<p>Carnegie Mellon University has a top engineering program and design programs. It sounds like your interest in more in engineering - at CMU, a great combination would be to major in Mechanical Engineering and minor in Design. </p>
<p>This past year, we even had a student taught course (StuCo) called Sneakerology - which sounds like something that would have been perfect for you, lol!</p>
<p>But definitely check out CMU - I think it really fits your interests well. This article might interest you: [It’s</a> a Shoe-In - Carnegie Mellon University](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/creativity/2009/winter/its-a-shoe-in.shtml]It’s”>It's a Shoe-In - Carnegie Mellon University | CMU)</p>