ARTICLES & TALKS
Some forums where I have been invited to share my work on science + design
DMI Spring 2015
Catalyzing Scientific Innovation With Design Thinking
The scientific community plays a critical role in helping to solve grand challenges that affect society, while facing budget reductions and other pressures. Can design thinking offer ways to accelerate and further innovation in scientific research and discovery?
Published in Design Management Institute, Vol 26 (2015)
Leonardo Art/Science salon (laser)
Science, Engineering, Art, and Design Meets Policy
What happens when you agree to have coffee with Piero Scaruffi? He may ask you to give an impromptu talk at a LASER with only a moments notice.
This is a brief talk I gave at the San Francisco LASER, in which I discuss how art and science collaboration is a topic of national interest (with about 15 min of preparation).
Piero Scaruffi is the creator of the original Leonardo Art/Science Salon (LASERs) which has now spread to 13 cities and is international in scope. They are an international program of evening gatherings that bring artists and scientists together for informal presentations and conversation with an audience.
Piero is a writer and cultural historian, who has written the book A History of Silicon Valley: The Largest Creation of Wealth in the History of the Planet.
Download the Benkyokai Report Here
Stanford Silicon Valley Japan Project (SVJP)
Benkyokai Report: "Empathy: The Key to Design Innovation"
This report captures a panel discussion that I participated in on design, science, and innovation. There was a lively exchange with the audience about how design thinking practices might be brought to Japanese organizations and the similarities and compatibility challenges of the two cultures.
Speakers: Larry Leifer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University and Founding Director, Center for Design Research, Stanford University
Rieko Yajima, Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Design Research, Stanford University
Moderator: Greg Caltabiano, Executive Committee Member, Silicon Valley Japan Platform
Organizer: Daniel Okimoto, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stanford University and Founder, Silicon Valley Japan Platform
SEADS Workshop (Stanford University)
Reflections on Building Research Collaborations between Scientists and Designers
Based on the SEADS workshop, Mariana Amatullo, Vice-President of Design Matters, and I wrote a thought piece about our experiences (her as a designer, and me from a scientist's perspective). The article is being submitted for publication and will be linked here when available. In the meantime, see the page here for further information about the project. The SEADS workshop participants are working on an article detailing the process and next steps. Stay tuned...
SANDIA National Laboratories Roundtable Report
Towards an Engineering and Applied Science of Research
It was a privilege to participate in this Sandia Rountable. It brought together Sandians and others to discuss research challenges facing the national lab and ways to improve the research process. The central theme revolved around people and collaboration practice.
The session was organized by Jeff Tsao, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, who has been looking at research collaborations in physical and engineering teams, and was the Chief Scientist for the Sandia Energy Frontier Research Center (2009-2014). This session was a follow up to an excellent Forum he organized on the Art and Science of Science & Technology. Their report, published by the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, has been both informative and influential to me. That report is available here: http://www.belfercenter.org/publication/art-and-science-science-and-technology-proceedings-forum-and-roundtable
National Academy of Sciences DC Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER Salon)
Reconstructing the Scientific Paradigm
I was invited to give a talk at the DASER (the DC cousin of the LASER art-science salons) to share my thoughts on how scientific and design approaches can be integrated at the research level. A few of my thoughts were captured in this brief talk.
Thank you to JD Talasek and his staff at the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Science for the invitation and most importantly, for creating this lively series in Washington, D.C..