The Symbiq pump – designed by Design Concepts for Hospira Corporation -  had a starring role in a recent episode of CBS’s Elementary – as the killer’s murder weapon!  Good thing it’s fiction.  

Thanks to all of you who participated in the second annual UW Design Summit.  Last Thursday Design Concepts sponsored this event that drew together faculty and staff from UW Madison to talk about design education and research.  We had more than 130 participants from almost every college on campus including engineering, business, human ecology, education, curriculum [...]

Congratulations to Design Concepts’ staff members Jeff Emmerich, director of electrical engineering and Kevin Kopp, senior electronic technician. Jeff and Kevin were part of the team to receive recognition from NASA for their contribution to the High Efficiency Lighting with Integrated Adaptive Control (HELIAC) while they worked with Orbitec, a leading subsystems integrator and high [...]

Badger alumni Craig Conner and Curt Irwin are featured on the UW-Madison College of Engineering website in Badger Engineers. The online magazine focuses on UW-Madison alumni committed to engineering excellence. In the article, Craig and Curt share their approach to human factors. From observational research to validation studies, their work makes certain designs meet the [...]

More than just a description, it’s a title! Dave Franchino and Craig Conner have each been appointed Honorary Distinguished Fellows at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They received this esteemed designation for their work teaching on campus this semester. They’ve teamed with Professor Frank Fronczak to teach Product Design, a course of the University of Wisconsin-Madison [...]