This is the first release for the Nitinol Design Concepts project, providing a snapshot of this material at the time it was announced at the 2017 Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) conference and exhibition in San Diego, CA, May 15-19, 2017. The examples, code, and results in this release are intended to explain methods and concepts, and are not necessarily complete or accurate. Future updates may revise or extend the ideas and materials introduced here, so check back with the repository for the most current information.