Dr. Filippo A. Salustri
Areas of Academic Interest
Design theory and methodology
Systems thinking
Bio-inspired design
Formal systems in engineering design
Information visualization
Spotlight
Did you know that you are a designer? Filippo Salustri says so. 鈥淒esign is recognizing that there is a shortcoming and developing a way to improve the situation,鈥� he says. 鈥淓veryone designs every day.鈥�
A mechanical engineer who has been teaching and researching at Ryerson since 1989, Salustri has dedicated his career to advancing the practice of design in engineering. He wants engineers to predict ways that users will be satisfied with, constrained by or hard on products.
In the cornerstone design course, which he teaches in partnership with ergonomist Patrick Neumann, Salustri challenges students to do so by engaging them in diverse projects such as designing a stroller, a lifeboat or a patient list for a hospital emergency room 鈥� projects that amplify their natural design tendencies and inspire creativity. 鈥淎 true designer,鈥� he says, 鈥渋s unconstrained by the limits of discipline and field.鈥�
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鈥淏y reasoning out the way people use engineered products, we can design deficiencies out of them.鈥�
- Leadership in Faculty Teaching Award, Province of Ontario, 2007
- Salustri, F.A., and Neumann, W.P. 鈥淐reating a Human-Centric Engineering Design Course.鈥� Proc. 2017 Conference of the Canadian Engineering Education Association. Paper 079. 4-7 June 2017. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Hoeller, N., Farnsworth, M., Jacobs, S., Chirazi, J., Mead, T., Goel, A., and Salustri, F.A. 鈥淎 Systems View of Bioinspiration: Bridging the Gaps.鈥� INCOSE Insight, vol. 19, no. 1, 2016, pp. 36-40.
- Hoeller, N., and Salustri, F.A. 鈥淎dvancing Biomimetic Materials Through ISO Standards.鈥� Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, vol. 5, no. 4, 2016, pp. 171-175.
- Salustri, F.A., and Rogers, D. 鈥淯sing Balance Variables to Describe System Interfaces and Assess In-progress Designs.鈥� DS 80-5 Proc 20th鈥� International Conference on Engineering Design, vol 5, 2015, pp. 27-30.