Designing and building a custom keyboard to meet user needs.
A personal project to design and build a custom, split ergonomic wireless mechanical keyboard to meet my own user accessibility needs.
Expanding a vehicle program’s experience design and prototyping.
Latest vehicle program work at Ford: planning, leading, and synthesizing ideation workshops, creating digital prototype systems, and designing and building full-size modular vehicle prototypes.
Pushing the boundaries of utility in a large utility vehicle program.
Guided a cross-functional consortium at Ford to identify, and follow through on, the experience strategy for a large utility program using physical prototypes, conceptual prototypes, and easily shared video content.
Making nerve models easier to test.
Developed a complete system to make electrical interfacing with “nerve-on-a-chip” hydrogel neurite constructs for electrophysiological testing faster and easier for my Master’s Thesis at Tulane University.
Mitigating the risks of skin pressure points in surgery.
Developed a hardware and software solution to make wireless, bandage-like pressure monitoring patches to aid in the prevention of pressure point injuries during surgical procedures and, with the team, formed a startup to commercialize the technology.
FAQs
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It’s a pretty wide-reaching list! Going from engineering into prototyping, design, and user experience, I’ve gotten used to quite a few different software tools.
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UX
Figma, InVision
AI & Cloud
OpenAI API, AWS, Hugging Face, running models on desktop with & without web UI
Creative
Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition, Illustrator
Collaboration
Miro, Slack, G Suite, Microsoft 365
VR
ShapesXR, Gravity Sketch, OpenXR, SteamVR
Electronics Design
KiCAD
CAD & CAM
Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion, SolidWorks
IDEs
Visual Studio, Android Studio
Game Engine
Unity
3D
Blender
Operating Systems
Windows, Linux, macOS
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C# - Unity development & .NET desktop applications
Python
JavaScript
Node.js
Java - Android
C++ - Arduino & Windows/Linux desktop
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Rapid Prototyping Techniques
3D printing, laser cutting, CNC machining, PCB milling
General Prototyping Techniques
paper prototyping, cardboard/foam core construction, stick frame construction, aluminum extrusion construction, fine detail 3D print finishing
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Yes I do! I currently have 4 granted patents out of 15 total published applications. You can check them all out here.
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I have a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering in Biomedical Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering, both from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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I am a certified TRIZ associate! TRIZ is a Russian acronym that translates to “The Theory of Inventive Problem Solving”, which invokes known inventive principles for advancing system designs. For more information about TRIZ, this is a good primer.