Keurig was ready to update their ubiquitous K55 coffee brewer soon after I joined Motiv. From concept development through design handoff, I was responsible for the K-Select and K-Compact brewer models.
This project included industrial design, user experience, tolerancing, mechanism design, and supplier liaison.
Radius is the first compact, battery-powered mosquito repellent from Thermacell. My contribution to this unique product spanned from concept development to final ID modeling and engineering support.
Neuma is a biosensing watch that continuously monitors the autonomic nervous system to quantify the wearer's stress over the course of the day. Real-time alerts on the watch and visualizations in its iOS app provide stress-related feedback.
I developed neuma while working at an early-stage startup from the end of 2012 to the beginning of 2015. I led mechanical design from proof of concept through manufacture and shipment of the watch. My role also included UI and graphic design, packaging, and quality assurance.
Band development was driven by biology, ensuring that sensors were positioned consistently and rigid elements could be worn comfortably
An exploded view reveals the internal elastomer band housing the physiological sensors, battery, and vibration motor. This elastomer band is designed to provide a compliant suspension for each sensor element in addition to protecting the enclosed components.
Phil increases efficiency and prevents costly overflows in busy commercial kitchens by freeing the kitchen staff from having to watch sinks fill. When activated, Phil recognizes the depth of the user's hand in the sink, and, when the user's hand is clear of the faucet, Phil fills the sink to the specified height and cuts off automatically.
I developed Phil with my Product Engineering Processes team in Fall 2011. My technical work focused on the valve manifold, nozzle, and faucet quick-release attachment design, but I also experimented with industrial design and graphic design.
Cross-section of the solenoid valve manifold. The quick-release faucet attachment and nozzle are integrated into the manifold to maximize clearance under the faucet and guarantee a leak-free system.
Quick-release faucet attachment mechanism. Screw an adapter onto the faucet and push Phil up onto the adapter. In an action similar to a cigar cutter, two clamps lock around the faucet adapter and hold Phil in place. Squeeze the buttons on either side of Phil to release it from the faucet.
Phil features an LED progress bar, a magnetically latching solenoid valve, sonar, a laser to help the user position his/her hand, and four AA batteries to power up to six months of use.
While in StartLabs' incubator program, we explored using the Phil technology to fill bathtubs.
A desk designed for the Staples eco-friendly line, blanc has two square whiteboards under its glass surface. The user is encouraged to use these boards to work out problems, jot down notes, keep lists, or sketch ideas. Each board can be lifted from its sliding tray and placed in a slot on the back of the desk for visibility.
I designed and built blanc with my Product Design team in Spring 2012.
I conceptualized and prototyped a 4ft. wide fog projection screen for The Future Archive exhibition running in Berlin in Spring 2012. In addition to building the prototype, my work included research into the project's inspiration and context, public interaction with the installation, consideration of space, form, visibility, sound, and tactile perceptions, and the development of a design language to tie in with the legacy of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) and Gyorgy Kepes's concept of art on a civic scale.
The exhibition showcases artistic research projects of the CAV's Charles River Project of 1972. Fog was chosen as the projection medium to incorporate water into the setting, encourage public interaction with the installation, and convey ephemerality, since many of the projected renderings went unrealized.
I considered incorporating seating for the installation, possibly doubling as a water storage tank. The fluid screen would flow upward from the floor.
A central water tank holds the fog-generating transducers, and a bank of fans on either side creates an upward airflow to keep the fog in a sheet.
Fog is generated in containers on either end of the screen and piped out between the banks of fans.
Dozens of computer fans provide a sandwich of laminar airflow to keep the fog from dispersing.
