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University of Cincinnati
Industrial Designer
School
2363 W Clifton Ave
Cincinnati, OH
419.276.7334
Permanent
18707 Hilt Rd
Bowling Green, OH 43402
znelson16@gmail.com
nelsonzh@mail.uc.edu

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Honors
[2005]
Top 25 Focus Art Show Bowling Green
FFA State Degree
[2005 - present]
Cincinnatus Scholarship
UC Dean’s List all quarters
[2007 - 2008]
Captain, UC Hockey
Activities
[2001 - 2005]
FFA
[2005 - present]
UC Honors Scholars Program
Navigators Campus Ministries
[2006 - present]
UC Club Hockey
National Honors Society
Cincinnati
Serve Beyond Cincinnati
service organization

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MTS Seating
Temperance, Michigan
[Summer 2007] Design Intern
Designed custom seat backs for stack and banquet chairs
and developed concepts for the hospitality seating market.
US Air Force Research Laboratory [AFRL]
Dayton, Ohio
Winter 2008 - Summer 2009] Government Contractor;
Design Intern
Battlefield Air Targeting, Man-Aided kNowledge
[BATMAN]
Materials & Manufacturing Facilities Management
program: Assist in the production and development of
items for use by the USAF and AFRL. Worked closely with
engineers, USAF personnel, government & outside
contractors.
Service Project - Hope, Life, Water
Kumbo (and surrounding villages), Cameroon
[Winter 2008-2009]
Along with eight other students raised over $10,000 to
support the building of a gravity-fed water pipeline in the
village of Reh, Cameroon. Was in-country nearly three
months.

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Create a sustainable computer for the 2012
marketplace.

5. Taking cues from automotive design and modern
architecture, the sketches of this computer clearly
illustrate how the ideas are straying from standard
computer design and approaching it in an organic
and futuristic ideal.

6. Nearly 100 percent Transparent Organic Light Emit-
recyclable ting Diode display
Zero toxic chemicals from cradle to
grave

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9. Man-wearable communications system
with quick-snap connection and wrist-
mounted PC.
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10. HMD
Comm System
Wrist PC

11. Do to restrictions from a
chest-mounted PC,
normal magazine
pouches are
inadequate.
Problem.
MagMount swings
forward to clear PC

12. Holster mounts on soldier’s
torso

13. Facilities
Management
Furniture and displays located outside the
coporate development office

14. 1. In/Out box 7
2. Lighted sign 2
3. Doors conceal-
ing shelves
4. Table top 6
5. Dry-erase glass
board
6. Storage shelves
7. Brushed metal
flashing with light 5
8. Glass display
shelves
1
4
8
3

15. Installed
final product

16. Senior Capstone
US soldiers can carry up to
160lbs of gear using the
MOLLE system.
APEframe

17. Full-scale sketches and
digital model.
Articulated Pad, Exter-
nal frame

18. Fit examples

19. Shoulder pads and pack are attached with straps
APEframe

20. Model created by milling
UHMW plastic

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22. Form/idea development along three families of large scale
seating products. Focus on using wood, metal, and concrete
while creating a comfortable and relaxing reclining expericence.

23. e arms of the chair were produced using
laminated hardwood cut with a Komo CNC
router.

24. Hand-cut bent plywood seat

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27. She has walked at least one
kilometer to gather water
out of a contaminated river
for 60 years.
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29. is is a gas station

30. For the first time ever,
they had running water.

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znelson16@gmail.com
nelsonzh@mail.uc.edu