Susan Finger — Director of Engineering Design
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Susan Finger
Director of Engineering Design Research Center, Director of Education, Professor of CEE, Carnegie Mellon University Email: sfinger@ri.cmu.edu Phone: 412-396-8828 Personal Website 123B Porter Hall Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Professor Finger’s research is concerned with engineering design and education. Because of rapid
scientific advances in materials, manufacturing processes, and information technologies, the design
techniques developed even five years ago are no longer effective in today's complex, competitive
environment. The vision for Professor Finger’s group is exploring innovative enabling technologies
and systems for internet-enabled collaborative design and information-driven manufacturing. The
goal of the research is to provide an order of magnitude improvement in time and cost for modeling,
design and manufacture compared to present methods.
Susan earned her B.A. in 1972 from the University of Pennsylvania, M.A. in 1974 from the University
of Pennsylvania, and her Ph. D. in 1981 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.