Tim Lin Portfolio Industrial Design Engineer

TIM LIN Por tfolio

Brain of a Designer, Soul of an Engineer Design thinking helps me to identify the key issue and to be aware of the context in a holistic scope. Though I tackle problems with a designer’s perspective, deep down in my heart I am actually an engineering. I enjoy solving issues with principle calculation, software simulation and physical prototyping. I believe my multidiscipline background has endowed me a consolidating position between Design and Engineering.

EDUCATION & WORKING EXPERIENCES CYCU MSc. in Physics & Photonics

AIC Design School Pre-master in Industrial Design

Studio Roosegaarde Design Intern

STUDIO ROOSEGAARDE 2005

2016

2011 2009

CYCU BSc. in Electrical Engineering

2015

ITRI Associate Researcher; System & Mechanical Engineer

2018 2017

TU Delft MSc. in Integrated Product Design

TL Design & Solutions

Freelancer 3D Tekenaar (Lichting) & Design Engineer (CVD)

FIELD OF EXPERTISE Rapid Prototyping

Product Design

Metal works

Electrical/Arduino

Solidworks/Inventor

Mechanical Design FEA Simulation

Computer Rendering Optical Design Liquid Crystal Optics

A U R A A soothing light that brings the colour of sky in the room A lamp that is inspired by the chromotherapy for a depressed mind. Light, in the form of specific colours, can energise one’s body and spirit. In this project, we tried to bring the natural sky lights into everyday life: Sunset glow, Rosy morning and Aurora skies.

Role & Contribution I cooperate with another designer in this project. She initiated the idea and I am in charge of the phase of realisation. My role in this project is mainly the product designer. We tested and made the final call of all the decisions together.

Working Principle Aura shines the environment with a random colour sequence. The gear system rotates birefringence crystal flakes slowly enough to create a soothing light transition. Every Aura lamp will have its own unique colour combination because of the natural orientation of the crystal.

DEMO: https://youtu.be/M2wGHeXjXEU

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CONCEPTUAL PROTOTYPE This is a sole project that still remains as a concept. Optical Drug is a clock using light beam as the indicator. Prisms are the only moving parts to manipulate the light. The name Optical Drug comes from its hallucinogenic mode; through the prisms it exposes the colour ful nature of light.

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MAIN CHALLENGE To embody the concept of trackless curtain, I came up with an innovative hook based on magnetic bearings. Due to the accessability of a miniature parts, however, the prototype could not be tested with such a design in scale model.

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Build your own compartment and create your own pattern in the same time. A trackless curtain and a ceiling scattered with coloured iron powders made up of motif.

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This graduation project for my Master study in TU Delft is about the space perception in a tunnel, particularly the pedestrian section of Maastunnel in Rotterdam. The assignment came from Studio Roosegaarde, a design firm which put one of their earliest artwork in the same tunnel a decade ago.

Dialux EVO Simulation 1:40 Scale Model ½ Tunnel length ≈ 250 m

The exploration started with identifying the visual cues in a pedestrian tunnel, then I used Dialux EVO to swiftly explore the effect of mirrors in Maastunnel. The next step is to conduct a study with multiple observers by using scale models. I particulary enjoyed the process of reproducing the Maastunnel in scale model and the interaction between the mirrors and the lights.

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SMARTWINDOW Based on the PowerWindow from Physee, SmartWindow consists of a pane of solar-powered electrochromic glass, a SmartHub sits right on the window and an entire system behind the stage. SmartWindow is developed along the course Advanced Embodiment Design in TU Delft with a group of 5 master students of Industrial Design.

Design Process & Intro Video: https://youtu.be/wiRp013mvT0

Role & Contribution The team design and develop the concept coperately.

My main contribution was to establish the technical diagram, to prototype the touch sensor and to integrate the entire function prototype. I also help in making renderings and post-production of photos and sketches.

PHYSEE Interface prototype with touch scroller and indicators

Use-scenario; the window at the left side is manually tinted with the slider on the SmartHub

IT IS WHAT ’ S ON THE INSIDE THAT MATTERS Is there a texture or pattern that being omni-directionaly strong yet incredible light in the same time? Check out the structure in our bones. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the optimised inside pattern for lightness and strength via a slice chair.

In this project I designed the form of the chair with the inspiration from Gaudi and Panton.

With the algorithm developed by Dr. Jun Wu from TU Delft, the infill pattern was generated based on the shape and the pre-defined external force. The optimised pattern follows the same principle of the texture in bones.

Algorithm-Generated InďŹ ll Patterns

Such a tool can be extremely power ful in additive manufacturing.

CONTACT INFORMATION Tim Lin +31-6-4449-5886 timothyytlin@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyytlin/