Jeff GEORGE Industrial Designer
Industrial Designer January 2013- July 2014, Milwaukee, WI
Industrial Design Intern September- December 2012, Chicago, IL
Industrial Design Intern June- August 2012, Chicago, IL
Work History
Industrial Design Intern May-June 2011 , Chicago, IL
Project Preview
CPR Cart
Reagent Cart
Mass Spectrometer
Personal Water Craft
Truck Cap
CPR Training Cart Redesign
Current Problems Too Bulky
Hard To Control
Not Ergonomic For All Users
The prototype presented to us was completely
Though casters swivel on the prototype, the size
In order to perform proper chest compressions the
larger than it actually was. In addition, the panels
moving long distances extremely difficult.
the patient’s chest, however not all nurses can get
enclosed by sheet metal. This made the cart feel added to its weight and did not give good aesthetics.
and weight of the cart makes controlling it while
performers must have their shoulders directly above their upper bodies fully over the mannequin.
Design Goals Reduce Bulk
Make It Easy To Steer
Make it Ergonomic
The new cart must keep the same dimensions as
The casters need to still swivel but there needs to
Women in the bottom 5th percentile cannot put their
and presence to make it feel friendly and usable.
maneuver.
their height. There needs to be a way for users to
the prototype, but through design, reduce the weight
be a better design would make the cart easier to
shoulders above the adult mannequin because of perform proper CPR.
IDEATION
Refinement
Final Design Tubular Construction
Easy To Steer
Ergonomic For All
Maintaining the required dimensions we reduced the
The casters needed to swivel and lock, but a third
The bottom 5th percentile of women cannot put their
rectangular tubes. This not only reduced the weight
while leaving the others free to swivel. This allows
shelf step stool was added tethered to the cart. This
overall bulk of the design by creating a frame out of of the cart but a lighter feel to the design.
mode was added that locked two of the casters for greater handling over longer distances.
shoulders above the adult mannequin so an off the inexpensive solution allows people of all height to perform CPR correctly.
Details Step Stool
Pass Through Drawer
Women in the height of the bottom 5th percentile
A light weight pass through storage area is included
The castors can be adjusted to three positions,
tethered to the cart is an off the shelf step stool.
all CPR accessories.
to switch modes increased control while transporting.
could not perform proper chest compression so
underneath the adult mannequin for easy access to
Three Castor Positions Locked, two unlocked, and all unlocked. The ability
Blood Reagent Storage Cart
No Place For Reagents
Current Problems No Labels
Easily Misplaced
There is no designated space in these labs for
There are 130 different types of reagents, but their
The machine’s front panel has to be opened every
stored on top of the machines or whenever they can
outside of the box they come in.
technician to remove all things on top of the machine
reagents to be stored regularly. They are often find room.
packaging all looks the same and are not labeled
time new reagents need to be put in, forcing the and then replacing it after reagents are loaded.
Design Goals REAGENT STORAGE
DAILY LABELS
ADDITIONAL STORAGE
The ability to hold 130 different types or reagents
There is no routine number of reagents used on
Needs additional storage for items used along side
individually accessed.
labeled each start of shift.
bins, work surface.
in a designated area, and allow them to each be
a daily basis, so all reagents need to be properly
reagents examples: spare parts, trash bin, recycling
IDEATION
Final Design Reagent Storage
Dry Erase Labels
Additional Storage
The dispenser located above the work surface
The dividers placed in between the reagent groups
Below the work surface are several additional
Each group has their own divider between them to
technicians to label groups of reagents daily with
items used in the reagent process. Below that are
can hold a total of 144 different reagent packets. separate each group.
are coated in dry erase powder. This allows ease.
storage containers that can be used for storing other two containers for trash and recycling.
Details The dispenser shown above can hold 144 different blood reagent packets in twelve separate columns. Reagents are loaded from the top and are pulled from the bottom. The tab above the opening prevents the next packet from getting pulled out. Dividers are placed in to separate reagent groups and each can nest into each other when empty. The entire dispenser is coated with dry erase powder that allows technicians to label each divider.
Portable Mass spectrometer design
Current Problems Uses Argon Gas
Too large
Cannot Be Used In Field
Mass spectrometers require plasma to break down
Current mass spectrometers are enormous, often
All spectrometers used today are too large and
particles to a molecular level. Torches used today require argon gas to produce plasma.
the size of refrigerators and can weigh just as much.
delicate to be used anywhere but in a laboratory setting.
Design Goals
Radom presented us a new torch that can run on CO2 instead of argon gas. This opened up potential to be more compact with our design.
Power by CO2
Smaller package
Instead of argon gas, this new torch runs on CO2.
Because the design can eliminate the large enclosure
enclosure needed to store argon.
air compressor.
This allows for our design to eliminate the large
used to store argon, it can get CO2 from an external
Portable design Because
the
footprint
is
smaller,
it
allows
spectrometers to break out of the lab and potentially go into the field.
IDEATION
Final Design Concept Imagine an on site analytical solution
The most compact OES instrument
Immediate material sampling and data collection, analysis in hard to reach and remote locations, high volume labs or at military sites, Radom’s MIP200VX is
prepared to deliver unparalleled multi-elemental analysis rivaling conventional ICP.
Founded on an advanced Microwave ICP plasma generating solution and packaged as the first ever fully portable OES Laboratory. Without sacrificing performance and
while emphasizing usability provides user simplicity with automated data processing,
Radom Complete Lab Set
with touch screen controls and display.
Concept Specs This project is still in progress however these images are open for the public to see. Each component has been hand picked due to size and performance.
Wakeboard Personal Water craft
Riva Wakeboarding PWC
Current Problems PWC’s Are Too Light
PWC’s are Too Narrow
Tower not tall enough
In order to create tall wake for wakeboarders to
In order to create a wide wake field the craft towing
Current towers on PWCs come up to the seat cushion.
and sit lower in the water.
on the market for wakeboard PWCs.
towards the water when they jump the wake.
jump off of, the craft towing them needs to be heavy
needs to have a wider base than what is currently
Not having a tall tower can snap wakeboarders back
Design Goals Make it Heavier
Widen the Base
Current wakeboard boats have ballasts that fill with
Widen the base of the PWC without losing the
water to sink the hull lower to create a larger wake.
essence of a PWC.
Add a Tower Wakeboard towers allow the boarder to achieve
higher jumps. The taller the tower the higher the rider can go.
IDEATION
Final Concept Add a Tower
Make it Heavier
Widen the Base
I added two side pods on either side of the driver
The addition of the two pods on either side of the
This tower increases the loft in which the pull rope
PWC more weight to create a larger wake. The seats
standard wakeboard boat hull. This will allow for a
tow tower increases the height in which the boarder
that can hold one person each in order to give the are reversible so the user can either sit forward or reverse to spot the boarder.
driver widens the base of the PWC to that of a larger field of wake.
is attached to the craft. Increasing the height of the can achieve when jumping wakes.
2014 Sierra and Silverado Truck cap
2014 New Truck Design Chevy and GMC has come out with a redesign for the 2014 Sierra and Silverado.
Current Problems Unaesthetic Windows
Highlight Flow
The windows on the sides of the current truck caps
Currently the Sierra and Silverado truck caps have
pleasing.
the highlights to flow in a specific direction.
are functional, however they are not that aesthetically
very similar radii on the corners which do not allow
Design Goals Window Detail
Highlight Control
Add Design features of Truck
Recreate the new 2014 window design and mimic
The cab of the 2014 Sierra and Silverado has a
Two new features to the 2014 redesign are two
of the highlight.
the rear of the bed.
the depths as well as the curves.
distinct curve on the rear that controls the direction
aggressive chamfers on the hood as well as a lip on
Initial Ideation These initial sketches were experiments to alter traditional truck caps.
Final Options Final Option 1
Final concept 1 This concept takes design features from the truck and incorporates them into the design of the cap. The window mimics the window design from the cab. The highlight on the cab of the truck starts from the rear and travels up and round towards the front windshield. Mimicking this in this design of the truck cap allows the design to compliment the truck.
Design feature From Truck On the rear of this cap design is a lip that mimics the lip that has been added to the 2014 truck redesign. This lip not only serves an aesthetic feature but a functional purpose as well. Behind a regular truck cap a wind cylinder forms allowing
dirt to collect on the rear of the truck. This lip addition would help prevent the amount of dirt collected by pushing the cylinder further from the rear of the truck.
Final concept 2 This concept takes design features from the truck and incorporates them into the design of the cap. The window mimics the window design from the cab. The highlight on the cab of the truck starts from the rear and travels up and round towards the front windshield. Mimicking this in this design of the truck cap allows the design to compliment the truck.
Design feature From Truck The Major design feature from the truck used in this design are the two chamfers on the front hood. These chamfers
are major additions to the Sierra and Silverado and make both trucks feel a lot more aggressive. Adding the chamfers to the rear compliments the new elements on the hood and completes the design.
Cad Modeling This was a concept cart I came up with to practice new innovative ideas for future medical devices being integrated with smart technology.
Vioguard approached me and needed their new product incorporated in a concept medical cart. I rendered this concept for them to display in trade shows.
Sketching All of these sketches were done during down time and were not used for products.