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INTRODUCTION 呂欣芸 Nebula Lu Taoyuan Taiwan

EDUCATION 2004 - 2008

National Central University Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

2008 - 2010

National Chiao Tung University Master of Mechanical Engineering

2012 - 2014

EC Design School Product Design Pre-Master Program

EXPERIENCE Nov. 2010 - Apr. 2011

Compal Electronics Mechanical Engineering

Apr. 2011 - Sep. 2014

Delta Electronics, Inc. Mechanical Engineering

SKILLS Pro E/ creo SolidWorks Alias AutoCAD

LANGUAGES Chinese (Nactive) Taiwanese (Native) English (Good) Japanese (Basic)

Photoshop Illustrator Keyshot

CONTENTS PRODUCT X SOCIAL 07

EVACU STRETCHER

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CAT’S POT

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EASY PARKING

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A HAPPY EVENT

WORK X EXPERIENCE 48

ASPIRE ONE

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INVERTER OF VEHICLE

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INVERTER OF FORKLIFT

PRODUCT SOCIAL

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EVACU STRETCHER When there is fire in the hospital, the escape device and evacuation strategies determine the opportunity of survival. Especially for the patients who are unable to escape themselves, they need medical personnels’ assistance. Not just for hospitals, other public places would also need this product in such a critical condition.

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EVACU STRETCHER | TASK DESCRIPTION

HOSPITAL FIRE Number of hospital fire in 5 years(2006~2010)

181 Evacuation procedures for disabled patients

Numbers of deaths & injuries (1993~2012)

115

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Ratios of nurse on duty to patients

+ =

1

:

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Problems to nurses/personnels during evacuation

1. Insufficient capability per person could carry 2. Inefficient 3. Exhausting

According to TJCHA, hospital fires had resulted in 22 deaths and 115 injuries during the past 5 years in Taiwan. The most victims were unable to escape immediately. The evacuation for unable 8

people is using the sheet of hospital bed and need 4 personnels in one time to exit. It may not evacuate all patients immediately because of the manpower shortage and inefficient tools.

CONCEPT

Quick Wheel

Low effort

Clear

Support

The footboard of the hospital bed is common and noticeable to see. The design goal is the direct transformation of the footboard.

While the wheel sets are ideal for moving and

Easy

reducing the operation efforts for centuries, the basic concept is the combination of the wheel set and the footboard in order to realize an efficient, common and compact escape devices.

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EVACU STRETCHER | FORMS EXPLORING

SKETCH

The structure must be supportive enough to carry a patient from one place to another.

Meanwhile, it must be foldable to replace traditional footboards and stretched to fit a 10

general human body. Most importantly, the using procedure must be very simple to avoid time consuming and operation mistake.

The handle must be comfortable to grip; the device should be placed in the footboard harmoniously and apparently.

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EVACU STRETCHER | FEATURE

HOW TO USE? STEP1- PULL OUT

Electric power might be cut off during the fire. Even in the dark, the fluorescent handles of evacu-stretcher would glow for medical personnels to find it quickly.

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STEP2- UNFOLD

01 02

03

01. Open and turn the wheels up on the ground, then the bottom side will show up.

02. Turn it over and the belts will be seen on the top side.

03. Grip the two handles and extend the evacu-stretcher to the limit.

The evacu stretcher would forms like the deckchair after putting the patient on and lifting.

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EVACU STRETCHER | FEATURE

STEP3- POSITION 04

200 cm

05

Stand

06

50 cm

04. Move the patient from the bed to the evacu-stretcher and fix him/her by the belts accurately.

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05. Grip the handle and lift up, because of the weight, the stand would fall down, then stamp it until it locked.

06. Let the wheels work and runaway.

DETAIL

1

2

4

3

Cloth

Frame Rod

1.&2. Implantation of silicon rubber with bright colors for friendly handling. At folded position, set the handles upwards for quick reaction.

3. The wheels can be folded inside of the frame.

4. Cloth made of elastic fabric is fixed on the frame and rods.

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CAT’SPOT Cleaning a cat’s litter box is not a glamorous task. But is necessary for cat’s health and an encouragement for them to maintain the litter box habit. A cat owner should scoops waste from the litter at least once or twice a day. However it’s a stinky and tedious routine.

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CAT’S POT | TASK DESCRIPTION

CAT LITTER BOX Composition

Cat

Clean tools

Litter & box

Litter Shovel

Trashcan

Using procedure

Cleansing procedure

Problems 1.

2.

3.

4.

Clumping litter is the most convenient form to collect cat’s excrement in solid. Since cats bury their excrements deep in litter intuitively, the cleaning task would be an unpleasant 18

Time-consuming Excrement sticks onto the box Smelly Spreading dusts

and time-consuming work.The design propose is to change that into a quick snap.

MARKET OVERVIEW Litter box review

Good rating

Manual

Automotic

Bad comment

Simple

Quick

Manual

Clean

There are various types of litter boxes in the market, from regular to automatic ones.

Higher cost, complexity to use, noise and reliability are major concerns to use

Endurable

automatic litter box. In contrast, regular manual types are better to go for, even require works in person.

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CAT’S POT | FORM DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPT

The usage flow is inspired by flour sifters and teapots. Sieving and pouring could prevent from scooping and save a lot of cleaning time.

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SELECTED SKETCH

SAMPLE TEST

1.

2.

A simple model test is practically done for exploration of various possible forms to reach the best product scale.

3.

4.

1. The model with an adult cat 2. Some small gadgets as clumps of cat wastes 3. Test with litter sand 4. The clumps can be sifted out totally 21

CAT’S POT | FEATURE

The cat’s pot is adorable and with sweet shape. It lights up any room and won’t occupy too much place.

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STRUCTURE Bowl The elliptical concave and the semiround notch are convient for pouring the litter.

Handle The handle can be lifted horizontally to hold while pouring the waste or moving the cat’s pot.

Lid The rubber lid covers the spout hole for avoiding litter leak.

Spout hole On the side of spout hole is the circle concave for fastening the trash bag when pouring the waste.

Sieve The sieve can collect wastes conveniently and avoid stiction.

Snap button The button can lock the bowl and the body together as well as be unsnapped.

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CAT’S POT | HOW TO USE?

START

01

02

04

03

05

06

The cat’s pot interior is precisely enough for the average cat to turn around inside the box and do its digging. The side-entry is higher than the litter to avoid the leak and is also accessed to cats.

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START

01

02

04

03

05

06

The cleaning procedure is easy and quick. It eliminates the odor and scooping time. It’s clear to see that the waste is totally removed and the litter remained can be reused for a period.

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EASY PARKING In Taiwan, it’s common to ride a scooter and motorcycle everywhere; however, it’s hard to park in the city.

Parking areas for two-wheel vehicles are usually overloaded. It makes people frustrated to get into and disorder the roadside of the city.

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EASY PARKING | TASK DESCRIPTION

SCOOTERS IN TAIWAN Total number of scooters/motorcycles in Taiwan

Ratios of a scooter to residents

14M Ratios of a parking lot to scooters

1 : 1.6 Comparing 2 ways of standing a scooter:

Center Stand

1 : 7

Action

vs.

Side stand

Need skill

Space occupation Smaller

Easy Bigger

Problems 1. Hard to park 2. Scratches on scooters 3. Hard to move out

The amount of two-wheel vehicles in Taiwan is too to supply enough parking place. It results in congestion and the unavoidable scratches

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on the vehicle bodies. Moreover, the mix type of the center and side stand makes parking even more difficult.

CONCEPT

Neat

Fixed

Design element Easy

The concept of the parking installation are inspired by the “V� shape. The shape makes the parking lots adaptable to various size of

Adaptable

Space ratio

two-wheel vehicles and keep each parking area individual.

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EASY PARKING | FORMS DEVELOPMENT

SKETCH

The scooter is parked by fixing the front cover into the V-shape installation, so that it’s free to use neither the center stand nor side stand. It also includes the cushion on each side of the 30

vehicle to avoid scratching. More V-shape parking lots could be installed into an array as a wave form which is the skeleton of this design.

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EASY PARKING | FEATURE

Easy parking is convenient and clear to park scooters or motorcycles. The material for most part is steel, and the other is rubber with bright 32

colors. It looks neat and harmonious in the city.

100 cm

60 cm

Easy parking is designed for standard parking size. Moreover, there is room between two vehicles for riders to get on and off the vehicle.

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EASY PARKING | FEATURE

HOW TO USE?

Cushion Standsteel

Ride the scooter in front of the inward position, then move straight and slow until compressing both sides of cushion enough to fix the scooter.

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200 cm

100 cm

50c.c.

Motorcycle

125c.c.

Scooter

Easy parking could accommodate various vehicles ranging from 50 to 125c.c. scooters to motorcycles. The width of the front cover of on the vehicles determines the depth of the parking position which is also in the parking area.

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家有喜事 The Happy Event Home is the place to live, the source of happiness, the beginning of life and the destination to return to. One day, if this familiar place is going to change overall. What should we do?

Would we accept or resist?

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A HAPPY EVENT | TASK DESCRIPTION

URBAN REGENERATION Why urban renewal?

- Old and broken

- Rising enviroment quality

- Dangerous structure

- Better living condition

- Inapplicable environment

- Growing the value of estate

Participants : Residents

Government

Construction Co.

Hesitation : 1. Benefit conflict 2. Historic relics 3. Change of lifestyle

In Taiwan, there are a lot of dilemmas about urban renewals. The misunderstood benefits of government and construction companies bring the residents’ opposition. It causes the 38

protests and worry. In fact, citizens would be benefited from it most eventually.

CONCEPT By holding peaceful music concert to entertain the residents who take parts of the activity, visual and auditory effects would inspire them to have positive and hopeful feeling about the urban renewal.

DESIGN ELEMENT History

Custom

Culture

Change

History is the story of home. The historic section of taipei is Dadaocheng where thrived along Tamsui River. Culture leads to the appearance of home. The veranda of Dihua Street is iconic with its traditional fabrics. Custom shows the spirit and religion of

home. Feast and traditional dishes are always the intimate common part. Requiring repeated trials of turing faces to complete the task, the Rubik’s cube could be the great metaphor for an urban renewal which would be accompanied with new looks.

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A HAPPY EVENT | FORM EXPLORING

The concert house is inspired by the Rubik’s cube which is symbolic because of its dynamics in shape. The house is surrounded by traditional fabrics hanging around to form the veranda. By 40

applying the red color, the sign of good luck in Chinese culture, to the stage, the hall would be filled with happiness.

Veranda

Stage

Seats

En te r

The house is the open space to make viewers feel free and relaxed.

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A HAPPY EVENT | PROTOTYPING

SECTION 1-1

Scale : 1/100 Capacity : 500 persons

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1

1. The structure of the model

2

3

2. After installing on the fabrics

3. Top view of the model

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A HAPPY EVENT | FEATURE

The “Happy Event” music concert at night will be at Dadaocheng Dock. The reflection of the hall on Tamsui River will complete the cube with the 44

building itself. Light from the interior is going to tell the beauty of the fabrics.

1

2

1. Schematic performance in concert house 2. The fabric-made veranda

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W O R K EXPERIENCE

LAPTOP-ASPIRE ONE | FEATURE

Project

ACER ASPIRE ONE D270 Mechanical & Structure Design Assist

Dimension LCD-10.1 Inch

258 (L) x 185 (W) x 26 (H) mm

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Material

Plastic & Aluminum etc.

Date

2010/11 ~ 2011/4

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INVERTER OF VEHICLE | FEATURE

Project

Inverter for Electric Vehicle Mechanical & Structure Design

Dimension 245 (L) x 215 (W) x 130 (H) mm Material

Aluminum, Copper Alloy etc.

Date

2012/10 ~ 2013/03

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INVERTER OF FORKLIFT | FEATURE

Project

Inverter for Electric Forklift (Taiwan Brand) Mechanical & Structure Design

Dimension 210 (L) x 185 (W) x 85 (H) mm Material

PC, Aluminum, Copper Alloy etc.

Date

2013/09 ~ 2014/08

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