Intern Lighting Designer, and Intern Electrical Engineer
RDG Planning and Design
A year into working alongside multiple disciplines (architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, engineering, multimedia artists, sculpture artists, urban design, sustainability, and more) has already been an enriching and immersing experience! Throughout roughly two dozen projects of various sizes (bridges, to city parks, to hotels, to multi-building athletic villages), I have honed new skills, and began to cultivate a sense of the design process. I am grateful to contribute to so many meaningful designs.
Typical Process
Once a project is completed, commissioned, and cleaned, it's ready for prime time; It will add value to those that waited months upon years to experience it. The opening day comes around, and shows everyone what was worth waiting for.
Typical Process
- The majority of my work involves assembling construction documents within programs within which I detail Reflected Ceiling Plans, Elevations, and Section Views.
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk Revit MEP
- Before choosing where any of the lighting fixtures are placed, the Lighting Team studies photometric models within a 3D modeling software that renders unique lighting performances.
- AGI32
- Occasionally, designs are mocked-up in sample form to confirm design intentions, and adjust or move forward as needed.
- After Construction Documents are submitted, projects may go through additional changes, verifications, or new designs.
Once a project is completed, commissioned, and cleaned, it's ready for prime time; It will add value to those that waited months upon years to experience it. The opening day comes around, and shows everyone what was worth waiting for.
January 2016 to Present
Lighting Design Intern
Modus Engineering Consulting
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With permission, I brought copies of my favorite projects' construction documents home. The link above shows the first floor of a television studio. It was particularly interesting to work on this building because the spaces were unique; one corner had work desks, another had a team space, just down the hallway there was a production studio, and the lobby would showcased the company's history. I had the privilege of laying out the lighting models within Revit.
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The link above is the lighting plan for a programmer's office space in downtown Des Moines, IA. This project was mostly done by interns, under the close supervision of senior engineers. I enjoyed collaborating on this space and showing the owners that LED lighting versus fluorescent lighting would prove to be a more energy efficient, low voltage, and flexible design choice.
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May to September 2015
Solar Cell Research Assistant
ISU Microelectronics Research Center
I helped measure light-generated current, open-circuit voltage, and light intensity of organic and perovskite solar cells. The perovskite technology is a newer technology, but is taking organic solar cells for their money - quite literally. Pervoskite cells are cheaper to manufacture and proved more efficient in our lab tests. The problem is that the material is very fragile, and has to be manipulated in controlled environments.
January to May 2015
Electrical Engineering Intern
Innovative Lighting
I had the opportunity to work in a small engineering team on a "Power over Ethernet" lighting system that utilized embedded devices. The system integrated a linear troffer, a can light, a dimming and wall switch, as well as hard-wired, internet-based control capabilities into a smart energy setup. The personalized web controls could designate spaces within any building where the devices were located, and set timing, dimming, and sensor alerts to effect the light, respectfully.