Projects
The Whistle Stop Express
Attraction Concept - Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Project
The Imaginations Competition is a design competition hosted by Walt Disney Imagineering that invites teams of up to four college students to craft a novel themed entertainment concept based on a specific design prompt. In the year I participated, the challenge was to design a travelling experience to bring the magic of Disney to small towns across America. Using my own hometown of Monroe, Georgia as inspiration, the team and I drafted an 8-slide Blue Sky Proposal to present to the judges.
For more information about the Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Project, please check out their website.
Peabody Awards App
UX/UI Designer - New Media Institute Senior Showcase
I worked alongside a project team to create the first iteration of the iOS app for the prestigious Peabody Awards. I served primarily in the role of UX/UI Designer, helping to create the layout and design aesthetic of the app, while ensuring it aligned with the existing brand standards and guidelines provided by the client. We used various software in the Adobe Creative Suite and XCode to create digital assets and working wireframes.
For more information about the Peabody Awards, please check out their website.
Lego Harmonic Analyzer
Engineering Design
A few years back, I stumbled upon a series of YouTube videos created by Bill Hammack, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois. The videos detailed an early mechanical calculator engineered by Albert Michelson around the turn of the century. Labeled as the Harmonic Analyzer, this machine converted the turning of crank into a sine wave by a complex series of springs, levers, and gears. This machine was essentially the first calculator to perform Fourier Analysis.
I decided to attempt to create my own version to be made from LEGO, with the intention of creating a classroom project for high school STEM teachers. The complex nature of this machine will give teachers the opportunity to engage topics like simple machines, gear ratios, and basic sine functions, while utilizing materials that students are already familiar with.
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