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Systimax Visipatch Door Mechanism Design - This was a project for Systimax where they wanted to design a door to cover a patch cable system that could open from either the left or the right. We designed the complex mechanism that allows the user to pull on the left handle and the door pivots from the right. When the user pulls on the right handle the door pivots from the left. If the user pivots both handles, they can remove the door completely. It was an industry first and we were awarded a utility patent for the design.

Kodak ESP Printers - I was the frog engineering lead on the Kodak ESP 7 printer program. I was responsible for helping establish design principles, packaging the printer engine in a way to minimize perceived product size, and helping maintain the design vision while ensuring all external parts were optimized for manufacturing. I also managed the CAD build of the final database ensuring a smooth transition to manufacturing.

Villaware One Juice Extractor - This Juice Extractor was part of a family of premium kitchen appliances. Most juicers have an ugly external bar that locks the assembly together and pivots down for disassembly and cleaning. We wanted a more well considered look so I designed an innovative release mechanism that integrates into the form maintaining the clean design language of the family. To disassemble the juicer, the user slides the lock bar laterally.

Villaware One Juice Extractor - This Juice Extractor was part of a family of premium kitchen appliances. Most juicers have an ugly external bar that locks the assembly together and pivots down for disassembly and cleaning. We wanted a more well considered look so I designed an innovative release mechanism that integrates into the form maintaining the clean design language of the family. To disassemble the juicer, the user slides the lock bar laterally.

Carmanah Evergen 1710 Solar Lighting - The Carmanah Evergen 1710 Series is a solar lighting system for use in places where cabled power is not practical. It stores energy during the day in batteries to power an LED light at night. I was the engineering lead during the Discover and Design phases, helping create the mechanical architecture. I also managed the CAD build and recommended the manufacturing strategy for the production unit including casting the rear housing as a single part to simplify the assembly process.

Myself Pelvic Muscle Trainer - This is probably the most unusual product I’ve worked on in my career. It is a medical device for strengthening the pelvic muscle floor to prevent female urinary incontinence. I was responsible for internal component layout, form studies, display component selection and overall manufacturing strategy.

This was a concept project I did at frog as part of a wearable technology competition. The concept of the Via helmet is that it conveys navigational information via an array of vibration motors in the shell. A compass in the helmet corrects for head orientation and the navigational information is conveyed to the motors by the GPS and application in the rider’s smart phone. The vibration motors can direct the rider to their destination in one of two ways: first, by vibrating “Left” and “Right” motors to offer turn-by-turn directions. Secondly, in teaching mode the motors can vibrate in such a way as to indicate relative proximity to the destination with the vibrations getting stronger when the rider gets closer to the destination. There is emerging research that this type of haptic navigational feedback can, over time, improve one’s sense of direction. The design was created quickly just to illustrate the idea. I build the Solidworks model in two days.

Here's an in-context rendering of the Via Helmet