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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

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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