Julie T Polaski's portfolio

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JULIE POLASKIINDUSTRIAL DESIGNER

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I am Julie Polaski, 21 years old and finishing my final semester as an Industrial Design student from the University of Illinois. I am now looking for a job where I

can apply my skills and creativity.

Hello!

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Reentel International Inc, Lead Product/ Graphic Intern

Corvae, Co-Founder, Industrial Designer

Finalist in Cozad New Venture Competition, Corvae

iVenture Student Start-Up Accelorator

ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week 2015, Participant

Project Green Challenge, Finalist

Summer2014

2015Jan

2015March

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July29th-31

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201518th-22

Project Green Challenge Finalist 2015Goldstein Entrepreneurial Award 2015Tri State Sign Association Scholarship 2013, 2014, 2015Phi Eta Sigma, National Honorary Society Mid-South Sign Association Scholarship 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015LaVerne Noyes Scholarship 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015James Scholar 2013Carl Sandburg 2012 Student of the Year Art Department Award 2012 SWSC Visual Arts Festival “Best of School” Award

University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignSenior, Anticipated Graducation May 2016GPA 3.4

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CONTACT

16812 Rainbow CircleOrland Park IL,60467

Home (708) 478-7889Cell (708) 522-4052

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Julie T Polaski

Julie PolaskiINDUSTRIAL DESIGNER

Table of Contents

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Lura Oceanic Solar Rise Corvae Furniturepg. 5 pg. 26 pg. 37 pg. 54 pg. 61

LuraThe Fruit Fly Trap

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1 in every 4 homes in the U.S. per year get infested with fruit flies.

Fruit flies carry bacteria which contaminate produce causing it to ripen and rot sooner.

Once infested, fruit flies quickly reproduce on fruit, sponges, drains, or trash containers.

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Occupation: Teacher

Relationship: Married

Location: Illinois

Hobbies: Baking, Craft-ing, Pinterest, Spending time with my daughter

Age: 58

Joan Gambla

How often do you get fruit flies?Once or twice a year. I usually have them in my kitch-en during the summer or fall seasons.

What is your experience with fruit flies?I hate them! They’re annoying and gross, especially if they land on my produce. It’s an unsettling feeling to have a fly harassing you in your kitchen.

What do you do when you have them?Unfortunately, I just end up throwing out all of my good produce in attempt to get rid of them. If that doesn’t work I buy a bug killer trap, however I find it very unsettling to have bug poison next to my food. Not to mention it looks terrible and tacky.

What words come to mind when you hear the word fruit flies?Gross, Disgusting, nuisance, annoying, rotting,bacteria infested, and down right pesky!

Interview

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Emotional Journey

Buying fruit at grocery stores or farmers markets

Bringing home fruit and placing in fruit bowl

Eating a piece of fruit

Noticing fruit fly on a piece of fruit

Ignoring fruit fly

Thoughts& Feelings

Emotional Experience

Phases of the Journey

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DenialMore fruit flies appear

Tiny Brown spots on fruit appear

Trying to kill themultiple fruit flies

Fruit rotting process gets accelerated because of all the fruit fly bites

Noticing that they are fast and very hard to kill

Throwing out all fruit to get rid of fruit flies

Anger Acceptance

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Emotional experience with fruit flies

Rational experience with fruit flies

Denial Anger Acceptance

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When interviewing people who get fruit flies 3 common solutions came up for their problem:

Solution 1: Solution 2: Solution 3:

Most people buy fly paper in attempt to kill the fruit flies. In most cases it does not work unless you buy large amounts of fly paper and place it all over your kitchen.

Another common solution is to take a jar or empty bottle and place a piece of fruit into it. You then take a piece of paper, roll it into a cone and place it into a jar. The fruit flies will crawl, in but will not crawl out. The big problem with this solution is that the fruit flies start to multiply. Once there are enough fruit flies gathered in the jar pushing on the paper’s edge they start to escape.

The third, and most common solu-tion is to simply throw all of your fruit away.

User Research

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User Research

$9.99

Fruit flies crawl in and eat poison

Disposable

Price

Placement

Pros

Cons

How it Works

Type

Simple and inexpensive

Have to constantly replace, looks tacky

In fruit bowl withfruit

$29.99

Fruit flies crawl in and get trapped

Refillable

Refillable

Expensive, tacky, gross

On kitchen counter

$5.99

Fruit flies are attracted to scent and get stuck on sticky surface

Disposable

Simple and inexpensive

Have to constantly replace, looks tacky

On kitchen counter

$12.99

Fruit flies are attract-ed to scent and get trapped inside

Refillable

Refillable

Looks tacky

Hung from win-dow or cabinets

Market ResearchThis chart explores existing fruit fly traps on the market.

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Open traps Closed traps with deep entrances Closed traps with shallow entrances

Lure ResearchBefore sketching forms I needed to know what types of traps worked the best, and came up with 3 categories. With closed traps I found that it killed some

fruit flies, however, some would fly back out. Open traps were a complete fail-ure as the fruit flies would only sit on the edge of the trap and never went low enough to drink or fall in the liquid. Closed traps with straw/ funnel entrances worked best. The fruit flies would smell the liquid, fly in, and get trapped until

they drank the liquid and died.

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Closed traps with deep entrances

Lure Size Entrances

Openings

After deciding what kind of trap to use I had to narrow it down further to what works best within that category. I noticed how

large the base of the trap was did not matter and that fruit flies flew to all of them equally. The best decision would be to choose

a smaller size trap for aesthetic and pricing purposes.

I switched the straw entrance around the traps and noticed that a funnel entrance leading straight into a smaller entrance into a cup

worked best. The flies would smell the liquid land on the top and then make their way into

the trap.

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Liquid ResearchI tried various liquids to attract the fruit flies to the traps. I looked mainly at

fruit juices, sodas, vinegars, alcohol and rotten fruit. The fruit flies flew to all of the liquids in the different traps, however, I noticed soda, fruit juice and apple

cider vinegar attracted more than alcohol or rotten fruit. The problem with the fruit juice and soda was that they would not die unless I added soap to the mixture. I want to keep this non-toxic in case a young child would get a hold of this liquid. The final result that work best was the apple cider vinegar with more sugar added. Colorful food dye could also be added to make it more

aesthetically pleasing.

Fruit Juice Soda Apple Cider Vinegar Alcohol Rotten Fruit

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Liquid Research

Rotten Fruit

Target Users

The target users are families or people who happen to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. The kitchen is where many families gather to enjoy a nice meal.

Children often times do homework on kitchen tables and parents spend time cooking dinners for their family.

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Users have a problem with fruit flies in their kitchen contaminating their fruit, spreading unwanted bac-teria, and causing their fruit to go bad/mold faster. Today’s solutions for fruit fly traps are often tacky, need to be constantly replaced, and do not fit into

kitchen environments.

The solution is to create an effective and aestheti-cally pleasing fruit fly trap that fits into a kitchen en-vironment. It should also be inexpensive, non-tox-

ic, and reusable.

Goals

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IdeationI started to ideate based off of the research I had. The shape should have a funnel opening leading into a thin straw like stem, then into an wider base. The shapes started off as hourglasses and vases. I tried to make the shapes

more round and organic to be better suited to a kitchen environment. I even-tually went with a flower like shape.

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Material ExplorationChrome dipped ABS is cheap to make, has a nice shine finish, and is water resistant.

Stainless steel is corrosion resistant, however, it is expen-sive and difficult to manufacture.

Glass is water resistant, and has a nice shine finish look that would fit well in kitchen environments. However, glass is also easily breakable.

High density polyethylene has excellent chemical resis-tance. The down side is that it has high mold shrinkage and poor UV resistance.

Silicon rubber is water resistant, cheap to produce, how-ever, it can often times come off as tacky.

Tritan Copolyester is cheap to produce, often times translucent and is water resistant.

Aluminum is cheap to produce but can rust over time.

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To find an elegant solution that will solve the fruit fly problem in the kitchen

To make the users lifestyle more convenient, and hassle free

Aesthetically pleasing Innovative Simple High Quality

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Color/ Material/ FinishI explored color trends of what was currently popular on today’s market. The most popular trend in the kitchen is a silver or stain-less steal look. Stainless steal can be expensive to manufacture so I will be going with a chrome dipped ABS material for the top half of my product. The bottom that will contain the liquid will be a clear Tritan Copolyester. The trap needs a translucent bottom so users can be comfortably assured that their product is working.

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Exploded View/Manufacturing

Chrome dipped ABS, Blow molding

Chrome dipped ABS, Injection molding

Tritan Copolyester, Injection molding

Apple Cider Vinegar, sugar, blue food dye

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Exploded View/Manufacturing

How it Works

1.Take base and fill with water

2.Add a few drops of fruit fly attraction scent

Place on top cover and twist flower into hole

Scent attracts fruit flies Fruit flies crawl into the lure

Trap works successfully!

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Proportion Study

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LuraThe Fruit Fly Trap

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The aquatic inspired flatware

Oceanic

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InspirationMan has always been fascinated by the ocean and all those that inhabit it. As a design challenge I took a look at some of the more obscure creatures

that dwell in the ocean to form my design.

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Value

Fluid Organic Balance

Design draws the users eye and creates movement

A relation between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole.

Harmony and symmetry of design and proportion.

Principles or standards of behavior on design.

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ValidationUsers expect the silverware to remind them of sea life.

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VesselTo convey the values and expectations users want I chose three specific sea creatures to model my designs after.

Comb Jelly

Comb jellies are beautiful animals that drift through the ocean’s water column around the world. Their most distinctive feature is the ‘combs’ – groups of cilia which they use for swimming.

Striped Cardinalfish

Cardinal Fish is a magnificent looking creature having a silver body with vertical black stripes. It can be found on reef crest in shallow waters sheltering during the day and coming out at night to feed.

Ribbontail Stingray

The Ribbontail Ray can be found swimming near shore in the western Pacific Ocean. It is fairly smooth has an oval pectoral fin disc, and can be easily identified with a pair of blue stripes on its tail.

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ProportionStudyTo better understand how to design silverware I conducted a proportion study. I found that most silverware on the market today follow similar size scales.

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Ideation:

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Scale ModelsAfter ideation, I used a laser cutter to create three prototypes. I then narrowed it down to one final design and hand carved the models from walnut wood so that I could view my design to scale.

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The aquatic inspired flatwareOceanic

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The aquatic inspired flatware

Oceanic

The healthy alarm clock

Solar Rise

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Over Americans suffer from disordersof sleep and wakefulness. wake up in a bad mood and are still left feeling tired after a nights sleep.

70 million1 in 3 people

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Problem Statement

Many people have trouble initially falling asleep.

Environment plays an important role in the sleep cycle. Most sleep environments should be dark

and cooler for maximum comfort.

Most people have trouble waking up in the morning, and once up they still feel tired and want to go back to sleep.

Not enough people are motivated to get the right amount of sleep they need.

Looking into sleep problems I decided to focus on waking.

Fallingasleep

SleepEnvironment

Waking

Getting enoughsleep

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Brain Storming

$16.99 $18.95 $23.99 $99.99

Traditional Digital Projector Speakers

This chart explores existing wakingproducts already on the market.

Price

Placement

Pros

Cons

How it Works

Type

Night Stand / Next to bed

Night Stand / Next to bed

Table

Bells ring when alarm goes off

Wakes user with 1 of 7 alarm choices


Plays music from phone

Inexpensive and simple to use

Inexpensive, allows user to choose an alarm sound

Inexpensive and simple to use

Remote to turn off from far away

Obnoxious, Loudly jolts user out of sleep



Expensive, Loudly jolts user out of sleep

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Market Benchmarking

Night Stand / Neara wall

Price

Placement

Pros

Cons

How it Works

Type Toy Soothing Light Wearable

Night stand/ Ground Night stand/ Next to bed

Night stand/ Next to bed

Wrist


Not aesthetically pleasing Obnoxious, Loudly jolts user out of sleep

Expensive, Uncomfortable to wear when sleeping

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Market Benchmarking

$49.99 $24.99 $149.95 $129.95

Rolls around when alarm goes off

Wakes user with soothing sounds


Vibrates to wake user up

No snooze Allows user to wake up gently

Cheap and simple to use

Gently awakens the user

Large size

Small size

Low priceHigh Price

Target

Easy to use

Hard to use

Close distanceFar distance

Target

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Target Image Mapping

High Price

More effective

Less effective

Less diverseMore diverse

Healthy

Unhealthy

SimpleComplex

Target

Target

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Target Image Mapping

Jolts user out of sleep

Loud

Variety

Most alarms don’t offer much variety and have only ob-

noxious sound choices

SoothingSome SPA/Meditative alarms use relaxing nature

sounds to gently wake up the user.

Often times placed on a nightstand and is

not aesthetically pleasing.

Stands out

MaterialsMost are made with cheap plastic materials that

do not fit in with the bedroom.

ColorThe color of the digital clock often stands out being

bright red or green.

The user should be able to turn

off the alarm with an arms reach.

Reach

Nightstand

Some digital alarms may shine a dim obnoxious light at

the users face.

WristMost vibrating alarms are worn on the wrist

and can be uncomfortable for the user to wear or

slip off during sleep.

With sound alarms the user will

often times hit snooze

Snooze

Light

Light alarms do not always wake up the user

Vibrating alarms

Uncomfortably wakes up user

Inexpensive alarms are often poorly made and

only offer sound waking.

Inexpensive $8-$20

Affordable $20-$65These alarms offer more of a variety but still

only wake the user with sound.

Expensive $65+

Most alarm clocks jolt users out of sleep. This leads to

elevated heart rate and leaves user annoyed.

Loud Noise

Soft to LoudSome alarms offer the option to play soft sounds that

progressively get louder. This slowly awakens the user.

Light

Light is the healthiest way to wake up a user. Offer more healthy options to awake the user.

Highlights key problems with current leading models of alarm clocks.

Sound Access &Placement

Style & Color

Effective Cost Durability

Healthy

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Fish Bone Diagram

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This chart compares the strengths, weaknesses, opportunitiesand threats of wake up products on the current market.

Need for wake up products

Allows users to shut off alarm from arms reach

Sound alarms are effective in wak-ing a person up

New technology can be incorpo-rated to wake the user in a health-ier manner

Users want to be woken up feelingrefreshed and energized

Designed to be aesthetically pleasing and fit in with the bed-room

Must make the user feel that it will help benefit their life

Many companies competing in same industry, minor tweaks

User may not want to spend the money on buying a new alarm clock if they already own one.

Most current models don’t take healthy waking into consideration.

Most models do not offer a varietybetween alert sounds vs soothing sounds.

Light and vibrating alarms are not always the most effective in wak-ing a person up.

Strengths Weaknesses

Opportunities Threats

S.W.O.T. Analysis

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Person A used a tradition-al alarm clock with a loud obnoxious beeping noise to wake up in the morning. Per-son A did not hit snooze.

Person B used a musical alarm clock and hit snooze once before actually getting up.

Person C used a traditional alarm clock and hit snooze 3 times before getting up.

Person D used a soothing sound alarm and did not hit snooze.

In this study subjects were assigned to wake up from 3 different variables. The first being noise, the second being snooze and the third being the amount of light en-tering the room.

Alarm

Sunlight in room

Response “When I initially woke up I was very grumpy! I am not much of a morning person. However, I felt pretty alert and rested though the day.”

“I like waking up to my mu-sic in the morning, it is more fun and relaxing than most programed alarms. I initially woke up feeling great,however I felt a bit tired through the day and need-ed coffee.”

“I enjoy hitting snooze it gives me more time to sleep. When I initially woke up it was horrible! I felt tired and just wanted to go back to sleep. Through the day I felt a bit forgetful and very tired.”

“I woke up feeling re-freshed and relaxed. Throughout the day I felt fine and fully energized.”

Person A Person B Person C Person D

Subject Research

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Serotonin and Melatonin are both hormones that regulate various human functions such as sleep, appetite and mood.

Melatonin plays a vital role in regulating circadi-an rhythms, which in turn control sleeping pat-terns, body temperature and hormone release. Melatonin is most noted for its role as a sleep hormone. It is produced in the pineal gland in the brain when it’s dark outside. Thus its nick-name, “the hormone of darkness.” Deficiencies in this hormone can cause sleeplessness, among many other side-effects.

Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Increased levels of serotonin are associated with feelings of happiness and relaxation. It is often known as the “feel good” hormone. Serotonin gets released when it is sunny outside. Serotonin is also one of the most important brain chemi-cals for regulating the sleep/wake cycle. It gets released during initial waking and affects your mood though out the day.

Melatonin VS Serotonin

After conducting a subject research experiment I noticed a few things. The first being those who hit snooze were more tired and inattentive through out the day. The second being those with more exposure to sunlight upon initial awakeing were able to get up easier and in a better mood. Wondering how light affects waking I decided to research

Further Research

Most people feel irritated and cranky when waking up.

Most people keep alarms next to their bed so they are in reach to turn off. However being jolted out of slumber abruptly from loud speakers next to the head can cause higher blood pressure and heart rate.

The product should be easy and simple to use. Users should effortlessly be able to set their alarm.

Hitting snooze causes a chemical imbalance in brain chemistry and leaves a

person to feel more exhausted throughout the day.

Emotion

Placement

Simplicity

Snooze

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What Needs To Be Solved?

Inexpensive, they produce a warm, yellow-white light that is emit-

ted in all directions.

Long life-spand, emits a bright white light. May flicker over long

periods of time.

1300 Lumens, Last longer than incandescent bulbs and uses half the energy, simulates sunlight and helps raise the

production of serotonin.

LED lighting in general is more efficient and longer lasting than any other type of light source, They are often used in clocks be-cause they are inexpensive and produce vivid colors which can be seen from a distance.

Incandescent bulbs

CFL Fluorescent bulbs

27W Sunlight Fluorescent bulbs

LEDS

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Material Study

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Front Cover

Panel

Speakers

LED board

Grill ring

Circuit board

Lights

Back cover

Battery holder

Batteries

Battery cover

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Aluminum

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Inj. Molded

Standard

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Casted

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Standard

Inj. Molded

Inj. Molded

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Exploded View

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Thirty minutes before the alarm is set to go off the light turns on softly to prepare your body for wake.

As time goes on the light gets bright-er.

When the alarm is set off the light will be at its brightest!

If too much time goes by and the user is not awake Solar Rise will begin to softly play relaxation music and get louder as time goes on.

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User Process & Analysis

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Solar Rise.

Solar Rise is a new way of waking up in the morning. Light technology is the most effective and healthy way to wake up.

Unlike other light alarms, Solar Rise hangs on the wall so instead of a bright light shining in your face it fills the room with a soft glow and feels as natural as sunlight.

Solar Rise also has an optional music feature for heavy sleep-ers, that need that extra get up. The music is meditative and gets louder as time progresses to ensure the user wakes.

With Solar Rise you will feel refreshed and energized to go though your day. So why not make every day a Solar Rise day?

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Receptive Heart Monitoring

What we do.

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Receptive Heart Monitoring

Corvae exists for those who live with or are at risk of heart disease. Started in August 2014 by students studying at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Corvae’s mission is centered on the experience of medical monitoring technology.

The Corvae heart monitoring platform provides firefighters, nurses, out patients, and common citizens’ peace of mind with real-time ECG monitoring. With our 3-lead patch, users are untethered and mobile. Users can access and securely share their heart profile with their physician on-demand.

What we do.

Design First Prototypee

Student Venture Funding Awarded

UIUC Lextech Most Marketable Award

Finalist in Cozad New Venture Competition

App Prototyping

Summer Fellowship at UIUC iVenture Accelerator seeded with $10,000 in funding.

2014 2015

“Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women.”

About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year.

About 47% of sudden cardiac deaths occur outside a hospital. This suggests that many people with heart dis-ease don’t act on early warning signs.

1 in 3 firefighter deaths are caused by heart failure.

Sources: CDC, NCHS. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2013 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2015. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2013, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed Feb. 3, 2015. CDC. State Specific Mortality from Sudden Cardiac Death: United States, 1999. MMWR. 2002;51(6):123–126.58

Corvae PatchPeal the adhesive off the patch and put it on over the heart. The patch transmits wirelessly to a tablet or cell phone. Our current prototype can transmit data in real time up to 600 yards. It has a battery life of up to 30 days, and is completely re- chargeable. Our algorithm can detect abnormal activities in the heart such as AV blocks or a

Get Started!

Username

[email protected]

Password

Sign in

Don’t have an account? Sign Up

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Real-Time AnalyticsCorvae detects potential warning signs for ar-rhythmia, such as AFib, and other heart risks in real-time.

Wireless ConnectivityECG data is securely transmitted for wireless access via our mobile application for personal reference and sharing with your physician.

Avgerage Heart Rate: 83 bpm

Resting Heart Rate: 62 bpm

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Intuitive VisualsUsers, caretakers, and professionals alike can navigate heart data in real-time and view secure historic logs.

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Meet the team

Co-Founder,[email protected]

Sid Muthal Ryan Brown Raj Vinjamuri Julie Polaski Jake Dluhy Andrew SimpsonCo-Founder,[email protected]

Co-Founder, [email protected]

Co-Founder,Products, UI/[email protected]

Software Developer, [email protected]

Software Developer, Android [email protected]

Prof. Scott CarneyCo-Founder and CSO of Diagnos-

itc Photonics, ECE @ Illinois

Ken TaylorSr. Software Engineer at Agrible,

Inc.

Raja KrishnanAdvisor/Founder at Great

Lakes Neuroscience

George Wang

Technical Director, New

Business Development at

Stericycle

Advisors

For more information please visit: www.Corvae.com62

Furniture Design

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Furniture DesignDesigning and creating innova-tive, beautiful, and sustinable fur-niture is a passion of mine. I often incorporate wood in my projects to make them sustainable and to bring a natural element into the home or office.

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Solar Map Side TableI wanted to design a unique modern furniture piece inspired by our solar system. That is when I came up with the idea of Solar Map Side Table. I have inclued all 8 planets plus pluto the dwarf planet. Each ring includes a planet and has that planets name inscriped in 13 different languages around the ring. Each ring has a layer of cut glass in it and is held up by a small peg that is attatched to the center banester. The center banister represents the sun with all planets in our solar system revloving around the sun. The planets closest to the top of the table and the sun have smaller rings that get larger as they go down the table. This is surely a unique twist on a solar map!

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FabricationAfter designing how the piece would look, I then created a C.A.D. model of it so that I would be able to use a CNC router to inscribe the planet names and cut the rings.

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Serenity LightI wanted to bring nature into the home by creating an organically shaped sculptural light. When the light is off it is a beautiful sculp-ture piece, when on the LED light color is chosen from a remote. It can be a bright white, a soft yellow, calming blue, or fade be-tween multiple colors of the users choice.

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Natural EdgeTable Humans have always felt more calm and at peace immersed in nature. My goal was to bring that calm feeling into the home by working with the natural edge left over from the tree. (Table top: ma-ple with ambroisa. Legs: walnut.)

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