Resumé

Chris Carpenter clcarpen@vt.edu 540-599-8366


Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (GPA 3.71)
Southwest Virginia Governor’s School (June 2008)

Experience (Design)

Freelance Interface Designer at TurfCentric (February 2013 - current)
(designing a more intuitive and responsive interface for a mechanic's shop touchscreen task management system)

Industrial Design Intern at Quirky.com (December 2012- March 2013)
(assisting in many stages of product development including research, concept ideation, sketching, and modeling)

Product Design Intern at Classic Consoles (Fall 2012)
(designing and building consoles and accessories for classic automobiles)

Home Depot Design Research Assistant (2011)
(gathered generator product use information)

Virginia Tech Industrial Design Summer Intern (2007)
(assisted in building a portable research lab for African use)

Awards

Electrolux Design Lab 2012- Semi-finalist
(One of the Top 30 concepts chosen from over 1200 entries)(electroluxdesignlab.com)

LG’s Design the Future Competition- 1st place (2010)
(Received a 20,000 award + Autodesk sketching software)

We are Love- 2012 T-shirt design competition winner
Available for purchase
(http://we-are-love.com/product.php?idid-15&c=Mens)

Virginia Tech Dean’s List (Fall 2008- Present)
2007 Regional Science Fair- 1st place
(received a $1000 scholarship and other awards)
National Honors Society (2007-2008)
Outstanding Physics Student (2007)
Outstanding Mathematics Student (2007)


Experience

Journey’s Sales Associate (2011- current)
(pitching and selling shoes and apparel, providing customer assistance)
Mountain Lake Recreation Staff (2010 summer)
(guided hikes and mountain biking trips, rented out recreation equipment)
Pearisburg Town Recreation Grounds keeper (2009)
(prepared softball fields for games, worked in concessions, assisted in practices)


Skills

Computer Skills (both mac and pc platformed)

Advanced: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
Competent: Solidworks, Photoview 360, iMovie, Microsoft Word
Familiar: Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Rhino

Material Skills

Advanced: Concept sketching, marker rending, foam modeling
Competent: Wood shop, Plastics shops, screen printing, Lasercamm
Familiar: Metal shop, 3D printing

Leadership

Virginia Tech Table Tennis Team Treasurer (2010- present)
Giles High School Cross Country Team Co-Captain (2008)
Giles High School Class of 2008 Secretary

Interests

Piano, Table Tennis, Designing posters, snowboarding, wakeboarding, t-shirt design

Projects by Christopher Carpenter

Quirky Internship
10 Files

AhrmaDilo: Ironing Redesigned
18 Files

Measuring Salt Shaker
5 Files

Volv salt & pepper shaker
6 Files

Blue: Designing for Disaster Shelters
25 Files

Elevate Shopping System
12 Files

Sketches
28 Files

TiLt: mobile phone design
3 Files

Stream: gps design
5 Files

Apex: studio shelving
8 Files

Jellyfish chair
4 Files

Graphics and Logos
8 Files