Greetings!
My name is Jack Boland. I am a Design Impact Master’s Candidate in my second year. Before that I spent 6 years as a Mechanical Engineer working in product design consulting helping bring clients from ideas through concept generation to prototyping and high volume manufacturing. My portfolio consisted of mostly medical devices and products for emerging markets, but spanned a wide spectrum of products.
In the interest of demonstrating the relevance of my experiences to the curriculum of ME310, I’ve cited a few examples below from past projects that help span the product development spectrum. These are also just a small collection of my work so feel free to poke around the remainder of my portfolio as well. A significant portion of my professional work is still confidential in nature, but I would be happy to discuss directly via Zoom.
Interviewing
Case Study // Kijani
Insight Generation
Case Study // Jalgoy
Brainstorming & Concept Generation
Case Study // Project Black Swan
Rough Prototyping
Case Study // Laparoscope Project
Prototype Testing
Case Study // Penumbra
Design For Manufacturing
Case Study // Fenix
Teaching Experience //
For the last two years, I have been employed by the Product Realization Lab and had the opportunity to serve as a Course Assistant for the following classes:
ME102 - Foundations of Product Realization
ME103/203 - Product Realization: Design and Making
ME128/318 - Computer Aided Design
ME 324 - Precision Engineering
ME 325 - Injection Molding
Navigating the pandemic has definitely improve my soft skills as an educator and helped me