Trellis
Team of 22 | System Integrator
Fall 2015
What if, instead of stumbling around the hospital with a clunky, outdated IV pole, a patient could move confidently with a walker while their IV pole navigates corners and obstacles to follow behind them, hands-free?
This is the simple concept behind Trellis - a revolutionary IV pole built to transform the recovery process.
The Team & My Role
Trellis was the result of my senior capstone project, “Product Engineering Processes”. I was one of two “System Integrators”, or product managers, leading a team of 22 student engineers from a variety of disciplines. Over 13 weeks, we made an idea into an alpha prototype, and presented our product pitch to over 1000 people during a final presentation event.
Aside from my project manager role, I was responsible for individual and group ideation, developing detailed concept sketches, prototyping and sketch modeling, fabrication, and industrial design, as well as helping to construct the final presentation slides. I was a member of the sub-teams developing the LED feature and the base design.
