Prof. Maria C Yang

Gail E Kendall (1978) Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Deputy Dean of Engineering
Faculty Academic Director, D-Lab
Founder and Director, Ideation Lab
Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow

Primary DLC

Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT Room: 3-449B

(617) 324-5592

mcyang@mit.edu

Assistant

Maral Banosian

(617) 324-4029

maralb@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Design Methods
Design Process
Product Design
Information Capture and Retrieval
Interaction Design

Research Summary

Professor Yang's research interest is in the product design process, particularly in the early phases of the design cycle. Dr. Yang earned her S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University's Mechanical Engineering Department, Design Division at the Center for Design Research under an NSF Graduate Fellowship.

Projects

January 10, 2023

Department of Architecture

MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)

Principal Investigators John Ochsendorf , Maria Yang

January 25, 2017

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Increasing Solar Panel Adoption by Modeling the Interrelated Impacts of Design Decisions, Industry Incentives, Public Policies and Market Response

Principal Investigator Maria Yang

October 21, 2013

Department of Mechanical Engineering

TheDesignExchange, an Interactive Portal for the Design Community of Practice

Principal Investigator Maria Yang

October 20, 2009

Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT Ideation Laboratory

Principal Investigator Maria Yang

Prof. Maria C Yang

Primary DLC

Assistant

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Research Summary

Recent Work

MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)

Increasing Solar Panel Adoption by Modeling the Interrelated Impacts of Design Decisions, Industry Incentives, Public Policies and Market Response

TheDesignExchange, an Interactive Portal for the Design Community of Practice

MIT Ideation Laboratory

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