{"73892":{"#nid":"73892","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mullick Named New Industrial Design Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Industrial Design program has a new director.  Abir Mullick joins the program this fall from State University of New York at Buffalo, where he taught in the department of architecture.  Mullick holds master\u0027s degrees in industrial design and city and regional planning, from Ohio State.  He received his bachelor\u0027s degree from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are delighted to have Abir Mullick as our new director of Industrial Design,\u0022 said College of Architecture Dean Thomas Galloway.  \u0022Abir is a perfect fit for the Industrial Design program.  He brings a combination of interdisciplinary collaborations along with his experience in universal design that will enhance both the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (C.A.T.E.A.) as well as the academic programs within the College of Architecture.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMullick says he is excited to be at Georgia Tech and, after consulting with faculty, staff and students, hopes to create a new vision for the Industrial Design program.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would like to see Industrial Design move in a collaborative way,\u0022 said Mullick.  \u0022 I\u0027d like to see us expand the department and create bridges across campus.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMuch of Mullick\u0027s research has been in the universal design area.  One of more recent projects was the universal bathroom, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  During the course of his research Mullick was able to design two adjustable bathrooms. In these bathrooms two fixtures, the sink and shower, move around the bathroom wall and they adjust. Through fixture movement, the bathrooms reorganize and open up spaces for independent and dependent use, and for care providing situations. The fixtures also adjust in height to accommodate variations in stature including standing users, sitting users and children. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These bathrooms are intended prolong independence, allow offering care, and assist care-providers,\u0022 said Mullick. \u0022Unlike current bathrooms, which are designed primarily for independent users, these bathrooms consider the needs of the human life cycle and address dependent use and care providing alongside independent use in the bathroom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThey are excellent examples of how the universal design philosophy can create flexible environment and produce innovative designs that are high in usability, convenience, aesthetics, surprise, and fun.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMullick replaces Lorraine Justice, who left Georgia Tech to become the head of the Design School at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Industrial Design program gets new leadership this fall"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Industrial Design program has a new director.   Abir Mullick joins the program this fall from State University of New York at Buffalo, where he taught in the department of architecture.  Mullick holds master\u0027s degrees in industrial design and city and regional planning, from Ohio State.  He received his bachelor\u0027s degree from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mullick named new Industrial Design director"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-08-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-08-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73893":{"id":"73893","type":"image","title":"Abir Mullick","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894681","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:41"}},"media_ids":["73893"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/arch\/","title":"Architecture Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/id\/","title":"Industrial Design"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}