Bio

Cassandra Telenko began at Georgia Tech in January 2015. Her prior appointments include a postdoctoral research position in the MIT-SUTD International Design Centre with joint appointments at MIT and SUTD. She received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed her MSE (2009) and Ph.D. (2012) in Mechanical Engineering.

Cassandra’s work in eco-design has resulted in methods for analyzing environmental impacts of design decisions, redesigning products for energy efficiency, modeling usage contexts, and providing actionable guidelines to help designers reduce environmental impacts.

Cassandra’s teaching experience spans engineering design and energy topics at The University of Texas, MIT, and SUTD.