Joe A Bradley

Joe A Bradley is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and serves as Director of Engineering Education and Entrepreneurship at the Siebel Center for Design. His academic roles also include Teaching Assistant Professor in Biomedical and Translational Sciences. Bradley’s research focuses on technology management, product development, entrepreneurship, and engineering design education, particularly examining knowledge brokering in STEM ventures and education systems. He has contributed to curricular innovations in interdisciplinary bioengineering capstone design and K-12 STEM outreach programs. Bradley’s work bridges academia and industry, emphasizing practical skill development and ethical decision-making in engineering education.

His research interests span product development processes, human-centered design, and technology value chain analysis. Notable contributions include frameworks for adaptive scaffolding in team dynamics and domain adaptation of AI models for enterprise applications. Bradley has been recognized with the Excellence in Instruction Award for his educational contributions.

Bradley collaborates widely across disciplines, including electrical engineering and computational social networks. His laboratories and teams at the Siebel Center for Design focus on translating theoretical concepts into practical solutions through design thinking and entrepreneurial methodologies. Recent work explores the economic trade-offs of large language models and ethical challenges in engineering education.