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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sustainable web design and development for a low-carbon internet. Web performance and speed improvements for small business sites.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

RMIT Industrial Design Honours Year Projects - I was responsible for the development and implementation of site to showcase the final year work of graduating RMIT Industrial Design Students. Each year final year students add their projects to the site in advance of the final exhibition. Development of site included system to add and invite and add new users every year, to integrate a workflow system for approval of projects, modification of themes, plugins and functions to achieve required functionality.This project is revisited in August each year as the latest student projects come online.

Melbourne, Australia

Performing Mobilities Symposium site - development and implementation a Wordpress site that allowed Symposium participants to enter and edit their own submissions.Working closely with a team of editors, graphic artists and symposium participants I was responsible for the development, implementation and support of the site before and during the Symposium in October 2015. A complex project with a small budget, this project required a creative approach to meet the functionality and usability needs of the client and of the end users.The outcomes of the Symposium are currently being converted into a published document and then the site will be archived.

Melbourne, Australia

Working with RMIT Industrial Design I developed this Wordpress site to capture the outcomes of students studying the Design Practice Methods course. Students complete and submit their work for the course through the site and then the work is copy edited before being published online.See the site here http://www.designpracticemethods.rmit.edu.au (or under Contact Info)

Melbourne, Australia

Researching, developing and delivering university course material including lectuers, in-class exercises, workshops and assessment tasks. Collaborating with internal stakeholders and with external partners to deliver high-quality outcomes. Courses I have developed and taught:Upper Pool Industrial Design Studios (2nd and 3rd year students)---- No-connection (Semester 1 & 2, 2015): working with the Victorian Farmers Federation on developing innovative responses to the issues surround low to no internet access in farming, rural and regional communities---- Footprint tools (2015): working to develop new tools for local organic garlic farmers---- Deer Park (2014): collaborating with Indian academics in a 'Design for Development studio ---- Human+ (2014): designing for sufferers of 'locked-in' syndrome. 1st Year Industrial Design Studio (2013, 2014)This role requires high-level verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage and teach students from different age groups, varied cultural, social and non-english speaking backgrounds and with varying levels of skill and knowledge. It is a hands-on roles where the expectation is that students can receive guidance on various topics such as model-making techniques, design research and writing, understanding an audience and how to create a poster that sums up their project.

Melbourne, Australia

Two projects with the RMIT Media and Communication program. 1. Learning and Teaching for Sustainability project. The project is examining approaches and methods that are used when teaching sustainability to undergraduate design students. Responsibilities include research, writing for an academic report, workshop set-up and facilitation.2. Media and Communications Studio Book. As part of the transition to a new degree structure the program wants to document the studio run in 2015 as a record of the work being undertaken and as a resource for staff and students. Responsibilities include copy writing, conducting interviews, liaising with academic staff.

Melbourne, Australia

Investigating how I can use my design knowledge to contribute to a transition to low-carbon future. Current projects--------------------How 3D printing can be used to create new forms and how 3D printing and other forms of digital fabrication can be used as an approach to the relocalisation of manufacturing.Recycling of waste consumer plastic into 3D printer filamentThe reduction or elimination of fossil fuels in farming through the development of new types of tools.

Caulfield

2nd year Design Studio tutor for Industrial Design. An innovative program teaching students data-driven design methods, upcycling and 3D printing.This role requires high-level verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage and teach students from different age groups, varied cultural, social and non-english speaking backgrounds and with varying levels of skill and knowledge. It is a hands-on roles where the expectation is that students can receive guidance on various topics such as model-making techniques, design research and writing, understanding an audience and how to create a poster that sums up their project.

Melbourne, Australia

Development and maintenance of VEIL sites.includingVictorian Eco Innovation Lab @ www.ecoinnovationlab.comVisions and Pathways @ www.visionsandpathways.comAustralian Foodhubs Network @ www.foodhubs.org.auFormer sites:Sustainable Melbourne @ www.sustainablemelbourne.comSustainable Cities Network @ http://www.sustainablecitiesnet.com

Melbourne/India

As part of a global industrial re-branding program I travelled to India to survey sites in order to record the existing signage and new signage possibilities while travelling alone in very interesting and challenging environments. After returning to Australia in early November I worked to finalise the site packs gathered overseas.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Part of the 2006 Melbourne cultural festival. I worked as a project assistant for a project in which 4 Pakistani decorators and 1 Pakistani artist from Karachi decorated a Z class tram.

Master Of Design (Research), 3D Printing, Arduino, Industrial Ecology, Digital Fabrication, Open Source,, Awarded

Masters by Research in Industrial Design. Desktop 3D Printers can produce a lot of waste plastic through normal operation and I was.

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial Design, Honours