Anodized Aluminum Laser Etched Business Cards

In college, I wanted to learn how to start a product-based company. At MIT, we are encouraged to pursue our ideas and 'learn by doing'. A business card that didn't stand out became an impetus for a better design. This is version 4.0 - it never fades. Design and iteration taken to the next level. Version 5.0 should be cool.

 

Cool Pool

At MIT, we design all sorts of things, including the whimsical ones. Learning should be fun, and Cool Pool is a toy that makes that a reality. Targeted toward middle and high school students, Cool Pool teaches science principles through play with magnetic, furry, rubber, and even off-center weighted pool balls.

 

MIT 2.007 Competition Robot

Sophomore year, Spring of 2009. 1 Semester, and over 100 MIT students collaborating, competing, building. This is where I learned to use a machine shop. More than that, this is where I learned the value of flexible design and sharing design. Though I got stuck in the box, my robot did crush a soda can by remote before the competition.

 

 

As part of a class over January Term (IAP), we focused on functional eco-friendly design. This overshoe compensates for runners' cleats lacking heel support. What's cool is that this is made of over 95% cardboard.

 

 

Part of a class, this was a team project in MIT's Design and Manufacturing II class. I contributed to the design of the overall body as well as the mechanism by which M & M Mini's came out of the yoyo. Specifically, my lab partner and I computer-rendered the twisting cap, machined the mold, and injected molded over 100 parts.

 

An independent project that I pursued the summer after freshman year, this was an exploration into prototyping processes that I discovered at MIT. The aluminum and acrylic faces were cut with a high pressure 'water-jet' machine, and I drilled the holes with a combination of processes. I investigated different concepts with a laser.

 

This was part of MIT's senior capstone product design course. Working with a large team, I learned what it means to push through technical challenges to create something. The backboard was a component that I was the primary designer on and was made possible by my team. The backboard breaks into multiple pieces for transport into mountainous areas.

 

Designed and created my senior of high school, this is a renovated arcade machine that plays hundreds of different games, now at Texas Children's Hospital, in memory of my late brother. This was something that my Uncle, my best friend and his father, and numerous friends helped on. Low, those in wheelchairs can play, and wider than any commercial 4 player machine, it accomodates IV poles.

 

This is my likeness to Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose. Overspent and underplanned, it is beautiful, yet lies in a state of perpetual 90% completion until my friend Mark and I take the time to complete the button codes and games. Perhaps upon graduation, she will fly....

 

 

An individual project that was part of an advanced Product Design course at MIT, this shirt lights up with Morse Code that spells out M-I-T 1-5-0. This was a prototype that served as an example of a product that might be sold in the MIT Museum gift shop.