Associate Professor of Engineering
Lecturer
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth
Peter J. Robbie is a product designer, Associate Professor of Engineering and Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth.
Robbie's research focus is medical imaging and treatment planning. He was a co-founder of Medical Media Systems (MMS) where he was senior vice president for product design and clinical affairs. MMS is now an industry leader in cutting-edge imaging technology for treatment planning. At MMS his team designed and developed an advanced imaging system, Preview Treatment Planning Software, which received FDA and HICFA approvals for advanced minimally invasive procedures such as endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms. Currently he is a consultant on the design team for the MIST Project, a microwave imaging system for detection of breast cancer.
At Dartmouth Robbie teaches product design, creative problem solving, and design for human use. He received an M.F.A. from Cornell University (1972) and for several years taught three-dimensional design in the Visual Studies program at Dartmouth. He is a professional member of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) and has served as a design consultant for several corporations.