Professionals, not professors.
Our faculty have hands-on experience developing and commercializing medical devices. Their teaching bridges theory and practice, drawn from real challenges across the product lifecycle. Students also engage with 20+ guest lecturers, venture capitalists and founders throughout the year.
David Zaharoff
Executive Director, MS-MedTechProfessor, Lampe Department of Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Professor, UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Eschelman School of Pharmacy
Matt Penny
Director, MS-MedTechFormer Managing Principal Engineer, Noah Medical
Nick Jardine
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssistant Director, R&D, Innovation at Becton Dickinson
John Hayes
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechDirector of Integrated Systems, Sanner Group
Kelly Umstead
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssociate Professor of Industrial Design + Director of Graduate Program in ID
Kelly Umstead
Kelly has industry experience in both engineering research focusing on biomechanics and human movement with applications ranging from gait analysis and rehabilitation to sports science and aquatics, and in industrial design with a focus in the medical device industry. Kelly’s experience in product design has always been human-centric, from acquiring user needs, translating those needs into viable products, and verifying and validating designs through usability testing. In academia, Kelly’s research interests focus on maternity care, medical device development, and human-centered design.