Tsai Lu Liu, Professor of Industrial Design, is the Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at North Carolina State University. Prior to his academic career, Professor Liu managed new product/service design and marketing for 12 years in the toy, healthcare, gaming, semiconductor, and communication industries. With a user-centered approach to innovation, his teams successfully introduced several products to the international markets through comprehensive research, design, engineering, production, and marketing endeavors.Professor Liu joined Auburn University’s Industrial Design faculty in 2004. He and his students collaborated with Broan-NuTone, Coca-Cola, DeWalt, Generac, and Johnson & Johnson on design projects in the studios. The College of Architecture, Design and Construction at Auburn University appointed Professor Liu as the interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research in 2011.In 2012, Professor Liu joined NC State University’s College of Design. As a Department Head, he provides academic and administrative leadership to the undergraduate and graduate Graphic Design and Industrial Design programs. Professor Liu has also facilitated the establishment of sponsored research/design projects with organizations such as BD Medical, Bosch Appliances, Caterpillar, Coca Cola, Duke University, Eastman Chemical, Georgia Pacific, Hanes Brands, IBM, JLG, Lowe’s, SAS Institute, UNC Hospitals, and Under Armour.

Tsai Lu Liu教授是美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学平面设计与工业设计系主任。在他从事学术生涯前，Liu教授在玩具、医疗保健、游戏、半导体和通信行业有12年新产品或新服务的设计和营销经验。他所带领的团队秉承以用户为核心的创新方法，通过全面的调研、设计、工程、制造和营销等手段，将众多产品成功地推广到国际市场。Liu教授在2004年入职美国奥本大学工业设计学院。他的工作室与百朗纽通、可口可乐、得伟、节能瑞克和强生等知名品牌有合作设计项目。2011年，奥本大学建筑、设计和建造学院任命Liu教授为主管学术与研究的临时副院长。2012年，Liu教授加入北卡罗来纳州立大学的设计学院。作为系主任，他主管平面设计与工业设计专业本科及研究生项目的教学和行政工作，推动了一系列企业资助的科研与设计项目，合作方包括BD医疗、博世、卡特彼勒、可口可乐、杜克大学、伊士曼化工、乔治亚太平洋GP、恒适、IBM、捷尔杰JLG、劳氏、赛仕软件SAS、UNC医院、安德玛。

Personal Homepage Link: https://design.ncsu.edu/staff/tsai-lu-liu/
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Title and Synopsis of the presentation
报告主题及摘要

Keyshot Title:  Design Thinking Beyond Design Schools
报告题目：设计学院之外的设计思维

Following the success of teaching human-centered creativity to students from various disciplines at Stanford University’s d.school, more and more universities in the United States are offering Design Thinking courses in their business and engineering schools where innovation is an important part of their curricula. The article, “Is ‘Design Thinking the New Liberal Arts?” published in The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2015, further initiated significant interests and discussions among faculty and administrators. In recent years, some of the top law schools in the U.S., even though creativity hasn’t been a crucial element of their education, have started teaching Design Thinking. This presentation will introduce the process and outcome of teaching a Design Thinking course in a law school and discuss the potential implication to other higher education curricula.

随着斯坦福大学设计学院向各科学生教授以人为核心的创新课程的成功，越来越多的美国大学已经在商学院和工程学院增加设计思维类课程，而创新是这些学院教程的重要组成部分。2015年，发表在《高等教育纪事报》的名为《设计思维是新文科吗？》的文章，进一步在学术界触发了这方面的关注和讨论。近年来，很多美国顶尖的法学院也开始教授设计思维，尽管创新不曾是这类学科关注的重点。在这次的演讲中，Liu教授将介绍在法学院教授设计思维课程的过程和成果，并讨论对其他高等教育教学课程的启示。