Dayana Hijaz
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About
Currently, I am a student of UC Berkeley pursuing a Master of Engineering Leadership in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Product Design.
I discovered my passion for product design recently when I got introduced to design thinking. Product design nowadays has taken a radical shift from design for consumerism, ergonomics and fashion to design of meaningful experiences as the CEO of IDEO, Tim Brown, has stated. Today, a successful product is one that meets an actual need of the user and to understand the need we have to be able to put ourselves in the user's place and experience what he experiences. This kind of design requires not only creativity, a skill that can be trained, but also mainly empathy. Luckily, empathy is a trait that I inherently have and I enjoy practicing. Indeed I love reaching out to people, engaging them in conversations and understanding how they think and what they want. I aspire to a career in Product Design for it will allow me to apply that skill to make design decisions that are not only based on aesthetic but also on a true understanding of the end user.
Specialities & Interests
- design thinking
- product strategy
- product management
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Education
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Fung Institute's Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Mechanical Engineering - Product DesignUniversity of California, Berkeley2014 - 2015The M. Eng is a technical degree complemented with a Core Leadership Curriculum that provides the engineer with the right management and business skills needed to bridge the gap between business and engineering.
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Engineer's Degree Mechanical EngineeringAmerican University of Beirut2010 - 2014
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French Baccalaureate General ScienceCollege Protestant Francais1995 - 2010
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Experience
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Mechanical Design Engineer InternBUTEC s.a.l.Jun 2014 - Jul 2014 (1 month)- Acquired knowledge about HVAC, drainage and water supply systems as well as energy saving methods and water treatment
- Designed AutoCAD drawings of HVAC Systems
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Undergraduate Research AssistantAmerican University of BeirutFeb 2014 - May 2014 (3 months)- Evaluated the Modulus of Elasticity of materials, used to model medical sutures, by carrying out a series of Tensile Test experiments on the Universal Testing Machine.
- Designed and manufactured a mold for the sutures that has 3 levels of depths and 3 prisms that have different slip angles. The mold and prisms allowed for the creation and comparison of the strengths of 9 cuts of different angles and depths. -
Summer Research InternCase Western Reserve UniversityJun 2013 - Aug 2013 (2 months)- Established a research plan for the design of a closed loop-bolus based intrathecal pump for chronic back pain relief proposed by Dr. Salim Hayek (M.D).
- Tested the hypothesis by conducting an experiment where dye was injected inside a physical model of the spinal cord, at different rates, and the travel distance was measured. Analysis suggested that the travel distance of drugs increased as bolus rate increased.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@dayanahijaz, member since 2015
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