Future concept of subterranean lunar habitat, Visualisation Credit: Team KEPLER, Copyright © 2002 Lunar Base Design Workshop (LBDW)
Susmita Mohanty in Bangalore 2019. Photo: Siddharth Das
2021
Mentor, “Narrative Design Studio”, Exhibition Design students, 6th semester, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad
2020
Mentor, “The Blue Spaceship” a multi-disciplinary Design Studio, final year students, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
SUMMARY: 2000 - 2021: Visiting Faculty + Guest Expert
+ Jury Member for Design Reviews Design Studios + Workshops at top
2019
Nominated to the National Institute of Design (NID) Senate for a term of 2 years
2019
Mentor, “Lab X: Systems Design Studio”, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad
2018
Advisor, “Hacking for Diplomacy”, Stanford Graduate School, Palo Alto, CA, USA
2014/15
Institute of Architecture & Planning, Universität Liechtenstein
Design Review: Peter Droege's Studio Mars
2014
Visiting Faculty in Fall 2014, School of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
2-week Winter Course: Spaceship Design Principles for Micro Architecture in Extreme Cities
SUMMARY: 2000 - 2011: Visiting Faculty + Guest Expert
Design Studios + Workshops for undergraduate and graduate level students at top Industrial Design and Architecture schools in the United States and Europe
2011
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University, New York Design Review: INTERPLANETARY SPACESHIP DESIGN; Design Studio taught by Yoshiko Sato
2002-2007 [5 years]
Visiting Faculty for the Spring & Fall semesters; Class Size: 8-12 students Industrial Design Department, Academy of Art, San Francisco 2002-04: Taught semester-long design studios for undergraduate students 2004-07: Taught semester-long design studios for graduate students and Graduate Academic Advisor for final year Thesis Projects Design Topics: Crew systems for living in Earth orbit and on Moon/Mars, airplane interiors, consumer electronics, design for extreme environments, disaster relief (e.g. war, tsunami), classrooms of the future.
2006
Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, USA Design Review: ISOLATED UNDERWATER HABITAT FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
2005
Guest Faculty, Architecture Department, Lund University, Sweden Graduate Level Architecture Workshop: URBAN SHELTER Class Size: 60 students
2003
Faculty, Industrial Design Department, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA Graduate Level Design Studio: SPACE HYGIENE PRODUCTS Conducted in cooperation with NASA Ames Research Center Class Size: 20 students
2002
Faculty, Industrial Design, Academy of Art, San Francisco, USA Graduate Level Design Studio: WIRELESS AUGMENTED REALITY PROTOTYPE (WARP) FOR ASTRONAUTS Conducted in cooperation with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Class Size: 10 students
2002
Guest Lecturer, Bio-Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley, USA Undergraduate Level BIOASTRONAUTICS COURSE Class Size: 50 students
2002
Workshop Organizer + Design Coach, ESTEC, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Multidisciplinary Workshop: LUNAR BASE DESIGN Number of Participants: 50 students from various European countries
2000
Guest Lecturer + Expert Reviewer, Institut für Hochbau 2, Vienna Technical University, Austria Graduate Level Design Studio: FUTURE SHELTER - MARS ANALOG STATION Student concepts exhibited at the Vienna Kunsthalle