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Heeju Terry Park is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University. He obtained his Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University with an expertise in functional apparel and smart clothing. Dr. Park has participated in multiple funded multidisciplinary research projects aiming to improve the mobility and thermal comfort of personal protective clothing system including ballistic body armor and firefighters’ bunker gear. His professional career as an athletic apparel & footwear manager at

Fit for Duty: Form and Function in Military Dress — an interdisciplinary exhibition on form, function, and service — explores how military uniforms have evolved in aesthetics, silhouette, material, and visual symbolism—shaping ideals of discipline, identity, and design. Presented across two campus sites, the exhibition connects historical military dress to contemporary fashion, student design, and veteran storytelling. Complementary programming includes a Cornell Cinema film series, gallery talks, and a Veterans Day opening reception.
Opening reception

Perversion of Interfaces showcases design prototypes that are made as part of research at the Machine Poetics Lab. The exhibit includes physical product designs that have AI as a core part.

Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp is a designer and educator whose work is guided by her interest in material culture and the aesthetic, cultural, and collective meanings of design.

As a lecturer in Human Centered Design, she teaches courses in fashion, aesthetics and society and fashion draping; hosts workshops that invite outside experts to share their experience with the Human Centered Design community; and serves as associate director of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection. She is

Nancy Wells is an environmental psychologist who studies people's relationship to the built and natural environment through the life course.  Her studies have focused on residential environments -- housing and neighborhoods -- and more recently schools.  Dr. Wells completed a joint PhD in Psychology and Architecture at the University of Michigan; and then NIMH post-doctoral training at the University of California, Irvine.

For the past 25 years, I have had the privilege of working with students, sharing my expertise in patterning, fit, and garment construction. I spent 15 years as a professional cutter and draper for Cornell University's theatre program, where I honed my skills in creating costumes for live productions. For the last 11 years, I have been part of the Apparel Design program, guiding students as they refine their techniques and transform their creative designs