Bachelor of Fine Arts, Industrial Design
Graduated with honors
Sloan School of Management: Product design & development
Designed icons and applications with the Apple Human Interface Group.
Designed concepts for clients developing consumer electronics, devices, and web applications. Created site maps and wireframes for design and programming. Clients include Apple, Motorola, and Sony.
Researched and generated concepts for new product and packaging lines. Worked with design director to strengthen company's brand. Created identities for non-profit organizations.
Collaborated with Sloan MBA & MIT engineering graduates to design a computer aid with integration of marketing, design and engineering.
Designed new product lines for house wares - food storage, vacuum sealers and irons. Implemented competitor and user research in cross-functional meetings to drive product development, market opportunity and production process.
Designed a pressurized lunar roving vehicle to use as a habitat, laboratory, means of exploration, and surface transportation on future missions in collaboration with NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Designed new product lines for office supplies, school supplies and furniture from concept to market launch in stores Spring ‘08 & Fall ‘09. Presented product opportunities and user needs in meetings with design, engineering, manufacturing and marketing departments.
Assisted Bay Area Chapter Chair with publicity of IDSA events and design competitions. Organized client lists and designed posters for conferences.
Assisted low-income families on a weekly basis to provide extracurricular activities and budget finances for their children.
Assisted in event coordinating and planning. Managed and hosted exhibitions of student work.
Created and taught an English writing and language curriculum for several bilingual summer school programs in Taiwan.
Rapid rendering and sketching abilities by hand and on the computer. Skilled in a wide range of shop tools/machines and model-making.
All Mac/PC Platforms: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, & Illustrator, Solidworks, Rhino, Maxwell Render, Basic HTML/CSS, All Microsoft Office programs.
Fluent Mandarin. Team-driven worker, proactive problem solver, exceptional researcher and highly organized.
Recognition for outstanding, detailed design work and exceptional contributions to the Industrial Design Department.