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Design History File
Mobile Workspace
The Design History File (DHF) is a document intended to educate potential and current participants on the background, objective, development, and final specifications of a project. A living document, it also serves as a repository for all the material created and contributed during the Residency. The DHF and other project materials are available on The Westport Library website in Services>MakerSpace>Maker-In-Residence under “Resources” (http://westportlibrary.org/maker-residence).
Updated:February 11th, 2014
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Maker: Gar WatermanLet me introduce myself so you know where I’m coming from…Professionally, I am a product development and R&D engineer specializing in the multi-disciplinary and application-specific design of devices and instrumentation for medical and life sciences fields. I have been employed primarily in the research sector and have had
exposure to both industry and business. My work in laboratories has been in the fields of biology, chemistry, and neural engineering. I grew up in Westport and often times found myself at the Library as a young reader and learner. Nowadays, I enjoy hosting and cooking, mountaineering and backpacking, and, as an extension to my professional life, value engineering education and making medical and life science technologies more accessible to those that need them. I look forward to seeing you soon and hearing your ideas.EducationB.S. Biomedical Engineering, Bucknell University, Class of 2011Post-Graduate Coursework: Optical Engineering, Penn State University, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013Industry R&D and Design Experience
Research Technologist, Penn State University, Fall 2011 – Fall 2013Designed and developed custom components and instruments for neurovascular research
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Capstone Project, Bucknell University, Fall 2010 – Spring 2011Designed medical device to address the threat of gaseous microemboli in extracorporeal tubing
Engineering Consultant, Small Business Development Center, Summer 2010Assisted local businesses to find solutions to engineering problems and develop their products
Benchtop Research Experience
Researcher, Heintzelman Laboratory at Bucknell University, Fall 2010 – Spring 2011Characterized molecular motors and macromolecular assemblies used to power gliding motility in a raphid diatom
Researcher, Williams Laboratory at Bucknell University, Summer 2010Spectroscopic characterization of solvent-sensitive fluorophores
ObjectivesMy objective as Maker-In-Residence is to not only facilitate a collaborative construction process, but to also make the processes of ideation, design, and prototypical realization more transparent. Besides documenting these processes, the tangible goal of the residency is to build a workspace that successfully includes the following essential features:
1. Can accommodate multiple people2. Can accommodate multiple purposes3. Is mobile4. Is library appropriate
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Multiple people must be able to use the space at the same time. Demand for currently available rooms is high, an
average of nearly 100 requests being received every month. These requests can be from those wishing for cooperative study and learning space, for meeting and videoconferencing space, and for other functions that need multiple people to occupy the same space. Driving questions: How can the space comfortably accommodate not only multiple people, but varied numbers of people? What, in particular, do multiple people need in a space that a single person possibly does not? What features can we include that facilitate group collaboration?
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Different groups will have different needs for the space. From readers to hackers to businessmen and women to artists, the
library sees all types come through its doors. Correspondingly, the meeting spaces at the library see the whole spectrum of practical, artistic, and professional collaborations. Driving questions: How can the space cater to the variegated needs of its potential users? What functions will the space include that make it easily accessible to application-specific use? How will the space be able to change from one use to the next?
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The mobility of the space is one of the necessary features because of the nature of the environment in which it is to be
utilized. The library is both a size-limited and dynamic space, and becoming more so; additions to the library environment must be collapsible/stowable and moveable. Driving questions: How can the space be mobilized? How can the space collapse or stow away? How can it deal with the different environments it may be placed in? How will it be easily set up and broken down by all users?
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The space, being designed for the library, must naturally be library-appropriate. The library environment has not only a
particular decorum, but also serves several roles in its 4
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community. It is no longer just a repository for physical books, but a meeting, learning, and work space, too. Driving questions: How will the space fit into the library setting, e.g. sound levels, appearance? How will the space engage, enhance, and facilitate library goals (e.g. WPL strategic plan: http://westportlibrary.org/1225) for serving the community? How can the space meet changes in library roles?
InspirationHere are some examples of spaces that address the dynamic and constraining needs of their environment. I am always looking for more, so send your inspirations to [email protected] Hazama’s Armoir Box Officehttp://www.trendhunter.com/trends/office-in-a-box
Adi Marom’s Folding Roomshttp://vimeo.com/6276078
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Tim Vinke’s Kruikantoor (“wheelbarrow office”)http://www.designboom.com/design/tim-vinke-kruikantoor/
Example ExercisesHere are some exercises for you to warm up the analytical and creative sides of your brain – you’ll need both. There are no correct answers – stop in during my office hours and I’ll tell you my answers and approaches. Whatever you work on, please leave your materials behind for others to be inspired by!Measuring without a Ruler
Having a sense of distance, weight, time, etc. is an important practical skill for an engineer, especially when dealing with the construction and assemblage of prototypes, which are composed of pieces that you may not necessarily have a tangible familiarity with.
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Take a look at the four small columns that display art in the great hall between the Maker Space and the circulation desk. Without using a ruler or other measuring tool, try to approximate the length of one of the walls of the columns. Explain how you went about it. What tools did you use and how did you apply them?Next, try to measure their height. Explain how you went about it. Now try to approximate the height of the great hall at its highest point. Again, explain how you went about it. Draw a picture of how you applied your make-shift tools. How did your approaches differ (if they did) between the width of the column, the height of the column, and the height of the ceiling and why?
SynesthesiaSynesthesia is the mix-up of senses – when you have the impression of tasting sound, for example, or seeing music. It is an important concept in the study of the brain and higher psychological function and also a useful exercise to stimulate creativity.Answer the following questions to the best of your ability, you can use a word or a sentence, however you feel accurately answers the questions. If you could taste the sun, what would it taste like? Would it taste different than the moon? A clear blue sky? If so, how would the moon and sky taste? Would a cloudy sky taste different than a blue one and if so, how?If you could see sound, what would the sound of a drum look like? Draw it if you are more comfortable expressing yourself that way, but also try and put it into words. Would the sound of a flute look different and if so, how?Draw emotions by scribbling on a pad – don’t necessarily draw a picture, instead draw spirals, shapes, squiggles, whatever you think represents that
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emotion. Love, Jealousy, Joy, Sadness. Why are they different? Would you use different colors for them? Why did you draw what you drew?
Ideal WorkspaceDescribe in bullet points what your ideal workspace is like. Is it a comfy chair next to a blazing fireplace with rain pattering on the window and smooth jazz in the background? Is it in the Andes with your faithful pet llama at your side? What are you sitting in or are you standing? Warm or cold? Bright or low-lit? Organic or urban? What do you have to eat or drink? Think about what each of the five senses are experiencing and write it down.
Roadmap
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Id e a t io n (w e e k 1 -2 )C o m m u n ity -d r iv e n b ra in s to rm a n d p ro to ty p in gS e tt le o n c o n c e p t to m o v e fo rw a rd w ith , p a rs e m o d u la r a s p e c ts /c o m p a rtm e n ta liz e m u lt ip le s u b -p ro je c ts
R e a liz a t io n (w e e k 2 -3 )B u ild in g o f fu ll s c a le b a s e
E x p a n s io n (w e e k 2 -4 )A s s e m b ly o f in d e p e n d e n t s u b -p ro je c ts
W ra p -U p (w e e k 4 )P re s e n ta t io n o f fi n a l p ro d u c tO u t lin e s o f id e a s fo r fu rth e r e x p a n d in g p ro d u c t (s u b -p ro je c ts )
