Martha Sullivan
- Chair of Industrial Design
Martha Sullivan is the Department Chair and an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Industrial Design program, specialties inlcude ceramics, product design, wellness, and community development. Sullivan has been a Visiting Scholar at Telemark University College in Notodden, Norway, and Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts in Shanghai, China in 2017 and 2019. The latter resulted in a large-scale collaborative ceramic tile installation at Fudan University‚ National Pedatric Hospital in Shanghai. Sullivan has most recenlty been honored with the School of Architecture + Design Outreach Award, April 2022, and an Excellence in Teaching Award, March 2022, presented by The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Ceramics, Product Design, Service Learning, Study Abroad, Wellness
ARCH 3514/ARCH 5125 Handbuiliding Clay
ARCH 3514/ARCH 5126 Molded Ceramics
IDS 3204 Empty Bowls
IDS 3204 Mindful Designer
IDS 3224 Advanced Ceramics
IDS 3224 Ladies Who Draw
IDS 3015/3016 Industrial Design Laboratory III
IDS 3234/BMES 3984 Needs Indeification in Healthcare
IDS Study Abroad
Texture as Subliminal Expereince, Ceramics Exhibition at the National Councel of Education in the Ceramic Arts National Conference, The Elusive Cow, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2023.
IDSA Education Symposium/ International Design Conference, Assessment Strategy for Improving Student Learning Outcomes In Project-Based Industrial Design Studio Courses, Elham Morshedzadeh, Ph.D., Martha Sullivan, September 2022
Confluence, Ceramics Exhibition at the National Councel of Education in the Ceramic Arts National Conference, The Elusive Cow, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021.
Wang, H., Sullivan, M., Bionic Form Extraction: from Natural and Concrete Shapes, A Record of a Pottery Workshop, Chapter in Design Methodology and Teaching Application, Editor in chief: Hongjiang Wang, SIVA-DETAO School of Design, Songjiang, China. 2020, p. 132-143
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education, Mindful Making in the Education of a Designer, March 2020
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Mindful Designer: Contemplative Practices in Design Education, March 2019
Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning Regional Conference, ePortfolios as a Contemplative Practice, November 2016.
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Educational Practices for the Introduction of Product Design, February 2016
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, High Impact Practices for First Year Experience Courses, February 2016
CAUS Research Symposium, Experimental Kiln Building in Norway, April 2014
Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning Regional Conference, ePortfolios in Design Education, November 2013.
Form to Product: Making as Pedagogy published in Studies in Material Thinking, Volume 9, September 2013. Submitted by Mitzi Vernon and Martha Sullivan.
Making, An International Conference on Materiality and Knowledge, Form Studio: Generating a Language and Making Form, co-written with Mitzi Vernon and Akshay Sharma, September 2012 in Notodden, Norway
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Annual Conference, Digital Fabrication in Ceramic Education, March 2011: co-presenter with Bowie Croisant on modern CAD and CNC techniques in ceramics.
CAUS Research Symposium, Digital Design in the Ceramic Arts, February 2011.
IDSA Southern District Conference, Beyond the Basics: A Solidworks Workshop for Students given in partnership with Kevin Shankwiler from Georgia Tech, April 2009.
School of Architecture + Design Outreach Award, April 2022, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Excellence in Teaching Award, March 2022, The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2021 Campus Recovery Partner Award, May 2021, Hokie Wellness and the Virginia Tech Recovery Community
New River Valley Leading Light Award, April 2019, NRV Leading Lights recognizes service and volunteerism
Faculty Fellow, May 2018, for the Leadership and Social Change Residential College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
College of Architecture and Urban Studies Excellence in Outreach, May 2014, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Faculty Favorite, April 2013, Housing and Residence Life within the Division of Student Affairs at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
University Certificate for Excellence in Outreach, April 2013, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
College of Architecture and Urban Studies Excellence in Teaching, May 2010, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Gianninoto Graduate Scholarship, July 2006, Industrial Designers Society of America
Werner Graeff Memorial Book Award, April 2006, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society for Architecture and Allied Arts, April 2006
Award of Distinction at Art in the Park, Danville, Virginia, May 1998
Education
M.S.Arch, Industrial Design, Virginia Tech
B.S., Geology, Virginia Tech
