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Dr. Michael Larson, Director
Michael earned his PhD from MIT in 1992, his M.S. from the University
of Michigan and his B.S. from Tulane University. He now holds the El
Pomar Endowed Chair of Engineering and Innovation and is a Professor
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. With funding totaling more
than $6M from a variety of agencies, including the NSF, the U.S. Air
Force, the Missile Defense Agency, and private corporations, Michael
has tackled a number of projects related to the fracture and failure
of materials and to optical methods. His current research activity
involves medical applications of lasers.
Michael has a passion for creativity and innovation and has conducted
numerous workshops on the topics of innovation and creative problem
solving. Dr. Larson has provided engineering consulting and design
services for a number of clients, including designing and fabricating
a rocket-port measurement device for Lockheed-Martin, and serving as a
product design and failure analysis expert in legal cases. He has
piloted a jet aircraft, steered a nuclear submarine, and can wiggle
his ears. One at a time. |
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Luke Hooper, Executive Designer
Luke graduated summa cum laude in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane unversity in 2003. He continued onto receive a Master's degree in mechanical engineering in 2005 with a focus in medical device design creating an inexpensive hand held device for nasal septum measurement along with a graphical user interface for very quick measurement. Hooper's diverse industry experience includes working in the Materials and Mechanical testing lab for Nike Inc., as well as conducting wide ranging R&D consulting projects for Nike golf. In addition, he has designed several toys which have been taken to market and also created products for SR industries. On the MIND studios team, Luke specializes in product design and prototyping with production planning in mind. |
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