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Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence RI 02903
Event Website
https://designscience.risd.edu
Start Date
September 2025
End Date
September 2025
Description
Jerome Arul is an industrial designer, interdisciplinary artist, and Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). A career in design and manufacturing allowed him to work on projects in East Africa, Southeast Asia and China. He managed engineering and product design at EcoZoom and scaled up production of the Tubeho Neza cook stove program in Rwanda, enabled by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism. EcoZoom’s products have been deployed by the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Relief International. Since 2015, Jerome has co-taught a collaborative studio on product design and development with RISD Industrial Design, the MIT School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management. He has also taught design courses at the MIT D-Lab.
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Jerome Arul, Industrial Designer, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Jerome Arul
Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence RI 02903
Jerome Arul is an industrial designer, interdisciplinary artist, and Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). A career in design and manufacturing allowed him to work on projects in East Africa, Southeast Asia and China. He managed engineering and product design at EcoZoom and scaled up production of the Tubeho Neza cook stove program in Rwanda, enabled by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism. EcoZoom’s products have been deployed by the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Relief International. Since 2015, Jerome has co-taught a collaborative studio on product design and development with RISD Industrial Design, the MIT School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management. He has also taught design courses at the MIT D-Lab.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/naturelab_designscience/designscience2025/designscience2025symposium/9