"Design thinking is “the art of finding a need in the world, and... translating that into some kind of design problem to work on, and then synthesizing... a solution that addresses that need.”

- Michael Helms, GT CEISMC Research Scientist

“Design thinking is so important because it empowers everybody to understand the world around them in a different way and to make a difference… it empowers everybody to be part of the solution.”

- Ann Gerondelis, School of Industrial Design Undergraduate Program Coordinator

“You can do [design thinking] in any class... Any class can use a design thinking approach as long as they think of it that way.”

- Wayne Li, Professor of Practice in Design and Engineering

“The biologically inspired design process has been a positive learning approach which allows students to consider nature's natural solutions as a perspective to solving a research problem… I have been challenged as a science teacher to delve deeper into the research process and to have students to differentiate their approaches to solving research problems. Go BID"

- Tommy Molden, High School Science Teacher

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