Michael d'Amato is a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur who has been curiously deconstructing and reconstructing the world around him since his early years in Philadelphia, PA. He is now focused on making his own designs a reality, beginning with The Fluid Ribbon Chair.
..Studied microbiology, biomechanics and entrepreneurship (U of Rochester)
..Won the engineering design competition in graduate school
..Published on orthopedic polymers for biomedical devices
..Won 2nd at the business plan competitions for the Wharton
Business School of University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University
..Worked with start-ups in medical devices, gene therapy and finance
..2010-2011 US Champion Brompton Folding Bicycle Race (Best Dressed)
MiD/ID program Speaker: UArts with Corzo Center for the Creative Economy
..Sculpting a Chair and Making a Business
IDSA 2012 Northeast Design Dialog Speaker
