Dana Ayscue

• Read mechanical drawings, schematics, and product manuals to construct and dismantle exhibits by reading manufacturing drawings.
• Work with client services to organize, research, and coordinate inventory and promotional items.
• Designed cloud-based inventory management software.
• Troubleshooting on the spot issues and assisting customers with on-site set-up.
• Managed and trained employees the digital inventory management system.
• Migrated company inventory from an old inventory management system to a more efficient, detailed, and user friendly system.

● Conducted research on dinosaurs, excavations, fossil jackets, the history of paleontology, and the “Dueling Dinosaur” discovery (one of the most astounding discoveries in the history of Paleontology).
● Sketched- both by hand and digitally and drafted 3D models using Solidworks and Keyshot.
● Assisted with the concept design aside exhibit designers, Paleontologists, fabricators, and the head of exhibits.
● Single-handedly fabricated a physical to-scale cardboard, foam, and vinyl mock-up of the interactive dinosaur exhibit installation center-piece.

● Collaborated with Eastman Company to apply the material Tritan Renew to a design in order to improve its function, better its appearance, and reduce the carbon footprint.
● Researched the Eastman Brand andTritan Renew.
● Took part in multiple collaborative meetings with the Eastman development team regarding my designs.
● Implemented an in-depth consumer research and developed
● Introduced to “real-world business” design constraints like budgets, engineering processes, and marketing tactics.
● Dissected physical blender to gain knowledge of blender parts and its engineering processes.
● Researched on-line reviews to find users’ pain points which led to addressing the consumer's complaints of noisy blenders.
● Conceptualized design concepts through sketches and computer renderings, provided manufacturing drawings, and fabricated a
● to-scale model mock-up of the product.