
I am a mechanical engineer turned design researcher. I leverage socially-engaged design and rapid prototyping to create products and services with communities for sustainable development. I recently graduated with my Ph.D. in Design Science at the University of Michigan.
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Education
Ph.D. in
Design Science
2016-2020
Masters of Applied Economics
2016-2020
Masters of
Science in Interaction Design
2015-2016
Masters of Engineering
2013-2016




Publications
Journal publication
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Global health front-end medical device design: using prototypes to engage stakeholders. Coulentianos, M. J., Rodriguez-Calero, I., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2020. Accepted to the Journal of Development Engineering.
Journal publication in review and in preparation
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Stakeholders, prototypes, and settings of front-end medical device design activities. Coulentianos, M.J., Rodriguez-Calero, I., Daly, S.R., Burridge, J., Desimone, L., Sienko, K.H., in review. International Journal of Design.
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Effects of product representation in choice experiments on stakeholder preference elicitation in a low-resource setting.Coulentianos, M.J., Chou, S., Arezoomand, M., Adhvaryu, A., Austin-Breneman, J., Sienko, K.H., in preparation.
Conference publication
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Stakeholder perceptions of requirements elicitation interviews with and without prototypes in a cross-cultural design setting, Coulentianos, M. J., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2020, in: Proceedings of the ASME 2020 IDETC & CIE Conference. St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Stakeholder engagement with prototypes during front-end medical device design: who is engaged with what prototype? Coulentianos, M. J., Rodriguez-Calero, I., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2020, in: Proceedings of the 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. MN, USA.
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Medical Device Design Practitioner Strategies for Prototype-Centered Front-End Design Stakeholder Engagements in Low-Resource Settings, Coulentianos, M.J., Rodriguez-Calero, I., Daly, S.R., Burridge, J., Sienko, K.H., 2019, in: Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design. pp. 957–964. https://doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.101
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L’integration du design centre utilisateur dans la conception de nouveau outils digitaux, une bonne pratique dans la transition numerique des entreprises de grande distribution. Coulentianos, M.J., Jean, C., Aoussat, A., Recorbet, C., 2016. Presented at the 23eme Colloque des Sciences de la Conception et de l’Innovation, Prague, Republique Tcheque.
Poster presentations
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Coulentianos, M.J., Burridge, J., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2019. Requirement elicitation interviews with prototypes in low-resource clinical settings. Presented at the STEM V: Innovation and Appropriate Technology in Africa, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Coulentianos, M.J., Rodriguez-Calero, I., Burridge, J., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2018. Medical device development: prototypes, stakeholders, and settings. Presented at the 4th World Health Organization (WHO) Global Forum on Medical Devices, Vishakhapatnam, India.
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Coulentianos, M.J., Burridge, J., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., Adhvaryu, A., 2018. Characterizing stakeholder input as prototype quantities are varied. Presented at the 4th WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, Vishakhapatnam, India.
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Coulentianos, M.J., Sabet Sarvestani, A., Sienko, K.H., Gonzalez, R., 2017. Design requirements for task-shifting medical devices. Presented at the 3rd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, Geneva, Switzerland.
Second author publications
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Chou, S., Arezoomand, M., Coulentianos, M.J., Nambunmee, K., Neitzel, R., Adhvaryu, A., Austin-Breneman, J., 2020. The stakeholder agreement metric (SAM): quantifying preference agreement between product stakeholders, in: Proceedings of the ASME 2020 IDETC & CIE Conference. St. Louis, USA.
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Rodriguez-Calero, I., Coulentianos, M.J., Daly, S.R., Sienko, K.H., 2020. Single versus multiple prototypes: medical device design practitioners’ rationale for varying prototype quantities to engage stakeholders during front-end design, in: Proceedings of the 2020 Design of Medical Devices Conference. MN, USA.
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Rodriguez-Calero, I., Coulentianos, M.J., Daly, S.R., Burridge, J., Sienko, K.H., in revision. Design practitioners’ strategies using prototypes for stakeholder engagements in front-end design activities. Design Studies.