Kelly Umstead is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design and the Director of Graduate Programs in Industrial Design at NC State University’s College of Design. Kelly has 15 years of engineering research and industrial design experience with a specialty in the medical device industry. Kelly’s work in product design has always been human-centric, from acquiring user needs, translating those needs into viable products, and verifying and validating designs through usability testing. At NC State, her research interests focus on healthcare, medical device development, human-centered design, and design methodologies.