Team
The MIT Morningside Academy for Design is composed of multiple entities encompassing learning, making and prototyping, and entrepreneurship activities.
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John A. Ochsendorf
Class of 1942 Professor; Professor of Architecture; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow; Founding Director, Morningside Academy for Design

Maria Yang
Associate Dean, MIT School of Engineering; Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Director, Morningside Academy for Design

Marion Cunningham
Associate Director, Administration

Alex Aho
Financial Assistant
Chris Haynes
Shop manager

William (Bill) McKenna
Technical instructor

Roi Salgueiro Barrio
Curator–Director

Jennifer Spungin
Administrative Assistant

Adélaïde Zollinger
Communications Coordinator

About MIT MAD
Project Manus
Making and prototyping are at the heart of the design process. Project Manus celebrates campus making, and fosters student maker communities across MIT.
J. Kim Vandiver
Project Manus director, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering

Jonathan Hunt
Project Manus associate director & maker IT Guru

Seth Avecilla
Maker Technical Specialist

Katherine Gilbreath
Administrative Assistant

Conor McArdle
Video and Digital Content Specialist

Alicia Mota
Temporary Makerspace Technician

Chris Murphy
Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Jess Osserman
Maker Technical Specialist

Oliver Thomas
Maker Digital Systems Architect

Lee Zamir
Maker Technical Specialist

About Project Manus
DesignX
MITdesignX is an academic program dedicated to design innovation and entrepreneurship. It empowers students, faculty, and researchers to build new business ventures and forward-thinking solutions addressing critical environmental and human challenges.
Svafa Grönfeldt
Professor of Practice, SA+P; Faculty Director, MITdesignX

Gilad Rosenzweig
Executive Director, MITDesignX

About MITdesignX