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Graduate Program Director: Beth Altringer
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The Master of Arts in Design Engineering (MADE) Program is an intensive 11-month joint-degree program between RISD and Brown University’s School of Engineering. Students learn to merge visionary with pragmatic thinking, qualitative with quantitative methodologies, and creativity with technology to produce and refine work with the goal of improving lives. MADE’s community of students, faculty, and industry critics are selected to represent a range of diverse yet complimentary design and engineering fields. Our integrative approach serves to amplify individual expertise by learning to leverage all available collaborative intelligences. Elective courses at both schools let students define their individual pathways beyond the core studio series.
MADE Collaborative Projects
MIRA—Shannon Murphy & Sarah Fletcher
Joopies—Noopur Kabra & June Lee
Moments—Ruchi Ukhade, Elmer Handojo, Xindi (Cindy) Lyu
TacTiles—Eunjin Hong & Kayla Blalack
Yason—Yasuaki (Yas) Iijima & Jiecheng (Jason) Chen
Coro—Vishaka Nirmal, Audrey Ji, Natalia Escobar
MADE Individual Projects
Unio—Bennett Graff
Mieto—Huiyu (Summer) Chen
Community Power Field Guide—Francesca Holland
ProtoPatch—Valerie (Lera) Anders
Flick—Zhiyu (Zoey) Zhang
Mimlo—Xitong (Rocky) Yuan
Students
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Natalia Escobar
Thesis title
CORO
Accessible communication through haptic wearable devices in a fitness class
2025
Electronics (QT Py ESP32, haptic motors, push buttons), resin (3D printed encasing), EVA foam (cushioning), silicone (skin interface), elastic nylon (sports wristband)
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Audrey Ji
Thesis title
CORO
Accessible communication through haptic wearable devices in a fitness class
2025
Electronics (QT Py ESP32, haptic motors, push buttons), resin (3D printed encasing), EVA foam (cushioning), silicone (skin interface), elastic nylon (sports wristband)
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Vishaka Nirmal
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Thesis title
CORO
Accessible communication through haptic wearable devices in a fitness class
2025
Electronics (QT Py ESP32, haptic motors, push buttons), resin (3D printed encasing), EVA foam (cushioning), silicone (skin interface), elastic nylon (sports wristband)
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Zhiyu Zhang
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Thesis title
Flick AI is an open-source tool that simplifies AI filmmaking for creators.
Flick
2025
Software-website application
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Cindy Lyu
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Xitong Yuan