He is also the Co-Principal Investigator of MIT BLOSSOMS. His research concerns robust design of engineering systems. Robust design is a set of engineering practices whose aim is to ensure that engineering systems function despite variations due to manufacture, wear, deterioration, and environmental conditions. Professor Frey played a central role in developing the design challenges for the award winning television series, Design Squad. The goal of Design Squad was to help young people go beyond the stereotype of engineering being staid and analytic and to demonstrate ways that it can be both creative and socially engaging. Professor Frey hopes that the show encourages more young people to enter engineering. Read more about Professor Frey here and watch his video lesson, “Using Geometry to Design Simple Machines”.