1. Leveraging Additive Manufacturing and Engineering Design Methods to Improve Ballet Pointe Shoes Open Access Author: Nicolich, Keri Title: Leveraging Additive Manufacturing and Engineering Design Methods to Improve Ballet Pointe Shoes Area of Honors: Industrial Engineering Keywords: Pointe shoesAdditive ManufacturingPrototypingHuman-Centered Design3D printingFinite Element Analysis (FEA)Compliant MechanismBalletEngineering Design File: Download Nicolich_Keri_Leveraging_Additive_Manufacturing_and_Engineering_Design_Methods_to_Improve_Ballet_Pointe_Shoes__.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis SupervisorSanjay Joshi, Thesis Honors Advisor