Dr. Shraddha Sangelkar is very passionate about Capstone Design and has been involved in senior design since 2012. Additionally, she enjoys teaching motion analysis in mechanical systems. Dr. Sangelkar’s research interest lies in developing methods that teach designers to create better products for people, as well as designing for people with disabilities. She received a grant from the U.S.- India Science and Technology Endowment Fund to develop a low-cost Refreshable Braille Display in partnership with a startup company in India, Innovision. She is also actively involved in pedagogical research to enhance the engineering classroom experience.
Academic Degrees
- PhD, Texas A and M University 2013
- MS Texas A and M University 2010
- BTech, Veermata Jijabai Techological Institute (VJTI) India, 2008
Teaching Interests
Capstone Design
Design of Mechanisms
Mechanical Systems
Research Experiences
Design Theory and Methodology
Design for Disability
New Product Development
Engineering Design Education
Publications & Presentations
Ohland, Matthew W., David Giurintano, Brian Novoselich, Patsy Brackin, and Shraddha Sangelkar, 2015, "supporting Capstone Teams: Lessons from Research on Motivation." International Journal of Engineering Education, 31(6), 1748-1759.
Sangelkar, Shraddha and McAdams, Daniel A., 2014, "Mining Functional Model Graphs to Find Product Design Heuristics with Inclusive Design Illustration," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 13 (4), 041008.
Sangelkar, Shraddha and McAdams, Daniel A., 2013, "Formalizing and Exploring the Transferability of Inclusive Design Rules," Journal of Mechanical Design, 135(9) 091004.
Sangelkar, Shraddha, and McAdams, Daniel A., 2012, "Adapting ADA Architectural Design Knowledge to Product Design using Association Rule Mining: A Function Based Approach," Journal of Mechanical Design, 134 (7), 071003.
Sangelkar, Shraddha, Cowen, Nicholas and McAdams, Daniel A., 2012, "User Activity - Product Function Association Based Design Rules for Universal Products," Design Studies, 33 (1), 85-110.
Awards & Honors
Excellence in Research Award, 2017, School of Engineering at Penn State Behrend
Excellence in Graduate Teaching Assistance Award, 2013, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A and M University
Design Studies Award (Best Paper), 2012, The Interdisciplinary Juornal of Design Research - Elsevier