Education
Iowa State Bachelor of Architecture --1995
Iowa State HCI Masters Certificate --2014
Iowa State Master of Industrial Design --2017
Pete Evans AIA IDSA
Assistant Professor, Industrial DesignSignature Research Areas
Contact
(515) 294-0128
Campus Office: 0585 Design
Mailing Address
Industrial Design Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Industrial Design Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Bio
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Research areas: Mixed realities - VR and AR; simulation; CAD/CAM and BIM, prototyping, digital communications and design; impacts of 21st-century skills on K-16 students and workforce, human computer interaction, technology and design thinking, phenomonology and perceptual cognition.
Current Projects
Principle Investigator - 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project
https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2021/12/20/3dhomes
https://iowastater.iastate.edu/fall-2022/article/ground
Forward Learning Experience (FLEx) - Coordinator
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/flex-forward-learning-experience