Adam Freund Design LLC brings innovative, beneficial, and successful physical product ideas to life.Services include mechanical product design, CAD, prototyping, 3D printing, concepting, computer simulation, reverse engineering, DFM, patent drawings, and feasibility consulting. With over eight years of full-time works as professional product designer, over 100 projects completed, and a degree in mechanical engineering, I have the experience needed to make your idea a reality. Visit adamfreunddesign.com for more details or to contact me. You may alternatively contact me via LinkedIn or Guru.com.

LeakSentinel plays at the intersection of classic home security and the nascent InsureTech markets. It's mission is to reduce the $13B spent on repairing residential home water damage. The company has developed a unique and novel mechanical design that combines both remote valve shut off and whole-home water leak detection in a single device, AND eliminates the need for professional plumber installation.

Buildera is a Silicon Valley start-up that develops, manufactures, sells, and services cloud and mobile-connected environmental data acquisition & logging systems, structural crack monitors, engineering design software, and innovative products and services for architects, contractors, geotechnical engineers, structural forensic engineers, building officials, inspectors, and property owners. The company leverages 3D printing for rapid prototyping and fast customization to customer requirements in the fields of construction, sensing and industrial automation.Buildera also provides business consulting services to equipment and software companies in the areas of product strategy, product usability, and distribution channels.Follow BUILDERA on LinkedIn for white papers, case studies, and new product announcements: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildera

• Conducted research on thermoplastic composites for use in large-scale wind turbines• Conducted material testing (tension, compression, fatigue, lap shear, etc.) following various ASTM standards using a wide array of Instron hydraulic testers• Collected test data from both destructive and non-destructive tests, using strain gages, imaging tools such as PONTOS and ARAMIS, thermal cameras, load cells, string potentiometers, LabVIEW, and Instron/Bluehill software• Purchased, modified, and helped create test fixtures for material testing• Routinely worked with and maintained equipment such as Instron hydraulic testers, data acquisition systems, four-axis water jet, high-temperature platens for composite processing, large heated hydraulic presses, milling machines, drill presses, lathes, metal saws, wood shop tools, etc.• Designed and fabricated equipment for processing and testing thermoplastic composites, including high-temperature, water-cooled heated platens for manufacturing thermoplastic parts using vacuum consolidation, and a fixture for bonding stainless steel mesh-impregnated composites through resistance welding• Processed, organized and presented data in spreadsheets, slideshows, journal articles, presentations, etc.• 2012 Director’s Award recipient for “Outstanding Undergraduate Student”; “Adam is a great worker who is very detail oriented and self-motivated. He cuts no corners in either the lab or office and is very conscious of the work and how it fits into the big picture. His impact on cost savings has had a significant positive impact on Center research.” –Habib Dagher, Ph.D., P.E., Director