Hasso Plattner Institute of Design

[1] The school is named after SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner and was founded by David M. Kelley and Bernard Roth in 2004.

The program integrates business, law, medicine, social sciences, and humanities with more traditional engineering and product design education.

[3] The institute is named after Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP, who contributed $35 million towards its inception.

To meet the demand, it is adding full courses and pop-up classes, which focus on more specific problems.

[5] The institute's products include Embrace, a low-cost alternative to neonatal incubators, and the d.light, an energy-efficient LED light now in use in some rural communities in Africa and Asia.