education

 

 

 

University of Cincinnati

College of Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning

Industrial Design (Product Track)

 

B.S. of Industrial Design                                        Class of 2012

Summa Cum Laude

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

experience

 

 

 

Continuum

Product design intern                     Spring & Fall 2011

 

Global innovation/design consultancy.

 

Client work included Herman Miller, Merck Millipore, iRobot, PepsiCo, New Balance, Alberto Culver, Preserve and American Express.

 

 

 

TEAMS Design

Industrial design intern                                   Fall 2010

 

Global design consultancy.

 

Client work included Bissell, Bosch, Dell, HoMedics and Sunbeam.

 

 

 

Jack Rouse Associates

Industrial design intern                              Spring 2010

 

Experience / environment design consultancy.

 

 

 

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

Industrial design intern               Spring & Fall 2009

 

Corporate medical design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

interests

 

 

 

Life Simplification

 

Drawing /Painting / Illustration

 

Typography

 

Meditation / Yoga

 

Digital Animation

 

Reading

 

Sailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recognition

 

 

 

DAAP Outstanding Senior  2012

 

        Selected by faculty as the outstanding senior from DAAP's

        Industrial Design (Product track) program.

 

 

 

IDSA DAAPWorks Awards  2012

Third place winner

 

        Touch to See Inclusive Pill Bottles

 

 

 

DAAP ePortfolio Competition  2012

Design Excellence Award

Spirit of Innovation Award

 

 

 

Innov8 for Health  2012

Semifinalist

 

        Touch to See Inclusive Pill Bottles

 

 

 

IHA Student Design Competition  2012

Third place winner

 

        Slivr Home Deli Slicer

 

 

 

Cincinnati Innovates  2010

Finalist

 

        OnCycle Electric Bicycle

 

 

 

IDEA Awards  2010

Bronze winner, Student category

 

        ECHO Surgical 4D Ultrasound

 

 

 

Autodesk Visualization Awards  2004-2007

1 national award, 4 regional awards             

 

        International competition recognizing excellence in student

        digital animation, modeling, and rendering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

skills

 

 

 

Product design with a focus on synthesizing meaningful

user experiences from research, brand and strategy;

 

 

CAD solid, surface, & polygon modeling:

 

        DSS SolidWorks,  Autodesk Inventor,  Autodesk Alias,  Rhino,  Autodesk      

        3dsmax,  Maxon Cinema4D,  SketchUp

 

 

Digital rendering:

 

        3ds max & V-Ray,  SolidWorks Photoview,  KeyShot

 

 

Digital animation;

 

 

Hand-sketching utilizing a variety of physical & digital media;

 

 

Expert-level knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects;

 

 

Typography, graphic design, illustration