About
Kristi Bartlett is an Assistant Professor in the Product Design Department in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining UK, Kristi obtained a PhD in Technology from Purdue University. She also received an MS in Industrial Design from the University of Houston and a BA in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Rice University. Kristi has provided design consulting for multiple healthcare startup companies and serves as the director of product development at ZIBRIO, the Balance Company, where she designs physical and digital products for fall prevention in aging. She has two current areas of research focus: design education, and equitable approaches to the design of medical technology.
Recent News
April 2024: Paper accepted at Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE) Conference
April 2024: Papers accepted at the 2024 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition in the Design Division and Equity Division
April 2024: Excited to share that I will be participating in the CELT 2024-25 Teaching Innovation Institute focused on generative AI in teaching, learning and higher education
Mar 2024: Excited to share that I will be speaking at the Designing with AI Deep Dive by IDSA on April 3
Mar 2024: Manuscript published in International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
Feb 2024: Paper accepted at DESIGN 2024, Design Education Division
Jan 2024: Welcome to KayDee Pratt and Apirada Chetawatee who join me as undergraduate researchers
Jan 2024: Manuscript published in ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
Jan 2024: Honored to have a project selected for funding by UNITE RPA with Aanya Chugh
Dec 2023: Manuscript published in Engineering Studies
Oct 2023: Presentation at UK College of Design Faculty Colloquium, Gender Inclusion in Design
Oct 2023: Presentation at Commonwealth Computational Summit, Generative AI for Medical Device Design
Sept 2023: Manuscript published in Engineering Studies
Aug 2023: Manuscript published in Visual Cognition
July 2023: Invited guest on Beyond Ray podcast