Pre Graduate Employment: Army Medic

Post Graduate Employment: Research Engineer @ Mantel TechnologiesPhoto of Mel Plett with a shoe made by one of her wearables students

Undergraduate Degree: BA Environmental Studies: Sustainable Development

MS Focus Interest: Creative Making & Wearable Technology

MS Courses Taken in the Program  

Core classes:

  • Professional Seminar: The Business of Creativity
  • Creative Technologies
  • Design Methods
  • Design Studio x 2

Elective classes:

  • Wearable Technologies
  • Physical Computing Interfaces
  • Master's Independent Study
  • Object
  • Haptic Interfaces
  • Color

Creative Technology and Design Thesis: Teaching Wearable Technology

  • Problem = Blending creative crafting and technology
  • Focus = Wearable technology and education
  • Goal = Create a series of learning experiences for people of all ages to explore the integration of  “traditional” making practices with technology.