Faculty

Jake Rynkiewicz has been a practicing industrial designer since receiving his bachelor’s degree in 2008, and founded Concentric in 2013 to help companies and startups through the product development process. After earning his master’s degree in 2018, he has worked to convey this professional experience to his students at UIC’s School of Design and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Additionally, with years of experience using CAD in his client work, Jake trains designers and engineers at a number of large companies in the best practices of using software such as Rhino, Solidworks, and Creo.