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Dr. Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, B.A., M.Arch., M.A., D.Arch., is an emerita professor at Cornell University in the Department of Human Centered Design and Emerita Director of the Cornell Institute for Health Futures. Previously she served a professor at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and was director of the TAMU Center for Health Systems & Design. Mardelle is an emerita  fellow in the American Institute of Architects and the American College of Healthcare Architects. She is LEED

Moji’s work focuses on wayfinding in complex indoor environments, particularly how spatial organization and environmental features shape the wayfinding experience of users. His research examines the cognitive and emotional processes that influence how wayfinders experience, interpret, and transit through complex architectural spaces, with a particular interest in the challenges associated with large healthcare settings and the emotional weight these environments carry. Through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates design research, environmental psychology, and cognitive science, he

Dr. Uyar obtained his Ph.D. degree from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA), College of Textiles, Fiber & Polymer Science in September 2005. Currently, Dr. Uyar is an Associate Professor of Fiber Science at Department of Human Centered Design, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University. Previously, Dr. Uyar was appointed as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Materials Science & Nanotechnology (UNAM) of Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) from 2014-2018 and Assistant Professor from 2009-2014. Previously, Dr. Uyar was

Melissa Conroy is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University. Her interests are surface design, drawing, and textile design with a specialty in knit structure and design.

Sang Leigh is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University. Previous to joining Cornell, he was a Senior Principal Creative Technologist at Samsung Design Innovation Center and an assistant professor at Georgia Tech. He received his PhD from MIT Media Lab in 2018, before which, he was a software engineer at Samsung Electronics where he led the software development of eyeCan, an open-source DIY eye-mouse designed for people with motor disability.

The impact of his research

Laura Bellows, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.N., is a Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. She is a public health nutrition scientist whose research program centers on developing, evaluating, and translating evidence-based interventions that improve nutrition, physical activity, and health among children and families.

Her interdisciplinary research integrates nutrition, physical activity, behavioral science, implementation science, and digital health to develop evidence-based interventions in partnership with communities. Working collaboratively with families, caregivers, educators, and community organizations, her

Dr. Kao is an Associate Professor in Human Centered Design, with graduate field faculty appointments in Information Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University. She founded and directs the Hybrid Body Lab. Her research practice themed Hybrid Body Craft blends cultural and social perspectives into the design of on-body interfaces. The goal is to shift towards more inclusive and diverse designs for emerging soft wearable technologies, which often appear in the