Elizabeth Redmond is Co-Founder and Director of Product Development for POWERleap Inc., a cleantech company that generates electricity from pedestrian and vehicular traffic in urban spaces. learn more at: powerleap.net

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN ANN ARBOR, MI

BFA, May 2006. 

·       Focus in Sustainable Design: Alternative Energy Generation

·       Dean’s List Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 for academic performance and participation

RELATED COURSES           

.      Integrative Project, Senior Thesis: POWERleap

.      Sustainable Design: cross disciplined course between the School of Art & Design and Architecture

.      Physics: Electricity and Light

.      Urban and Environmental Planning: towards a sustainable future

.      Topics in our Built Environment: human interaction with land and social space

.      History of Art and Architecture in the 21st century

DESIGN SKILLS: PROFICIENCY

Skills for Model Making and Sculpture (Design, Architecture, and Fine Arts )   

.      Rapid Prototyping

.      Routing: (designed in Rhino and tool-pathed in MasterCam)

.      Laser Cutting

.      Mold casting

.      Vacuum forming

.      Wood Bending/ Veneering  

.      Wood Craftsmanship: trained to use standard woodshop machinery and manual tools

.      Tig and Mig Welding, Soldering: work with aluminum, steel, silver, copper, and circuitry

.      Print Mediums: intaglio lithography, engraving, etching

.      Fibers: dying, printing, sewing

Computer Program Proficiency:     

 .    Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, and Go Live (design based programs)

 .    Auto CAD, Rhino, MasterCam,  3-D Studio Max (3-D modeling and renderings)

 .    Flash (digital animation)

 .    Final Cut Pro, Adobe Primier (film editing software)

 .    Garageband, Final Cut Pro (music composition)

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EXPERIENCE:

Sustainable Design & Research

POWERleap fall 2006-present

BFA Thesis Project: invention and design of energy generating flooring tiles

.      Current Co-Founder and Director of Product Deveopment for POWERleap Inc.

.      Concept development from invention to functioning product

.      Public installation in Ann Arbor, MI and Chicago, IL with permission from local municipal departments

ECOLECT summer 2007

Partner, Director of Materials PettingZoo, Project Leader of Materials NutritionLabel

.      Materials NutritionLabel: a transparency tool that combines life-cycle analysis with corporate social
responsibility metrics and helps consumers to architets simply make educated purchasing decisions

.      Materials PettingZoo: a traveling exhibition of sustainable materials

.      Writer for the site on a range of topics involving sustainability, materials, and life-cycle analysis

.      http://www.ecolect.net

"GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW" TV SERIES FOR DISCOVERY HEALTH 2006-2007

Research Assistant, Production Assistnat, Personal Assistant to Sara Snow

·       Sustainable research and consulting for show content

·       Script writing for show segments

·       Personal Assistant to Sara Snow on all production shoots: New York , San Francisco, LA...

·       Design and image development of sarasnow.com

FORD PIQUETTE PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN summer 2006

Research and Concept Development    

.      Selected Art and Design representative from University of Michigan

.      Alternative Transportation and IT (information technology) concept benchmarking

.      Research Project: "American User Profiles" based on US census data

.      Research Project: "Fuel Economy Optimization: Ergonomics of Tire Pressure Adjustment"

GREEN OPTIONS spring 2007- present

A website dedicated towards enviromental education, and facilitating the discussions that follow 

.      Writer for the site with a bi-weekly post

.      Article content: enabling individuals with the information to make "eco-effective" decisions

.      http://www.greenoptions.com/

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AWARDS:

POWERleap is currently a finalist in the MIT Ignite Clean Energy business competition.
We will compete for the grand prize on November 10 at the Massachusetts State House.

NEXT GENERATION DESIGN COMPETITION 2007: RUNNER-UP (put on by Metropolis Magazine)

POWERleap: Energy Generating Urban Flooring Tiles

published in Metropolis Magazine May 2007

Exhibited at Metropolis Conference ICFF at the Javits Center in New York City , May 21

.      Jurried criteria: Energy Design for the Next Generation and many following

UNDERGRADATE AWARD 2006: 1 OF 6 RECIPIENTS IN 4TH YEAR CLASS

POWERleap: Energy Generating Urban Flooring Tiles

.      Jurried criteria: design for the 21st century, concept, design, craftsmanship, and creativity

UNDERGRADUATE AWARD 2004: 1 OF 6 RECIPIENTS IN 2ND YEAR CLASS  

Project: "The Fork is Mightier than the Sword": body armor made of silverware

.    Jurried criteria: design for the 21st century, concept, design, craftsmanship, and creativity