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A furniture piece able to adapt to the user and its environment

*Limited to ONE sitting position

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Given the restraints of a recycled material, I built a full scale model out of cardboard.

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All wooden model shown

Design a CNG Para-Transit Vehicle to be implemented into the Lafayette Transit System

Existing Lafayette Bus

Maintenance ADA Factors

InteriorSafetyAerodynamicsLow Floor

Areas of Focus

Group Effort

Mr. Joseph Perkins/LTS driver for 25 years

“..lack of personal storage”

Driver Area

“..too many buttons..”

“..uncomfortable dials..”

“I find that sometimes my vision is blocked from unneeded obstacles.”

“The meters are sometimes hard to read and understand.”

Bus Shelter

Public transportation shelter able to adapt to the clients specifications

The Lafayette MPO approached 3 of the Industrial Design Students to redesign the existing public transportation bus stop/shelter. They wanted something visually appealing, cheap, and easy to build.

The existing bus shelters that the city has previously purchased cost approximately $4,000-$6,000. We were able to almost cut that price in half; to $2,700.

They then wanted a quick turn-around to manufacture it. We then had to create construction documents on how to build our shelter. We met/worked a with structural engineer to make sure it could with-stand Hurricane force winds that can be frequent in Louisiana.

A mobile storage device able to adapt to the users organizational needs

Unorganized packing method Difficult to find one item Unorganized means of unpacking at location

Structured ExteriorNo Structure

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Hangs in closet at hotel

…Lagniappe (extra)

Animation Internship

In the Summer of 2009, I had the opportunity to intern for the Walt Disney Company as an Animation Academy Instructor atDisneyQuest in Downtown Disney in Orlando Florida.- I was in charge of 270 guests a day in a creative environment

DisneyQuest

I was able to intern for the University of Louisiana’s Student Union to design the window display for the Spring 2010 season.-only items from the store could be used

Merchandising University Bookstore/ Fall 2010

Exhibit DesignDuring the Southern District Conference inNew Orleans in 2009, I was one of 3 students to help design and build the exhibit that displayed the students work from the University of Louisiana.

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