My passion for creating great products and new services led me to pursue a role as a product manager after graduating from the Department of Economics, and further to the UK for a Master's in Industrial Design. My cross-disciplinary academic and work experience has cultivated a proactive learning attitude and strong teamwork skills. I am currently seeking an industrial designer position, aiming to create impactful products that meet real-world needs.
EDUCATION
MSc Integrated Industrial Design
Loughborough University, UK
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Minor in Political Science,
Public Administration Division
Naonal Taiwan University
Exchange Student
Lund University, Sweden
SKILLS
Professional Skills
• Solidworks
• Rhinoceros
• Fusion 360
• Figma
• Affinity Photo/ Designer/ Publisher
• Adobe Photoshop/ Illustrator
• Python
• data analysis skill Languages
• Mandarin Chinese /Taiwanese Hokkien : Nave
• English : Fluent (IELTS 8/9, TOEIC 990/990)
EXPERIENCE
Medal
Student packaging design compeon
Course Representative
Loughborough Uni. MSc IID postgraduate program
Manager
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- 2023
Sleek Protection in a Snap. Snapzleek
Self-defence spray with reliable and intuitive operation, offering discreet everyday protection for women.
Tanky
The Urban All-terrain Walking Augmenting Shoes
COSTA Measuring Can
Project Draw/ Pin
Maximum convenience in all paying scenarios for all users with Draw - coin sorting case/ Pin - modular wallet.
Controller of lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton.
Brilliant and stylish aluminum alloy can packaging for home brewing ground COSTA signature blend.
Snapzleek
Self-defence spray with reliable and intuitive operation, offering discreet everyday protection for women.
Note: Independent project.
Sleek Protection in a Snap.
Fear is especially evident among women.
The fear of crime disproportionately burdens females, restricting their ability to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
Snapzleek aims to enhance women's sense of security by providing a self-defense spray that's dependable in critical moments, especially when facing potential threats and fighting back is the only option.
Research showed women focused on areas outside the path more often than men, reflecting their broad experience with fear of crime, particularly personally violent or sexual crimes resulting from stalking, prowling, or loitering in poorly lit areas. (https://doi.org/10.1089/ vio.2023.0027)
Intuitive launching and accurate aiming in extreme panic
Completely orientation-insensitive: operable with either hand, never upside down.
1. Grab Deter and neutralize the threat in a snap.
Other self-defece sprays: Prone to failure in panic
2. Point & Snap
Protection with vivid colors
Snapzleek's symmetric 2-unit design allows users to further personalize and tailor the color of their own Snapzleek, making it uniquely theirs.
Other self-defence sprays: mostly black with a masculine appearance.
Discreet and Sleek
With its discreet, sleek design, Snapzleek blends seamlessly with a woman’s attire or belongings.
Attach on bag or purse with retractable lanyard.
Initial release: pastel rainbow, black and white, camouflage.
Shooting mechanism
The innovative mechanism enables Snapzleek’s intuitive, orientationinsensitive launching with just a snap of the thumb.
Internal details
Snap one of the four tabs on the cap with either thumb toward either direction.
The cap will pop up and stay at 90° firingready position.
Snapzleek features a symmetric, dual-cartridge design that aligns the shooting direction with the long axis of catridge, ensuring the spraying nozzle is easily directed toward the attacker.
Push the cap over 90° and Snapzleek will fire.
M3*8 self-tapping pan head screw
The cap engages with the nozzle pressing mechanism in its 90° rotated position. The cap remains securely in its closed position, held in place by a spring that pushes it against another part.
When the cap is rotated further over 90°, the nozzle is forced down and release the spray agent.
Clear PET plastic.
20ml cartridge filled with paralisant pepper spray and paint.
No undercut on any part: all plastic parts are suitable for injection molding mass manufacturing.
Ideation
Various intuitive interactions were explored. Snapzleek is designed to be discreet, sleek, and cute, making it more appealing for female users to carry daily without feeling any stigma.
The completely orientation-insentative option was selected.
Mechanism & Assembly testing
SLA 3D printing parts were ordered, with the CAD model continuously updated throughout the iterative process.
• Configuring the size and clearance of parts
• Operation smoothness testing
• Assembling process testing
Snapzleek
Sleek Protection in a Snap.
Snapzleek
Sleek Protection in a Snap.
Snapzleek
Sleek Protection in a Snap.
Tanky
The Urban All-terrain Walking Augmenting Shoes
Note: MSc Integrated Industrial design major project. Individual work.
Redesign of a novel personal electric vehicle
Tanky is a redesign of the Moonwalkers with the aim to improve the comfort and stability on urban pavements such as cobbles. Moonwalkers are a pair of novel "walking enhancing shoes" that was released in 2023. It's adaptive AI drivetrain controls DC motors to increases users' walking speed up to 2.5 times without the need of any remote controller.
My benchmark product: The Moonwalkers walking augmenting shoes by Shift Robotics.
Exploring the brief
This project has an open brief. Therefore, I chose the topic I am interested in - personal mobility. After conducted a series of research and selection, the brief converged from "A product that improves the commuting experience for public transportation users." to a more refined "Redesigning walking augmenting shoes (Moonwalkers shoes) for cobblestone surface."
Preliminary research about commuters' needs. Qualitative data collected from online forums and research papers.
Surveying 5 types of personal vehicle products available, including folding ebikes, folding bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards, Moonwalkers shoes.
Improving the commuting experience?
→Needs of commuters:
• Portability is criticalless stress for transit, parking, storing.
• Easy maintenance
• Better be motorised
Analysis and comparism of the 5 types of personal vehicles based on portability, road safety, ease of maintenance, comfortness...etc.
Moonwalkers walking augmenting shoes scored the highest.
→ Redesigning Moonwalkers shoes is the path forward.
Refining the design challenge
Detailed reseach and critique of the Moonwalkers shoes were conducted to identify the pros and cons, or underlying design opportunities of the product.
Prototyping and Testing
Model of the Moonwalkers and Tanky's wheels are made at 1:1 scale. Both designs are tested on the same controlled cobble surface. Performance are captured by a bespoke arduino accelerometer/gyroscope data logger; then compared with each other after data processing.
New brief: A Moonwalker-inspired walking augmenting shoes for rough urban pavements like cobbestone.
Research of relevant technology and performance requirement of the for developing Tanky's wheel system.
Prototype of Tanky's wheel system
Model of Moonwalker's wheel system
Each wheel design was tested 30 times on the same track.
Optimised Arduino accelerometer/ gyroscope data logger.
Raw accecleration/ gyroscope data collected every 2 millisecond in each test.
Data processing with python. Obtaining pitch/ roll data, plotting, statistical summary...etc.
Plots and aggregate data ready for analysis and comparism.
Results
Tanky is able to significantly reduce and smooth out the impact the user feels when walking on cobbles. Providing users with a more comfortable and confident experience when walking on rough pavements.
Accelerations (ax, ay, az) - depicting impact force
* Both designs are tested on different surfaces iteratively for 30 times. It's observed that with Tanky, the standard deviation of vertical acceleration is on average 343% lower, and the maximum vertical accleration is 242% lower.
* Plots above are randomly picked out of the total 120 tests to demonstrate that unlike Tanky, Moonwalkers' vertical accelerations on cobbles are significantly higher to its own values on flat grunds.
Tanky can decrease the overall fluctuations of tilting and vibration when walking on cobbles, reducing the chance for the user to have an ankle sprain.
Pitch & Roll angles - depicting stability
pitch (side tilting) on cobbles
roll (front-rear tilting) on cobbles
* Both designs are tested on different surfaces iteratively for 30 times. It's observed that with Tanky, changes in both side tilting and front-rear tilting are less dramatic
Moonwalkers Moonwalkers
Tanky
Finalising the design
After verifying the performance of the airless tires + tank track design, further design tweaks were made. Focus group discussion was held to gather user aesthetic preference and opinion.
The design of Tanky was finalised with cost estimation and updated Product Design Specification documentation.
Several potential flaws were discovered after tested with the physical model. Changes are made in the CAD to reflect those discoveries.
Focus group discussion provided valuable user opinions regarding the product aesthetic preference.
Cost estimated to be around ￡500. Both offthe-shelf parts and manufacturing cost are considered.
Product specification documentation (PDS).
Tanky
The Urban All-terrain Walking Augmenting Shoes
Tanky
The Urban All-terrain Walking Augmenting Shoes
Tanky is the major project of my MSc Integrated Industrial Design study at Loughborough University, UK.
COSTA Measuring Can
Brilliant and stylish aluminum alloy can packaging for home brewing ground COSTA signature blend.
Note: Awarded bronze medal in Starpack Student 2023 packaging design competition. Individual work.
1.Grab
Grab the can by the textured area.
Flip upside-down to pour ground coffee out onto the lid. 2.Flip
3. Load
Shake to load 15g of ground coffee into the measuring compartment. Excess coffee falls back into the can.
Easily Reused & Recycled
Reuse the can for sugar, oat, flours or other dry products.
The PP lid and aluminum can are easily seperated and can both be recycled. Unlike the commonly seen composite pouch made with plastic, paper, and aluminium foil which is generally not recycled.
4. Open & Pour
Open the plastic lid with the thumb and pour all ground coffee in the measuring compartment out (15g).
5. Just add water to brew a perfect cup of COSTA coffee
Simply add 250ml water into cafetiere or filter for one cup of COSTA signature coffee; as per the guidance of COSTA professional barista. No need to mess with a spoon or a kitchen scale.
COSTA barisa demonstrating brewing COSTA signiture with cafetiere in an online tutorial video.
Usability testing & sketch development
Dimensions
Thumb grip
Measuring compartment (metal stamped)
3-penal aluminum can
Flange edge
Machine welded seam
Food grade PP lid
All dimensions are set after the usability test to accommodate adult hand size.
Lid opening
COSTA brand name presented by the metallic sheen of the can
Embossed COSTA coffee bean logo to hint the gripping area
Blank area for labelling when reusing
COSTA
Note: Indepedent project.
ect Draw/ Pin
Maximum convenience in all paying scenarios for all users with Draw - coin sorting case/ Pin - modular wallet.
Cash payments are common
According to government data*, 37.9% of spending in Taiwan are still done by cash in 2023. Therefore, everyone still carriesboth cash and cards when going out, making wallet an indispensable accessory for different payment scenario.
Phase I - Draw focused on making coin accessing and receiving faster and easier, since “coin economics” like night markets and street foods are important parts in Taiwanese people’s life.
Phase II - Pin focused on designing an open source modular leather bifold wallet that adapts and evolves, empowering users to develop the wallet that best suits their habit.
Everyday shopping scenario require different methods of payment, some are strictly cash-only.
User Survey for Phase I - Draw(n=50)
• Despite innovative wallets are widely available, almost all of them either make users store coins in a simple pouch compartment, or tell users to find another container.
• 45% of participants store their coins in another container or their pocket; separate from their wallets.
• On average, people carry 7.7 coins with them when going out.
Ideation and prototype of the coin sorting case
• Coin case is a relevant product with actual need.
• The container should be able to contain at least 8 coins with various sizes.
Mechanism verified with 3D printing.
Sorted Coin
Sorting drawer
Coins are put in at once and quickly sorted into 2 categories by size.
Transparent plastic film gate to prevent coins already in the case from falling out when receiving.
Compartment for sorted coins
Compartment for sorted coins: Easy to count the exact amount to pay; further preventing coins from being cumulated.
Bigger, more frequently used $50, $10
Bigger, more frequently used $50, $10
Smaller, less used $5, $1.
Smaller, less used $5, $1.
Magnets to keep the case shut.
User
Survey for Phase II - Pin(n=50)
• Showed that 84% of participants use leather wallets, 49% use real leather wallet.
• 92% keep their credit cards, ID cards, and banknotes in wallet; 76% also do so for with their receipt, while only 55% put coins in wallet.
• On average, people carry 6.1 cards, 5.3 cash bills, and 6 receipts in their wallet.
Ideation and prototype of the wallet
• Leather is the material of choice, ideally real leather.
• Everybody’s habit is different; therefore, a modular system based on leather bifold wallet is chosen, and the container for coins can be a seperate unit.
• The wallet should be able to accommodate those belongings.
Size and design varified by paper model before crefted by real leather. Average content of people's wallet according to the survey.
Adapt : Chosen by user
2 accessories are attached using 4 metal pins on the bifold wallet.
Evolve : Created by user
Users are encourged to buy or even make third party accessories with the pin system. Making the walllet truely theirs.
Select different accessories based on needs, including Draw coin sorting case. Card holder.
Holder of SECRID Cardprotector (third party accessories).
Examples of third party accessories: Plastic zip bag.
Examples of third party accessories: SECRID Cardprotector.
Ashley is used to purchase meals and other stuffs online. Ashley always feels stressful when standing at the counter handling money/receipts she will pay/just received, especially when there is a long line behind. Therefore, she likes to use electronic payment and credit cards whenever possible.
Trent receives monthly living expense from his parents, and he also has to spend money on tools and materials. Therefore, he usually eats at student cafeteria or buy groceries form traditional markets, where foods are cheaper. He has a metal cardholder which is a gift from his girlfriend and he’d like to continue using it.
Hsin-Yu has a10-year-old child, Tim. She works at home and prepares dinner for the family almost everyday. While sometimes she has to spend the night or weekend meeting clients, so she couldn’t be around with her boy. She is used to have a photo of Tim in her wallet and she also changes the photo every year as he gets bigger.
Ashley Chen
Trent Chang
Hsin-Yu Chan
CONTROLLER OF LOWER LIMB REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON
Note: School project at Loughborough Integrated Industrial Design. Group work with only individual contribution recorded here.
Controller of exoskeleton Intuitive interaction for digitally challenged user
Fernid is a hand-held controller for lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton. Exoskeletons are used to customize therapy programs based on the specific needs and abilities of each patient. The device can be controlled by Fernid to provide varying levels of assistance or resistance, making it adaptable to different stages of rehabilitation. Haptic 180 degree turning knob determining the flexing angle of legs.
Fernid allows the user to set:
• flexing angle of the leg
• training time
• training repetition
• flexing speed and directions
Additionally, there is a LCD screen at the other side to display the status of the current training session.
Soft touch matt plastic
Control Wheel:
Rolls upwards to straighten, downwards to bend. The more the wheel rolls,the greater the flexing speed is.
Button to set repetition count
Button to set training time duration
LCD screen to display current training status
Fern crozier
The design aims to evoke a soft touch and natural feel, inspired by the graceful curves of a fern crozier.
Prototyping
• Haptic180-degree knob
The 180 degree turning knob are designed with haptic feedback. The user will sense increasingly stronger rsistance from the knob when setting the leg flexing angle towards either end, i.e., fully extended or bended.
• 3d printed housing
Relative position of the components are checked and tested with 3D printed housing.
• CNC model
CONTROLLER OF LOWER LIMB
REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON
CONTROLLER OF LOWER LIMB
REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON
CONTROLLER OF LOWER LIMB
REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON
CONTROLLER OF LOWER LIMB REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON
