Matt Leevy

Matt Leevy is an Associate Professor of the Practice within the IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame. He directs the Innovation Lab, a collaborative space integrating industrial and graphic designers with prototyping equipment to develop products and startups. With 15 years at Notre Dame, his work has produced dozens of peer-reviewed manuscripts and six utility patents, forming the basis of two companies: In Vivo Concepts LLC (exited December 2023) and Irish Woodworks LLC (exited December 2021).

• Education: B.S. in Bioengineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ph.D. in Biophysics (Washington University in Saint Louis)

Research Interests:

• Biomedical Imaging Technologies
• Object Design and Fabrication
• Business Creation and Commercialization
• Interdisciplinary Prototyping

Scientific Awards:

• 1st Source Award (2014)

Labs & Teams: Leads the 5000 sqft IDEA Center Innovation Lab, combining designers and prototyping tools to foster entrepreneurship. His lab has generated six utility patents and supported two successful startups.