{"593617":{"#nid":"593617","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Honors Roll In for ID Students and Alumni","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Industrial Design students and alumni this past spring have been the recipients of several honors, national and international.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/\u0022\u003ECore77.com\u003C\/a\u003E, the online design magazine, recognized two projects from students and alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAllison Miller and Hua Wen received Student Notable in the Open Design category for their \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/designawards.core77.com\/Open-Design\/62397\/3D-Printed-Centrifuge-for-International-Health-Labs\u0022\u003E3D Printed Centrifuge for International Health Labs\u003C\/a\u003E. Allison graduated in May with a Master\u0026rsquo;s in Industrial Design and Wen expects to graduate in December with a Master\u0026rsquo;s in Industrial Design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe students were asked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD) to improve the design of a manual centrifuge, often used in international health labs where frequent power outages make using electric centrifuges difficult. The centrifuges are used to analyze bodily fluids, such as blood. The project was part of their Spring 2016 ID6201 class with Wendell Wilson, a Professor of Practice in the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe device pulls together a salad spinner and a 3D printed base. The project has been presented to the CDC and they are awaiting word on whether the CDC will implement their design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCore 77 also recognized an alumni project, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/designawards.core77.com\/Design-Education-Initiative\/62874\/Spark-Your-Design-Creativity\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESpark Your Design Creativity\u003C\/em\u003E book\u003C\/a\u003E, which received a Notable in the Design Education Initiative category.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ESpark\u003C\/em\u003E is an \u0026ldquo;activity book by Atlanta design nonprofit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sparkcorps.org\/\u0022\u003ESpark Corps\u003C\/a\u003E. The book is a tool that introduces kids to design thinking while helping them to build fundamental social skills.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Design alumni involved in the project were Grace Cha, Allison Miller, Ashley Touchton, and Yisha Zhou.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Miller, \u0026ldquo;The catalyst for the book came after we recognized that design could be used as a tool to teach vital social skills to kids. Design is all about building empathy with people, working as a team, and problem solving. We wanted to create the book as a way to add to this conversation. We think design has the ability to help empower kids to solve really big problems with a methodology designers use every day.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Miller and Wen await word from the CDC, they have learned they will have the opportunity to exhibit their centrifuge in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalgradshow.com\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Grad Show\u003C\/a\u003E. They were invited to participate in the show, which is part of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dubaidesignweek.ae\/\u0022\u003EDubai Design Week\u003C\/a\u003E held in November in Dubai.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Global Grad Show website calls the event \u0026ldquo;an exhibition of student works from the world\u0026rsquo;s leading design schools.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe exhibition highlights design that is idea driven, showing prototypes that can be developed. It provides a platform for people to think about design that is responding to needs or identifying needs, and then providing tools to explore those new territories, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalgradshow.com\/about\/\u0022\u003Eaccording to a video on the website featuring Brendan McGetrick\u003C\/a\u003E, curator of the Global Grad Show.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Since launching in 2015, the show has grown to become the world\u0026rsquo;s largest student gathering. For its third edition, the exhibition is set to involve 75 universities from 50 countries,\u0026rdquo; the website states.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOne student and a professor are invited; Wen and Wilson expect to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESpark\u003C\/em\u003E also received a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.idsa.org\/awards\/idea\/preview\u0022\u003E2017 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA)\u003C\/a\u003E. The book was \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.idsa.org\/awards\/idea\/student-designs\/spark-your-design-creativity\u0022\u003Ea Top Winner in the Student Designs category\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) sponsors the award, which is judged by design experts from around the world. The contest this year drew entries from 54 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.idsa.org\/\u0022\u003EIDSA\u003C\/a\u003E announced the Top Winners and Bronze Winners on its website. Winners of the Gold and Silver awards will be announced at their conference at a ceremony Aug. 19 in a program open to the public at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Ga.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo projects by industrial design students and alumni have received national and international recognition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two projects by industrial design students and alumni have received national and international recognition."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-07-20 18:34:37","changed_gmt":"2017-07-25 13:42:43","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593618":{"id":"593618","type":"image","title":"ID Student Centrifuge","body":null,"created":"1500575986","gmt_created":"2017-07-20 18:39:46","changed":"1500651654","gmt_changed":"2017-07-21 15:40:54","alt":"Manual centrifuge","file":{"fid":"226285","name":"ID.student.centrifuge.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.student.centrifuge.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.student.centrifuge.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":227105,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ID.student.centrifuge.jpg?itok=kEGtT07s"}},"593619":{"id":"593619","type":"image","title":"ID Spark Book","body":null,"created":"1500576187","gmt_created":"2017-07-20 18:43:07","changed":"1500651604","gmt_changed":"2017-07-21 15:40:04","alt":"Spark book","file":{"fid":"226286","name":"ID.spark_.book_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.spark_.book_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.spark_.book_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":174557,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ID.spark_.book_.jpg?itok=edaITG1Q"}}},"media_ids":["593618","593619"],"groups":[{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}