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<h2 id="notable-research">Notable Research</h2> <ul><li>Hasso Plattner Design Thinking Research Program (HPDTRP).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> SAP co-founder and early design thinking proponent <a href="/facts/Hasso_Plattner/XTV6wqTE">Hasso Plattner</a> sponsored a decade long, "rigorous academic methods to understand why and how Design Thinking innovation succeeds and fails." Research in the program led to multiple volumes of the <a href="/facts/Springer_Publishing/JfRev59b">Springer</a> book series Understanding Innovation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="notable-alumni">Notable Alumni</h2> <ul><li>Morgan Pope completed his doctorate in Prof. Mark Cutkosky's BDML Lab -- Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory—in 2016 based on the SCAMP robot.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> His work as a Disney Imagineer resulted in the "Spider-Man, a stunt-double animatronic, or stuntronic" and "a rollerblading cartoon character".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Santhi Analytis completed her doctorate in Prof. Mark Cutkosky's BDML Lab -- Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory—in 2014 based on her work inventing a needle manipulator for MRI-guided interventions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> After graduation she became the co-founder and CTO of Moxxly, a team who reinvented the breast pump; Moxxly was acquired by world-leader Medela in 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> In 2023 she joined the Designer Fund as a New Venture Fellow.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Yang/4L95LFBA">Maria Yang</a> is the Gail E. Kendall (1978) Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Associate Dean of Engineering at MIT, faculty academic director of the MIT D-Lab, and associate director of the MIT Morningside Academy for Design. She completed her doctorate in 2000 with Prof. Mark Cutkosky as advisor.</li></ul> <h2 id="cdr-2009-podcast-episodes">CDR 2009 Podcast Episodes</h2> <ul><li>Sebastian Thrun (August 24, 2009). <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/towards-self-driving-cars/id385629795?i=1000085429374">"Towards Self-Driving Cars"</a>. <i>Center for Design Research</i> (Podcast). Center for Design Research. Retrieved 9 January 2024.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stanford_Joint_Program_in_Design/VWxCbdwX">Stanford Joint Program in Design</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://centerfordesignresearch.stanford.edu/">Official CDR Web Site</a></li> <li><a href="https://me.stanford.edu/groups/about-design-group">Design Group at Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="http://me310.stanford.edu/">Stanford Mechanical Engineering 310 (me310) Web Site</a></li> <li><a href="http://foresight.stanford.edu/">Stanford Foresight. What you foresee is what you get.</a></li> <li><a href="https://moonshots.stanford.edu/">Stanford Moonshots. Move fast and fix things.</a></li> <li><a href="https://dschool.stanford.edu/">The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://ugdesign.stanford.edu/">Design (formerly Product Design) degree</a></li> <li><a href="https://designprogram.stanford.edu/">Stanford MS Design degree</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Stanford_Center_for_Design_Research¶ms=37.42583_N_122.17176_W_">37°25′33″N 122°10′18″W / 37.42583°N 122.17176°W / 37.42583; -122.17176</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Auernhammer, Jan; Roth, Bernard (16 August 2021). "The origin and evolution of Stanford University's design thinking: From product design to design thinking in innovation management". Journal of Product Innovation Management. 38 (6): 623–644. doi:10.1111/jpim.12594. Retrieved January 3, 2024. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpim.12594" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jpim.12594</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Leifer, Leifer (2005). "Center for Design Research, Stanford University". In: Clarkson, J., Eckert, C. (eds) Design process improvement. Springer. pp. 522–525. doi:10.1007/978-1-84628-061-0_35. <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-84628-061-0_35" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-84628-061-0_35</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The Center for Design Research | Mechanical Engineering". me.stanford.edu. Retrieved 7 January 2024. <a href="https://centerfordesignresearch.stanford.edu/" target="_blank">https://centerfordesignresearch.stanford.edu/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Design Thinking Research Program". Retrieved 7 January 2023. <a href="https://me.stanford.edu/design-thinking-research-program" target="_blank">https://me.stanford.edu/design-thinking-research-program</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Understanding Innovation". Retrieved 7 January 2023. <a href="https://www.springer.com/series/8802/books" target="_blank">https://www.springer.com/series/8802/books</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Pope, Morgan (16 Mar 2016). "Stanford's Flying, Perching SCAMP Robot Can Climb Straight Up Walls - SCAMP is a quadrotor with legs that can perch on walls and then climb up them with spiny little feet". IEEE Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 7 January 2024. <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/stanfords-flying-perching-scamp-can-climb-up-walls" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/stanfords-flying-perching-scamp-can-climb-up-walls</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Gent, Edd (21 Nov 2023). "Imagineer Morgan Pope Uses Electromagnetism to Spark Emotions. The Disney roboticist brings superheroes to life". IEEE Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 7 January 2024. <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/disney-roboticist-morgan-pope" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/disney-roboticist-morgan-pope</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Analytis, Santhi (2014). Technologies for needle manipulation in magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided interventions (Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014 thesis). Retrieved 17 January 2024. <a href="https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10608062" target="_blank">https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10608062</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Moxxly's Hands-Free Breast Pump Kit Is Legit Gonna Change The Way You Pump". Retrieved 17 January 2024. <a href="https://www.romper.com/p/the-moxxly-flow-breast-pump-kit-will-let-you-literally-pump-hands-free-16977371" target="_blank">https://www.romper.com/p/the-moxxly-flow-breast-pump-kit-will-let-you-literally-pump-hands-free-16977371</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Meet Santhi Analytis, Our New Venture Fellow". Retrieved 17 January 2024. <a href="https://www.designerfund.com/blog/announcing-santhi-analytis-venture-fellow/" target="_blank">https://www.designerfund.com/blog/announcing-santhi-analytis-venture-fellow/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>