Michael Scimeca

Michael Scimeca received his Bachelor’s Degree from Providence College in 1980. He worked for four years as a model maker at A&M Models in Massachusetts and two years in the engineering model shop at Hasbro Toys while taking evening courses in the RISD Continuing Education Technical Illustration program. He received his Master of Industrial Design degree from RISD in 1990 and, while a graduate student, was a teaching assistant in RISD CE. Upon graduation he became the technician in the Industrial Design Model Shop where he continues to serve and to teach classes in RISD CE. He has done extensive freelance model-making and industrial design, taught model-making in the Industrial Design department for 14 years and has taught the ID Graduate Shop Experience class since 2001.