Michelle Belt

Interior Architecture Program Coordinator
Senior Lecturer

Educational Background

Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design, Michigan State University

Positions held in academic institutions

Adjunct Faculty, International Academy of Design & Technology, Troy, MI
Adjunct Faculty, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI

Courses taught in the past two years

ARI3113 - Furniture & Millwork
ARI3114 - Interior Architecture 1
ARI3124 - Interior Architecture 2
ARI5622 - Current Issues in Interior Design

Positions held in Design Practice

Senior Designer, Scarcello Associates, 2006-2008
Senior Designer, Office Furniture Solutions, 2005-2006
Project Designer, Wave, Inc., 2000-2005
Interior Designer, Davids Innovative Office, 1995-2000
Interior Designer, Houseworks, 1990-1995

Significant Publications, Creative Projects, and/or paper presentations

1.    EDS design and installation of Imagination project, Troy, MI, 2003
2.    EDS Project Manager, facility consolidation and relocation to the Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, 2004
3.    UAW training centers at Ford in Tulsa, OK, and GM in Buffalo, NY, 1996-1998

Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions

1.    IIDA Michigan Chapter Legislative Assistance Grant, 2001-2006

Professional Licenses, Memberships and Service

1.    Coalition for Interior Design Registration (CIDR), Past President, 2000-2008
2.    IIDA National Government and Regulatory Affairs Committee, 2000-2008
3.    IIDA Michigan Board of Directors, 2000-2008
4.    IIDA Michigan Chapter, President, 2006-2008
5.    Michigan Design Center Student Career Day Planning Committee, 2003-2006

Professional Development

1.    NCIDQ Certification
2.    Listed on the State of Michigan List of Qualified Interior Designers