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Prof. Woodie C Flowers
Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus
Primary DLC
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MIT Room:
3-435A
(617) 253-6234
flowers@mit.edu
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Design Education
Microcomputer-Controlled Prostheses for Above-Knee Amputees
Instrumentation for Quantitative Assessment of Human Movement Disorders
Computer-Aided Design Systems
Product Design
Tradeoffs in New-Media Learning
Research Summary
rimarly through the Center for Innovation in Product Development, Professor Flowers directs students on research related to the product development process and on techniques which help product designers learn improved processes.
He is also interested in educational innovation within Mechanical Engineering and for K-12 and lifelong learning.
Recent Work
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