Faculty

	Robin Carr Savannah B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.S., State University of New York, Buffalo. Robin Carr has been with SCAD since 2004, and is a creativity generalist with an interdisciplinary focus, a background in the arts, design and technology and six years of consulting experience. She has worked with a variety of companies and organizations, including CIGNA, IBM and the Creative Education Foundation. Her diverse background includes software and web development, dance, finance and publishing. She developed and teaches the Applied Creative Thinking class, which is now required coursework for all first-year School of Design students. Carr is a member of the Creativity Coaching Association.
	Victor Ermoli Savannah B.S., Ohio State University; M.Env. Des., University of Calgary. Victor Ermoli has more than 17 years of industrial design experience and has been featured in Business Report’s "40 under 40" and ID magazine's "40 Best Designers Under 30." Ermoli joined SCAD in January 1998 as chair of the industrial design department and was named dean of the School of Design in 2005. Under his leadership, SCAD became the first design college in the United States to plan and build a working, street-legal prototype car, the EXO Spyder, which was unveiled in 1999. He also led the industrial design department to create a sports boat, "The Stinger," winner of an International Composites Design Competition award. In 2001, he received a U.S. patent for a design for a new line of Venetian blinds.
	Robert Fee Savannah B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Bob Fee has helped develop the SCAD graduate programs in both industrial design and design management, a new offering that focuses on sound business fundamentals, the sociology of design within organizations and collaborative design practice. He began his career in Boeing’s computer graphics lab and participated in the first known computer rendition of the human figure. Several of his products, most notably the soft-grip screwdriver and contoured hand drill produced by Fiskars, were in production for more than two decades. After working with design consulting firms in Chicago and Wichita, Kansas, Fee moved to Texas Instruments, where he managed the corporate design center until he joined the faculty at SCAD.
	Peter Fossick Savannah B.A., Manchester Polytechnic; M.Sc., University of Strathclyde. Peter Fossick is a professional designer who has designed services and products for an array of clients. He joined SCAD in 2007, and has been a full-time professor in product design at Glasgow School of Art and spent six years in Hong Kong developing and leading courses in design. He was a member of the senior management team at Middlesex University and was the course leader for the graduate program in product design, innovation and management. In 1995 he co-founded Factotum Design, a product, service and new media consultancy, and in 2006 he helped create Innovation Valley with a number of business services in North London. Awards and collections:  • Coopers and Lyebrand Award for Innovation in Education  • Chartered Society of Designers Hong Kong Award for New Media Design  • Honorable mention LG Award  • The Victoria and Albert Museum 20th Century Collection  • Vitra Design Museum Collection
	Thomas Gattis Savannah B.I.D., Auburn University; M.S., Bemidji State University. Tom Gattis became chair of industrial design after spending seven years as a professor. He launched the marine design minor in 2003 and continues to serve as program coordinator. He was the lead faculty member on two transportation projects in the SCAD industrial design department: the “Stinger,” an original-concept, family sport boat, and the “Ohana,” a pair of resort kayaks designed for Hobie Cat. His previous experience includes starting the industrial design program at Finlandia University and working as a designer and project manager in the nuclear industry, an account executive in the trade-show and exhibition field, and as a professional model-maker. Publications: Paper, “The Large Design Project – Beyond Traditional Education,” Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, 2002 Paper with Ron Sekulski, “Why Small Business Needs Design: Strategies for New Curriculum Development,” Education Conference: Why Design, 1998 Paper with Steve Viser, “Entrepreneurial Design Center: Blurring the Boundaries Between Design, Education, and Business,” Education Conference: Blurring Boundaries, 1997 Presentation: “Promoting Economic Development Through Design Education; Case Study Savannah College of Art and Design’s Original Concept Boat,” Georgia Economic Development Association Annual Conference, 2002 Memberships: American Craft Council American Association of Woodturners
	John McCabe Savannah B.Arch., B.S., M.I.D., Auburn University.  John McCabe joined the faculty in the SCAD industrial design department in 2007. His research background is in sustainability, an understanding of material reuse and allocation, and nurturing a desire to provide for those in need. He combines these passions to design products that can make a difference on a global level. He has participated in multiple study abroad programs, which allow him to better understand scale, immersive environments and how these relate to architectural and industrial design. His professional experience includes freelance design for his firm Fulcrum Collaborative, architecture design for Chapman Sisson Architects in Huntsville, Ala., and coordinating industry collaboration studios for SCAD and Auburn University. Courses: Model and Prototype Development Introduction to Industrial Design Industrial Design in the Marketplace Prototype Project Conceptualization/Construction Commercial Practices for Industrial Design
	John Morris Savannah B.S., Clemson University; B.S., M.I.D., Auburn University.
	Verena Paepcke Savannah B.A., University of Applied Sciences; M.F.A., The Ohio State University. Verena Paepcke has been teaching and developing courses at SCAD since 2005 and is a founding member of the Council for Sustainability and Eco-practices at SCAD. Paepcke has taught at The Ohio State University and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam in Germany. She worked in research and development at Lear Corporation VisionWorks in Southfield, Michigan, developing concepts to incorporate new technologies into passenger cars. In Germany she developed concepts for improving lives of the elderly at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, and designed interiors for the Fairchild Dornier 728 jet with Industrial Design Studio Hamburg.   Presentations and publications: Sustainability lecture at the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communications Design, The Ohio State University, April 2007 “Tools for Balancing Design: Analysis and Evaluation Methods for Restricted Workspaces,” The Ohio State University M.F.A. thesis, 2004
	Jesus Rojas Ache Savannah B.A., Instituto de Diseno de Caracas; M.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
	Christina Tarbell Savannah B.A., Boston University; M.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
	Joel Wittkamp Savannah B.F.A., University of Illinois; M.Des., Royal College of Art.