Chair, Industrial Design Associate Professor, Industrial Design School Alum ART 245jgermany@uw.eduPersonal WebsiteFields of Interest Design Digital Fabrication Industrial Design Medical DevicesBackground and ExperienceSummaryEducationMFA, Industrial Design, University of WashingtonAAA, Industrial Design Technology, Art Institute of SeattleBS, Mechanical Engineering, Montana State UniversityJason O. Germany is an Associate Professor and current Chair of the Industrial Design program. Prior to his appoint at UW in the autumn of 2015, he was a faculty member in the Product Design program at the University of Oregon for five years. Professor Germany teaches across a range of courses in the undergraduate and graduate program within the Division of Design including studios in softgoods, ID foundations, medical / health, digital product experiences, transportation, and digital fabrications as well as industry collaborative classes. This course work has been complimented by his research investigations over the years which take a systems based approach and cover several overlapping fields of interests including design entrepreneurship, urban computing, digital product semantics and rescue / medical device design. As an investigator on several funded research projects, he actively collaborates with departments and researchers from across campus in addition to outside organizations. Prior to his academic appointments, Professor Germany worked as a senior industrial designer and project lead before before his career in academics. During that time, his work experience ranged from design firms and action sports to housewares and mobile devices; in each case, creating and executing within interdisciplinary groups. As a result, his designs have received numerous patents as well as regional, national, and international awards, including an ID Magazine’s Best in Category and IDEA Golds for consumer products and medical & health categories. Professional AffiliationsIndustrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Design Society (DS), Design Research Society (DRS) Research + Creative Work Selected Publications + Projects UW CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund (Jan. 2024 – Jan. 2025)“TPT-Finder, an AI-enabled multi-sensing instrument for surgical application”Amount: $50,000Role: Co-Principle Investigator (Ongoing) Read more Arabi, S., Germany, J.O., Ketan, M., Shasheendra, A., Kao, E., Wang, X., Ringgold, K., Emery, A., White, n., Bulger, E. (2024). "Therapeutic Limb Hypothermia for the Treatment of Traumatic Acute Limb Ischemia". Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology Read more Germany, J.O., Shasheendra A., Mhetre K., Aarabi S., (2023). “Digital to Physical Medical Modeling: Industrial Design Activities in Support of a Limb Cooling Medical Device”. International Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference (AHFE) – Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design Read more Yang, Z., Germany, J.O., (2022). “Bespoke and Repetitive: Converging Technologies inthe Design of Custom Products”. International Applied Human Factors and ErgonomicsConference (AHFE) – Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design Read more Department of Defense (DoD) – Defense Medical Research and Development“Therapeutic Limb Cooling to Prevent Amputation in pDCR”Program Award – (Sept. 2017 – Sept. 2022) Amount: $1,499,467 Role: Co-Principle investigator Read more Core77 International Design Award 2021, “Runner Up - 2nd Place” – Commercial EquipmentWorldVent Ventillator, Lead designer Read more IDSA - International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2021, “Gold ” – Medical & HealthWorldVent Ventillator, Lead designer Read more COVID-19 ventilator Read more Lund, J., Germany, J.O.; (2020). “Leveraging Empathic Strategies: Prototyping for Commercial Space Vehicle Design”. The Design Research Conference (DRS 2020), August 2020; Brisbane, Australia (virtual) Read more Amazon Catalyst Grant (Amazon Catalyst Fellow) – (2018 – 2019)“A Feedback Controlled Pressure Monitoring System for Limb-Stabilizing Medical AirSplints”Amount: $10,000Role: Principle investigator Read more Germany, J.O.; Lund, J. (2019). “Form Follows Story: An Approach to Designing for Commercial Space Travel”. – The Intl. Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE ’19), Sept. 2019; Glasgow, UK Read more Germany, J.O.; Speranza, P.; Anthony, D. (2019). “Eliciting Public Display Awareness and Engagement: An Experimental Study and Semantic Strategy” – The Intl. Journalof Human Computer Interaction Read more Germany, J.O. Lillegard, N. (2017). “Transdisciplinary Coursework in Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities”. – The Intl. Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE ’17), Sept. 2017; Oslo, Norway Read more Jason O. Germany (co-authored with Philip Speranza). "Assembly, Space, and Things: Urban Food Genome, Urban Interaction, and Bike Share" in Enriching Urban Spaces with Ambient Computing, the Internet of Things, and Smart City Design, edited by Shin'ichi Konomi and George Roussos. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. Read more Germany, J.O. (2016). “Ad Hoc Pairings: Semantic Relationships and Mobile Devices”. - The Design Research Conference (DRS 2016), June 2016; Brighton, UK Read more Germany, J.O. (2015). “Device Relationships: The Social Attributes of Ad Hoc Mobile Devices”. - The Intl. Assoc. of Societies of Design Research Conference (IASDR ‘15), November 2015; Brisbane, Australia Read more Research Advised: Graduate Masters Theses Kris Brauer. "Cognitive Design Strategies for High-Risk Sports: Using Bias and Heuristics to Guide Users Actions In Stressful Scenarios." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2024. Read more Zerong Yang. "Bespoke and Repetitive: Converging Technologies in the Design of Custom Products." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2022. Read more Solji Lee. "Universal Access to Autonomous Taxi." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2021. Read more Justin Lund. "Coalesce: Leveraging Generative Tools in Industrial Design Practice." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2020. Read more Heidi Biggs. "Feeling Climate Change: Intersections of Climate Change and Everyday Cycling." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Matt Imus. "The Lesson Design Toolkit: Lesson Planning As Experience Design." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Courses Taught Winter 2025 DESIGN 446 A: Advanced Industrial Design: Professional Practice DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2024 DESIGN 316 A: Introduction to Industrial Design Winter 2024 DESIGN 446 A: Advanced Industrial Design: Professional Practice DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2023 DESIGN 207 A: Design Drawing DESIGN 316 A: Introduction to Industrial Design Winter 2023 DESIGN 446 A: Advanced Industrial Design: Professional Practice DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2022 DESIGN 316 A: Introduction to Industrial Design DESIGN 499 B: Individual Projects-Design Winter 2022 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate ID Studio 1 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Spring 2021 DESIGN 326 A: Digital Fabrication DESIGN 400 A: Design Entrepreneurship Winter 2021 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate ID Studio 1 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2020 DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Spring 2020 DESIGN 326 A: Digital Fabrication DESIGN 400 A: Design Entrepreneurship Winter 2020 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate ID Studio 1 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2019 DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Summer 2019 Full-term DESIGN 265 A: Topics in Design: Introduction to CAD, 3D Printing, CNC and Digital Fabrication for Design DESIGN 265 B: Topics in Design: Introduction to Bag and Backpack Design DESIGN 499 A: Individual Projects-Design Spring 2019 DESIGN 326 A: Digital Fabrication DESIGN 400 A: Design Entrepreneurship Winter 2019 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate ID Studio 1 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2018 DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Spring 2018 DESIGN 326 A: Digital Fabrication DESIGN 400 A: Design Entrepreneurship Winter 2018 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate ID Studio 1 DESIGN 581 A: Graduate Seminar in Design Autumn 2017 DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Spring 2017 DESIGN 211 A: 3-D Foundation DESIGN 326 A: Digital Fabrication Winter 2017 DESIGN 317 A: Intermediate Id Studio 1 Autumn 2016 DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Spring 2016 DESIGN 213 A: Prototyping For Designers DESIGN 447 A: Senior Projects In Industrial Design Winter 2016 DESIGN 446 A: Advanced Industrial Design: Professional Practice Autumn 2015 DESIGN 316 A: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 445 A: Advanced Industrial Design Related News Related News Rethinking the Ventilator Sep 21, 2021 Design Student Projects Recognized Jun 20, 2020 Faculty Lectures Sep 12, 2019 Composite Gestures Aug 20, 2019 Design Presenting + Publishing Jun 23, 2019 Mission to the Moon: 2030 Feb 13, 2018 Students Attend DESIGN: HYBRID May 8, 2017 New Faculty Activities Apr 10, 2016 Faculty Hires in 2015 Jun 3, 2015
