Dr. Daniel A. McAdams is the Robert H. Fletcher Professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999. He teaches undergraduate courses in design methods, biologically inspired design, and machine element design and graduate courses in product design and dynamics. Dr. McAdams research interests are in the area of design theory and methodology with specific focus on functional modeling; innovation in concept synthesis; biologically inspired design methods; inclusive design; and technology evolution as applied to product design. He has edited a book on biologically inspired design. His research has been supported by federal and private funding agencies.