Kelly Bair is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she specializes in visual/technology seminars and design studios at the undergraduate and graduate level. Bair has received numerous awards, including First Place in the Luvo International Design Competition, and she was Finalist in the Moonfish Building Competition in Manchester, England, and the recipient of the Maxine Frankel Award for Research in 2011. She is principal of Central Standard Office of Design.