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Bahareh Barati is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her work focuses on Material Driven Design (MDD) and exploring designers' roles in developing smart and biological materials. She leads projects that integrate digital tools like digital twins to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration in biodesign. Her research emphasizes ethical and sustainable approaches to materials innovation, particularly with living systems such as fungi, algae, and bacteria.
Barati’s research interests include the aesthetics of biodesign, temporalities of care in more-than-human systems, and the interplay between digital technologies and living materials. She has developed tools for experience prototyping with novel composites and investigates how AI and digital twinning can improve understanding of dynamic material behaviors.
Her publications span topics like biofabrication with mycelium, driver-passenger collaboration in future cars, and co-experience design for shared media. She actively mentors master’s students in final projects related to material-driven innovation and sustainable design practices.
Awards and grants are not explicitly mentioned in the profile, but her work demonstrates significant contributions to interdisciplinary biodesign methodologies. She collaborates with researchers across disciplines to advance eco-conscious technologies and ethical material practices.
