Stanford Design Impact
Between 2019 & 2021, I enrolled in the Design Impact Program in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stanford University when I studied product design where I focused on design for emerging markets and bottom of the pyramid demographics.
Illumimate
Ironically before COVID, this project was inspired by the distance between myself and many of my love ones. The cast aluminum and wood finished desk totem (and future clock) holds a ultrasonic proximity sensor that illuminate the LED ring around the perimeter on the partner device when you walk by then slowly fade giving your loved one a feeling of your presence in the room as you move about.
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Bus Garten
Eleven years ago, I purchased my first 1975 Volkswagen Bus with romanticized dreams peace, love and the open road. Ten years later and a litany of heartbreaking breakdowns later, I purchased my second. Now in the time of #vanlife, the appeal of living on the road has hit Kerouac highs, but my desire to build a home and have my own backyard starts to grow. In a moment of COVID fueled, pent up frustration, I decided I can have it all. I can have my garden and take it on the road.
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Mosquito Range Wedding Bands
There was no bigger honor than to have a close childhood friend as me to make her wedding rings when she proposed to her finance, Mikey. Mikey’s favorite mountain range is the Mosquitos, near their home in Colorado, so I sampled the topo data from a straight line across the range and transcribed it around the circumference of the ring.
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Kijani
In a partnership with Kijani Forestry. we worked on developing a clamp that helps speed up the process of packing seed pot bags for reforestation and cooking charcoal production in Northern Uganda.
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Skin-on-Frame Kayak
In the interest of spending less time behind a computer during quarantine, I decided to embark on a physical project with limited tools that I had at my disposal. Inspired by my current home on the coast, I sought to built a skin on frame kayak of the Inuit style.
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Kuchora
Somewhere in between paper signage, hand drawn murals and LCD displays, lies Kuchora a Dynamic Canvas that you can use to easily draw custom artwork and signage from your computer, reducing energy and paper usage.
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Jalgoy
For the most remote farmers, at the bottom of the pyramid, solar irrigation is a clear answer to breaking the poverty cycle. Enabling farmers to cultivate their land in the dry season more than doubles their income, quickly covering the cost of irrigation equipment, but the jump into irrigation still poses too much risk when there is no safety net. Team Jalgoy aims to break down that barrier to entry
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Solar Irrigation Impeller
Through a biologically inspired design, we hope to improve the efficiency of our pump in the interest of reducing the solar panel footprint of this irrigation system and consequently, reduce the overall cost for rural farmers in Kenya.
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Bike Totem
In the interest of keeping in touch with your loved ones, the bike totem maps the motion of the wheel of your partners bike so when they are on the way home from work or our for a joy ride, you get the sensation that you are experiencing their ride as well.
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Coursework
During the 2.5 years at Stanford, I complete the following coursework:
CS108 - Object Oriented System Design
DESINST2015 - The Design of Data
ME203 - Design & Manufacturing
ME206 - Design for Affordability
ME216M - Intro to Design of Smart Products
ME277 - Graduate Design Research Techniques
ME311 - Leading Design Teams
ME313 - Human Values & Innovation in Design
ME316 - Product Design Masters Project
ME341 - Design Experiments
ME391 - Engineering Problems
Product Realization Lab Course Assistant
While a Master’s Candidate in the Design Impact program, I worked 20 hours a week as a Product Realization Lab Course assistant. This involved both ad hoc mentoring and advising to students in the lab but also coaching and instruction for various undergraduate and graduate level courses. I was a part of the teaching team for the follow product realization courses:
ME102 - Foundations of Product Realization
ME103/203 - Design and Manufacturing
ME 128/318 - Computer Aided Product Creation
ME 325 - Making Multiples: Injection Molding