Our Vision
WEN KUNYUAN
Industrial and Product Designer
Current Junior and Industrial Designer studying at the University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign. Focusing on Human-Centric Design, Empathy Research and Design for Manufacturing Principles. Design Focuses heavily on building connections to work with the user, and not for the user. Interested in multi-disciplinary fields like medical-device, health-care, aviation, transportation, consumer electronics and product innovation.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Premier
Solidworks
Rhino 8
Sketching
Keyshot 8
UI/UX
Digital Storytelling
2020 Feb - Present
National Science Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth T. Hsiao Wecksler
Dr. Deane McDonagh
Ph.D Cheng Zhang Xiao
Ph.D Seung Yun (Leo) Song
Industrial Designer - Wen KunYuan
Working on projects at the Human Dynamics & Control Lab at the Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering. Working to redesign the robot, using human-centric design to emphasize ergonomic and human-friendliness of its interaction.
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Industry Experience
2020 Jan - Present
AbbVie
Analyst Commodity I (Industrial Designer)
Research Park, Illinois
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CADD Solid pump textile design for Parkinson drug Delivery Case
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Working at AbbVie Innvation Center with patient to innovate Duodopa (ABBV-951)
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Focus on Manfacturing principle to delivery the most optimal design
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User Experience Research
2019 Sept - Present
Design for America
2019 May - August
Product Designer | Contact Operator
Working as an industrial designer with engineers in groups of 5-6, to work with local firms like PIXO on accessibility design on campus facilities. Main responsibility is contact operator, which includes maintaining relationship with our community Partners.
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Industrial Design Intern, Suzhou China
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Assist with the product design team team to develop arthritis wheelchair
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Executing design thinking skill from concept sketch to prototype.
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UI/UX Pacakage Design for Products.
2018 June - August
New Oriental Technology
Summer Teaching Assistant Intern, Suzhou China
Focus on developing a curriculum to stimulate student's better SAT and TOEFL Scores. Used behavior patterns and analytics to successfully develop a module that increased TOEFL score by 20 points.
2018 August - Present
University of Illinois
Admission Officer, Champaign Illinois
Undergraduate Admission Officer at the University of Illinois. Working closely with the I-20 and logistics of VISA Process for international students. Student counselor and Representative.
Projects and Recognition
2020 Febuary
National Science Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth T Hsiao Wecksler
Comissioned by Dr. Liz to work on NSF CAD Design and model.
Seung Yun Song
Chen Zhang
2020 January
Automobile Design Concept Car
Futuristic Automobile Design.
Exterior Industrial Design Lead - Wen KunYuan
Interior Industrial Design Lead - Anna Chi
CMF Specialist - Clark Jin
2019 December
IF Design Talent Award 2020 Competition
Project Team Lead - Wen KunYuan
Industrial Designer - Clark Jin
UI/UX Designer - Snow Lee
CMF Designer - Anna Chi
2019 August
IF Design Talent Award 2020 Competition
Project Lead / Industrial Designer - Wen KunYuan
UI/UX Designer - Andrea Renee Worthington
Graphic Designer - Nicole Dowling
2019 August
CARLE Health Make-A-Thon Competition
Industrial Designer - Wen KunYuan
Dr. Deane McDonagh
Industrial Designer - Anna Chi
Competed in the 2019 Carle Health Make-A-Thon design competition. Submission Material: Arthritis Wheelchair. Pending Approval.
Business and Supply Chain - Jess Hung
2019 August
Social Hack Conference
Wen KunYuan
Ajaita Saini
Campus RSO (Volenteer Illinois Project)
Hosted by Design for America to promote student engagement in solving climate change action. Raising over $14,000 from sponsors to facilitate and invite guest speakers. 2-day competition based event. Main responsibility includes:
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Sponsorship - Fundraising
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Storytelling - UI/UX
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Planning out the event. (Location)