I specialize in the organization and explanation of technical information with an emphasis on aesthethics and good design.
Projects I can help with:
- Demonstrating the features, capabilities and uses of a product.
- Documenting processes or protocols for training or reference.
- Communicating essential information to employees or customers.
- Organizing and cataloging physical and digital assets.
I work with video, photography, 2D/3D illustration and other visual media. Below are links to examples of my work that demonstrate these skills.
- EngineerGuy YouTube channel
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I worked with Prof. Bill Hammack to make educational videos about engineering subjects that collectively earned tens of millions of views. My role included co-writing, directing, filming, editing and animating the videos. This video on aluminum cans was our most popular.
- Plastic Injection Molding
- How a Film Projector Works
- NERF Blaster: Air Restriction Mechanism
- How a Retractable Ballpoint Pen Works
- How a Wind Up Music Box Works
- RMS Titanic: Fascinating Engineering Facts
- Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: Introduction (Part 1)
- Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: Synthesis (Part 2)
- Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: Analysis (Part 3)
- Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer: Operation (Part 4)
- Autodesk Ember 3D Printer
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At Autodesk, I created video content to explain the 3D printer's capabilities and to engage potential users, including this video about our largest customer, Glidewell.
- How to Use 3D Printing for Mass Manufacture
- Sub-Pixel Resolution for DLP 3D Printing
- Pattern Mode: How to Increase Resolution of Some Texas Instruments DLP Projectors
- How to 3D Print Barcodes
- Vari-Slice: Variable Layer Slicing for 3D Printing
- How to Calibrate the Buildhead on Ember 3D Printer
- Ember Build Arm Teardown
- Installing the Wiper Blade Assembly
- How to 3D Print an Animation Inspired by Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
- High Speed Printing on Ember
- 3D Printing Space-Time
- Determine Print Settings for DLP 3D Printers
- Independent work
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For fun, I've done video, photography and interactive applets that blend art and science. I had a blast making these 3D chess pieces with a laser cutter designed to make 2D shapes.
- Pendulum Wave Effect (video)
- Pendulum Wave Effect (Javascript app)
- Sum Some Sines (video)
- Sum Some Sines (Javascript app)
- Reverse Engineer NERF Blasters: Double Strike and Triad
- Taking apart a Pencil Sharpener
- Taking apart a "Twister" toy gun
- How to Make a Turner's Tetrahedron (PDF)
- Turner's Tetrahedron (animated GIF)
- Photography portfolio 2011 - 2013 (PDF)
- Photography portfolio 2002 - 2010 (PDF)
- Jennifer Lewis research group at Univ. of Illinois
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As a graduate student in Jennifer Lewis's research group in the Materials Science Department at the University of Illinois, I directed, filmed and edited this video highlighting our group's work.
