Arjun Menon
Katrina Armistead
Maximilian Mueller
Santiago Mota
Caroline Fong
Elizabeth Price
Michael Raspuzzi
Kenneth So
Vish Srivastava
Karen Su
Mengxi Tan
Kiran Wattamwar
The MDE Industry Advisors are a group of industry experts from diverse fields—design, engineering, education, consulting, technology, and more. They are regularly invited to join reviews of student work and provide career advice, or might advise a second year ‘Independent Design Engineering Project’ (IDEP). The interdisciplinary expertise of our industry advisors reflects the innovation, ingenuity, goals, and values of the program, and provides invaluable support to the collaborative nature of MDE.
Sean Chiao
Group CEO, Surbana Jurong Group
Dana Cho
Chief Design Officer, Verily Life Sciences
Karen Harris
Managing Director of Macro Trends Group, Bain & Company
Jonathan Hursh
Founding Partner, Utopia
Ana Pinto da Silva
CEO, 2G3R Inc.
David Radcliffe
Former VP of Real Estate and Workplace Services, Google
Wolfgang Rieder
Entrepreneur
Brian Stacy
Principal, Project Director, Research Leader, Global Skills Lighting Leader, Arup
Randy Swearer
Vice President, Learning Futures, Autodesk
Harry West
Professor of Practice, Columbia University; Principal at Invisible Design
“I remember in the first advisory board meeting that we, as advisors, looked at each other and said we would love to be students in the program ourselves. It was remarkable to see leaders of IDEO, frog, and AECOM be provoked with a childlike curiosity to learn again. The ambition and audacity of the program drew this out in them. I know we shared a keen sense that it is critical for the world that we produce designers who can handle the complexity that is rushing our way.”
-Jonathan Hursh, Founder of Utopia-