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Jesse Austin-Breneman

Jesse Austin-Breneman

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Global Design Lab

Address

3322 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: jausbren@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-3342

Degrees

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011
B.S. Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005

Research Interests

Design research, complex systems design, design of product eco-systems, multi-disciplinary design teams, multi-disciplinary design optimization, modeling of team-based design decision-making, design for emerging markets, socially-engaged design, design for entrepreneurship.

Research Areas

Design

Honors & Awards

  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2010-2014
  • Graduate Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation, 2010-2014
  • Carl G. Sontheimer Prize for Creativity and Innovation in Design, MIT, 2009
  • Presidential Fellowship, MIT, 2009

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Related News

Seven faculty members receives College of Engineering Awards 2020-21
03/22/2021
Seven Mechanical Engineering Faculty have been awarded 2020-21 College of Engineering Awards! Congratulations to them for their outstanding achievements.

Four ME Faculty awarded the 2019 ASME Ben C. Sparks Medal
11/20/2019
Panos Papalambros, Jesse Austin-Breneman, Dan Cooper, and Michael Umbriac collectively have been selected winners of the 2019 ASME Ben C. Sparks Medal Award.

ME Welcomes New Faculty Members Jesse Austin-Breneman and Shanna Daly
09/04/2015
The ME department is pleased to welcome Jesse Austin-Breneman and Shanna Daly, who will be joining the faculty as assistant professors