Tuba Naziruddin

Tuba  Naziruddin is an advocate of altruism, strongly believing in helping and giving back to the community. With her techno-management background, MBA, Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Technology she is actively engaged in research, pro-bono consulting and projects aimed towards community building. She is part of the DFA team combating food insecurity-The NYU Freedge. She is a polyglot speaking five languages and enjoys learning about diverse cultures. Her mantra is “Be as open as you can to learning, the rest will follow on its own”. Inspired by the Human Centered Design process, she is currently working on a start-up idea.

Adhish Patel

Adhish is a Master of Science candidate at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Majoring in Management of Technology with experience and interest in Data Analysis and Design Thinking, he is interested in Innovation Strategy both in Organizations and Product. His recent interests include Data Science and Machine Learning. Talk to him about anything Tech. You can reach out to him at adhish@nyu.edu.

I am currently Reading:

Adhish’s Currently Reading

Data Science for Business: What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking

by Foster Provost

Life, the Universe and Everything

by Douglas Adams

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

by Steven Johnson

 

Amira Dhanoa

Amira is a sophomore concentrating on Integrated Digital Media and Business Studies at NYU’s School of Engineering. As a full-time student exploring the intersection of engineering, technology, and art through design in and outside of the classroom, Amira loves to collaborate on projects that embrace the symbiosis between the technical and the artistic. She is especially passionate about utilizing human-centered design for social impact and teaming up with design-thinkers who have diverse backgrounds and interests in order to design more innovative solutions to real-world problems, and expand her perspective along the way.

Shuling Chen

Shuling loves to apply consumer psychology concepts to organizations’ strategic decision making processes.  She is also very interested in combining psychology concepts and human center design process to optimize the functions of designed products and services. With her experience in DFA, she believes that conducting a good design research is the key to a successful design. She has been associated with DFA for a year working on the FCA sponsored shared mobility project and the NYC court signage project.

Rajni Chada

Rajni Chada loves to apply her academic knowledge of Mechanical Engineering and Technology Management for  social welfare. Prior to her Masters, she pursued her passion working as a sustainability consultant to promote energy efficiency through research and collaborations. She believes in the power of Human Centered Design in making positive changes in our community. She has been associated with DFA for a year working on the BINDI project to design a toolkit that helps empower women in low income backgrounds.

Rodney Lobo

Rodney likes to learn about different cultures. He loves making 3D models and bringing them to life by printing them. He is passionate about developing new things. He is fascinated by the Human-Centered design process, and wants to use it to improve the modern ways of developing products. He can be constantly found building prototypes.

Ashley Siyu Tang

Ashley Siyu Tang is an undergraduate student in NYU studying Media, Communication and Culture. She’s passionate about social changes, human rights, animal rights, media and film. She believes the power of human design thinking in making positive changes in our community and in the world. She’s also currently the project leader of Do Tank Border, Immigration & Emigration and working on how to close the gaps between people from different cultures.

Faculty Advisor

Anne-Laure Fayard is Associate Professor  in the Department of Technology Management and Innovation at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and affiliate faculty in the Department of Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business. She is passionate about human-centered design and design thinking (which she researches, teaches and practices) and social innovation. Her other research interests include:collaboration, communication, culture, space and open innovation.