Myself giving a summary of my design plans to my class in PDI Studio I and my Professor, Burt Swersey, for whom I would later be a TA.  The multi-page feature examined PDI as a new model of education, and it's influence on the culture of RPI.

Our team for the Char Cube stove, myself in red.  The result of a 10-week study of cultural practices and engineering design, the Char Cube was designed to address the epidemic of carbon monoxide poisoning and wood consumption in Sri Lanka and other developing nations.  

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A shot of our PDI Studio VI class having our 3-hour session outdoors on the side of the wooded hill overlooking Troy, NY.  A good portion of our classes are spent in communications-intensive analytical discussions on design and social-science related readings, the involved debate of which is led by students within the class with the supervision of our Professor.  

To celebrate the end of a successful semester of Studio, and what was for many students the last semester of their design education, our entire class went out to dinner with our Professor and PDI head, Dean Nieusma.  

A view over the City of Troy, my home away from home.