Developed and presented AC-DC Trees, a system that uses piezoelectric vibration detection and solar panels to harness wind and solar renewable energies. Harnessed energy can be transported through power cables to provide electricity for individual homes.
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Developed and presented a business plan for HomeWind, a system that uses piezoelectric vibration detection and solar panels to harness wind and solar renewable energies. As a business, HomeWind provides a local, consumer friendly, energy reservoir to supply to individual homes for under $1,000. In many important critical customer factors, competitors of HomeWind, Cornell University and Wind Harvest International, score worse against HomeWind's sustainable renewable energy system.
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Design for global change enabled powerful expression through graphic design. As a demonstration of "bee the change", an infographic about the cycle of bees in business was created to highlight the devastation bees can receive from systemic pesticides in commercial beekeeping. In addition, an "In Your Own Words" was created as a reminder to keep an open mind during a design phase.
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Sp3dr was developed while analyzing the orb spider's internal structure to create a 3D printer that uses life-friendly chemistry to mix and extrude biomaterial, while also producing zero waste. By using Challenge to Biology, sketches were developed and presented to demonstrate the device is capable of ingesting biomaterial from the forest floor, process the material inside internal gland sacs, then mix and secrete the material through a duct to form a 3D printed object out of biomaterial.
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Building further on the original Sp3dr 3D printer design, a sustainable biomaterials service also becomes available. The Sustainable Biomaterials Collaborative explains “Sustainable biomaterials” as, "...those that are (1) sourced from sustainably grown and harvested cropland or forests, (2) manufactured without hazardous inputs and impacts, (3) healthy and safe for the environment during use, and (4) designed to be reutilized at the end of their intended use such as via recycling or composting." Therefore, the printer will create objects much like a spider creates a web, without crude oil and without adding an object made out of toxic waste to the environment.
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Building further on the original Sp3dr 3D printer design, this product offers a change in the way a person approaches material selection for rapid prototyping. Additive manufacturing provides a great platform for zero-waste, but the materials used do not offer restorative properties for other organisms in further down the food chain. When biomaterials, additive manufacturing, and systems theory come together, a designer will have one less impact to worry about during the rapid prototyping phase.
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Performed and presented, to Google, a Life Cycle Analysis of 6 eco-redesign ideas for Google's 2014 Developer Set-Top-Box, codename Molly, with two other team members. A System Map was created to define Molly's life cycle impacts, a product teardown was performed to collect the bill of materials information, and multiple life cycle assessments of various material/energy cases were ran to find the top 6 eco-redesign ideas.
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Mid Program Review Package with Thesis Project Proposal.
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Create a complete system exploration and description of Fungi
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