arturosullivan

Mechanical engineer with extensive product design experience.

Bristol, United Kingdom

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About

I spent my formative years in Upstate New York developing a passion for art and design. In 2010 I began studying mechanical engineering at Cornell University. While there I learned to couple my inclinations towards design with the technical experience I was gaining at school. After graduating in 2014 I started working for Burn Design Lab designing biomass cookstoves for East African markets. I then moved full time to Nairobi, Kenya to support prouduction and head up new design projects. In 2019 I received my Master’s degree in Design and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, after which I began working for Dyson in early 2020.

我相信impacti产品设计作为一种手段ng and improving lives. Especially in design for developing economies it can be imperative for an integration of the engineering and product design processes. In my work I try to follow the words of industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss:

“An honest job of design should flow from the inside out, not from the outside in”

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Experience

Design engineerDyson·Full-timeJan 2020 – Aug 20207 mosHullavington, England, United KingdomVolunteered double hours overtime to bring the CoVent ventilator project from initial concept to viable design in 30 days, at the request of the UK government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lead product sub-assembly design including; prototype builds, specification generation, design for assembly and manufacture, DFMEA ownership and testing

Ownership of test rig concept and construction across multiple projects within Environmental Care category
Mechanical Design EngineerBioforceTech·Part-timeFeb 2018 – Oct 20191 yrs 8 mosMilan, Lombardy, ItalyPerformed structural and mechanical design for industrial waste management and biochar production system valued at over $300,000

Oversaw the development of part-assembly hierarchies company-wide and established methods of production and assembly
Product Design & Development EngineerBurn Manufacturing·Full-timeJan 2015 – Aug 20172 yrs 7 mosNairobi, Nairobi County, KenyaLed the design of the Kuniokoa (Kuni = Wood, Okoa = Save) from early development through to production

Improved stove efficiency, emissions, and durability through the application of combustion and heat transfer concepts

Simplified the stove’s assembly through iterative designs, reducing production costs

Developed the stove’s aesthetic appearance and usability, creating a positive user experience

Performed market research focus groups and home placements in rural Kenya to better understand user cooking techniques and gather relevant data for product improvement, sales, and marketing

Produced part drawings to be sent out to manufacturers for tooling quotes

Developed jigs, fixtures, and part tooling for the fabrication and assembly of the stove in Kenya

Launched the Kuniokoa cookstove project

Led the production ramp up and developed assembly line layouts and processes

Implemented and maintained product tooling, jigs, and fixtures

Interfaced with sales and marketing on performance benchmarks, innovative features, and key selling points on the stove

Led auxiliary design engineering objectives within the company

Institutional Wood Stove project

Grill Attachment project

Fan powered Kuniokoa

Fabricated over 200 stoves for prototyping, market research, and durability and laboratory testing

Developed and conducted tests on products that allow us to analyze performance in a number of metrics

Collaborated with a team from the University of Washington on experimental models to further the field of cookstove research

Education

Politecnico di MilanoLaurea Magistrale, Design and Engineering2017 – 2019
Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering2010 – 2014