Diego Amaya Industrial Designer
Introduction
Welcome to my portfolio, I’m glad to share with you my relevant projects as industrial designer. These projects represent my design and technological skills. This document is composed by eight projects: four medical devices and four products for different sectors from robotics to home devices. Each project is explained between two and four pages, this last feature for the more complex projects. First page is for project presentation in a contextual scene with users and usage environment. Second page have information about the project and others pages have details about the product. The product design process is show for one project, It is presented from needs identification to prototype construction in a briefly way that summarize several months of work, showing the more important stages in a product development.
Content
About me
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Bewarm warming unit
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Signcare vital sign monitor
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MSV 1400 vital sign monitor
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Manta mobile intensive care unit
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Design process
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PRT 54 robotic hand prosthesis
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ICO bus routes informer
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Po-Peeler potato washer and peeler
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Ranus handsfree for reading
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Professional skills
I’m Diego Amaya, passionate industrial designer, very creative, responsible and skillful with designing software and industrial materials. I have always liked to do more than necessary, because I see a project as a personal challenge.
High leadership and goal orientation
I have experience of two years as designer of products for health sector, one year as company manager, and I have participated in several projects both academic and commercial type.
Solving complex problems ability
Organizational ability
High motivation Excellent planning and time management
Birth date 27 / 10 / 1986
Teamwork
Birth place Bucaramanga, Colombia
Hands to work
(57) 315 336 9594 diego.amaya.co@gmail.com http://co.linkedin.com/in/diegoamayar
Software skills
3D modeling Solidworks, Solid Edge, Rhinoceros, 3ds max, T-splines. Rendering Keyshot, V-ray, Hypershot, Photoview 360. Vectors editing Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator.
Education University Industrial University of Santander Department of physical - mechanical engineering School of Industrial design 2004 - 2010 Primary and High school Agustiniano School, Floridablanca. Languaje skills Spanish - Native English - High level
Web contents Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks. Graphics editing Adobe Photoshop, Sketch book pro - Wacom. Others Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point.
Work experience Industrial designer Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia Bioengineering department February 2010 - August 2012 Industrial design freelancer 2008 - 2010
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Product type Warming unit Client FCV Bioengineering Requirement Design a warming unit and its graphic interface. This device have to filter and heat air in a selected temperature and have to work with a disposable blanket. This device have to be easy to use. The product will be use in surgery rooms and intensive care units for prevention of hypothermia in anesthetized patients. The product have to be designed for low cost production methods. Solution Portable and easy to use warming unit, with effective design and graphic interface. Economical to produce and coherent with medical environment. Target Clinics and hospitals. Users Doctors, nurses. Development time 8 months Design Stages User and technical research, interface and device concept design, interface and device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction and usability testing (through all stages). Year 2011- 2012
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Two positions - This warming unit was designed to be supported in horizontal surfaces and serum supports to give the product a flexibility usage. - The serum support accessory allows the device be placed in a vertical tube and thus clear space from work tables.
Internal Distribution The components internal distribution were part of the design process: - Necessary for housing detailed design - Space optimization to reduce empty spaces - Working jointly with electronic engineers - Easy to assemble - Fulfilling technical and users requirements
User Interface The development of the products user interface was part of the design process. - According to international standards of medical devices - Natural and intuitive usage through a membrane keyboard - Functional and modern look
Handle and Color - The handle is coherently with the design shape, designed to be resistant with just one support. - Blue color highlights the product areas that allows interaction, and white color communicates hygiene and health.
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Low cost thermoformed housing, design that allows 90 rotation without any accessory.
Product type Vital Signs Monitor Client FCV Bioengineering Requirement Design a new version of vital signs monitor and its graphic interface. Vital signs monitor small and portable, with connectivity features for telemedicine applications and home hospitalization. The product have to be designed for low cost production methods. Solution Portable and easy to use vital signs monitor, with effective design and graphic interface. Economical to produce and coherent with medical environment. Target Clinics, hospitals, companies with telemedicine services. Users Doctors, nurses. Development time 8 months
Graphical user interface development, natural and intuitive usage for touch screen.
Design Stages User and technical research, interface and device concept design, interface and device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction and usability testing (through all stages). Year 2012
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MSV 1400
MSV 1400 The handle is integrated to the design shape Product type Vital Signs Monitor Client FCV Bioengineering Requirement Design a new version of vital signs monitor and its graphic interface. Vital signs monitor small and portable, with connectivity features for telemedicine applications and home hospitalization. The product have to be designed for low cost production methods. Solution Powerfull and big screen vital sign monitor, with effective design and graphic interface. Coherently with medical environment. Target Clinics and hospitals. Users Doctors, nurses. Development time 8 months Design Stages User and technical research, interface and device concept design, usability testing for graphic interface.
Graphical user interface designed for touch screen and rotary knob.
Year 2011
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Product type Mobile intensive care unit Client FCV Bioengineering Requirement Design a new generation of mobile medical device that allows integration of equipments and accessories needed in an intensive care unit (ICU). With the goal that this mobile device could be transported inside the hospital, reducing installation costs and adapting to the needs in low-income areas. Solution Light weight strucure that supports medical equipments and accessories. It allows several distributions depending of particular needs. Quick and easy assembly. Target Clinics and hospitals. Users Doctors, nurses. Development time 10 months Design Stages User and technical research, device concept design, device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction and usability testing (through all stages). Year 2010 *Design team: Diego Amaya, Miguel Rojas.
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Stingray based design - Based on the Stingray for shape reference, this cartilaginous fish was selected because of its striking shape that reflects lightness and smoothness. - Shape abstraction in a geometric way that reflects seriousness and style, adapting to the medical environment without problem. - Shape abstraction based on Stingray that becomes in design guidelines for the new generation of company’s medical devices.
360Âş Handle - Easily accessible from any point. - Feature that makes it easy to moving inside the hospital. - modular accessory: it can be place in any point of the structure, it can be replaced by another accessory. - made of stainless steel for durability and hygiene.
Modular design - Different distribution options that satisfy different needs and populations: One product, many solutions - Single and double distributions. - High and low capacity storage. - flexibility of designing any accessory at any time .
Special joints - Socket style, one part fixed in the main column and the another part fixed to the medical accesory . -funtional design, high strength and aesthetic appearance. - Easy to arming and disarming.
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Design process Needs identification
Concept design / References, Sketching
Concept design / Sketching
Concept design / 3D modeling
Design process Detailed design / Engineering
Detailed design / Engineering
Prototype construction
Usability testing (through all stages)
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PRT 54
PRT 54
Materials combination that communicate high technology
Pieces designed in detail, ready for fabrication.
Product type Robotic hand prosthesis Client Bionix Requirement Design a new version of hand prosthesis for real use in humans with sensorial control. Hand prosthesis with three basic joint movements: wrist, four fingers and thumb. Robotic style design. Commercial version of degree project prototype of mechatronics students. Solution Hand prosthesis with robotic style design for human and robotic application, with movement and sensorial control. Target Army, government and hospitals / Robotics companies. Users People with amputated hands / Electronic and robotics engineers. Development time 6 months Design Stages User and technical research, device concept design, device engineering and detailed design.
Simplified abstraction of hand shape and movements.
Year 2010 - 2011
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Product type Bus routes informer Client Academic project Requirement Design a system that emits audible information to identificate buses routes at bus stops, with the goal to make the bus system accessible to blind people. Solution Bus routes informer that works with radiofrequency communication between a sender device in the bus and a receiver device in the bus stop, activated by proximity, with this users have audible information through a speaker before the bus got to the stop. Target City halls, transport institutions. Users Blind and visual impairment people, bus users. Development time 5 months Design Stages User and technical research, device concept design, device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction and usability testing (through all stages).
Design based on the sound waves starting in the speaker location.
Design that communicates formality, coherently with the desing format of bus stations and stops.
Year 2009
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Po-Peeler
Po-Peeler
Tank opening inclined for anthropometry and facilitating the use, Feature used in all the device design.
Product type Potato washer and peeler Client El Gran Pollo restaurant Requirement Design device for potato washing and peeling in restaurants. Solution Potato washer and peeler that reduce time in restaurants compared to manual activities, simultaneously eliminate repetitive tasks. Easy and comfortable to use. Works with an abrasive rotary disc and water. Target Restaurants, manufacturers of restaurant devices. Users Kitchen staff of restaurants Development time 4 months Design Stages User and technical research, device concept design, device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction and usability testing (through all stages).
360 handle, Easily accessible from any point.
Year 2008
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Ranus
Ranus
Design based on the red-eyed tree frog, shape abstraction of the head and legs, giving to the product a friendly aspect.
Coherently materials with a bedroom environment, it communicates tranquility and harmony.
Product type Handsfree for Reading Client Academic project Requirement Design a device that allows more comfort while you reading in bed. Solution Handsfree device that allows to have a drink or meal while you read in your bed or favorite chair. It has 4 joints thats makes it easily adjustable to the preferred position and folding to occupy low space while isn t in use. It has integrated LED light for night reading. Target Libraries, books stores, publishing houses. Users Young readers Development time 4 months Design Stages User and technical research, device concept design, device engineering and detailed design, prototype construction. Year 2008
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