Nico Janik Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

East Palo Alto, Ca

TK - 8 at Ravenswood City School District• Develop, plan and implement training and professional development activities for faculty, staff and administrators• Support roll-out of engineering Makerspaces at all 7 of the district school sites• Work to address the achievement gap for students of color, students living in poverty and English learners through STEM activities while increasing the achievement of all students

Palo Alto, Ca

• Supervised Junior Museum and Zoo hourly instructors and camp staff• Developed and led hands-on science lessons in K-5 grade classrooms in Ravenswood School District and Palo Alto Unified School District • Headed up work at the JMZ to re-organize and enhance their curriculum to move fromalignment with California Academic Content Standards to Next Generation Science Standards

Palo Alto, Ca

• Developed and taught a multi-week Engineering Design Unit where students learned the design process and applied it to solve engineering problems connected to science and ELA standards• Adapted and taught writing and reading workshop lessons from Lucy Calkins Curriculum Developed and led science lessons in 3-5 grade classrooms• Supported teachers in delivering their science lessons (FOSS Curriculum), helped studentsone on one and in small groups• Used background in Product Design to improve FOSS lessons• Worked with teachers to use science to support ELA standards• Planned and taught whole-class inquiry based science lessons• Attended Words Their Way training led by Enid Martinez and applied training in classroomwith student word study groups

Mountain View, Ca

• Co-founder of a kid’s creativity website• Contributed to writing business plan, recruiting management team, and fund raising• Performed user testing with children and parents• Led team of outside contractors to build site

Campbell, Ca

• Project manager and lead engineer for three product lines (Koosh Creative, Real Creationsand Slivers.) Work ranged from product conception to high volume injection molded part design, focus group validation, and management of internal and external resources requiring daily communication with Hasbro Far East, the firm’s manufacturing arm. Created and oversaw the design and production schedules as well as the project budgets, cost models, and profitability analysis.• Products for the Koosh Creative line won ten major awards including two Family Fun Toy of the Year awards, and two National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval.• Over three years brought eighteen products to market.

Palo Alto, Ca

• Completed development and licensed the AquaView, a toy for viewing underwater animals and structures from the surface of the water in tidal pools.• Received a US patent.• The AquaView was originally licensed to The Damert Company. The product is still beingmanufactured and sold.

Palo Alto, Ca And Evanston, Il

• Worked on a wide range of projects for clients including Sunbeam, Steelcase, Dell Computer,and NEC. Contributed to the design of computer, consumer products and office furniture.• Activities included the design of parts in solid-modeling CAD, thermal and flow rate testing,optimization, Design for Manufacturability, rapid prototyping for engineering analysis, as well asparts sourcing and vendor selection.• Collaborated to implement a successful IDEO seminar on creative engineering for engineers atNEC in Japan. Topics included, prototyping, brainstorming, and user-centered design.

M.S. Engineering, Product Design

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Environmental Studies

Teaching Credential, Multiple Subject