Julia Frederking | Industrial Design

Julia Frederking
Industrial Design
637 Summerlea St., Pittsburgh, PA 15232 ph. 708 843 2894 jfrederking@gmail.com



EDUCATION		Carnegie Mellon University \| Pittsburgh, PA:College of Fine Arts May 2006 BFA in Industrial Design, Concentration in Psychology Univeristy of New South Wales \| Sydney, Australia: Semester study abroad Feb-Aug 2005 Oak Park and River Forest High School \| Oak Park, IL May 2002 graduation

EXPERIENCE		Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands \| Design Research Summer 2006 Invited to TUe to develop a working prototype for a project designed by myself and a classmate at CMU IDSA \| Student Chapter Treasurer Fall 2005 Leadership position following 3 years active student membership Cyert Center for Early Education \| Student Educator Spring 2003-present Firsthand experience as a teacher's assistant with children age 2 months to 6 years Cafe Sam \| Restaurant Hostess Summer and Fall 2004 Developed management and leadership skills required to direct a lively restaurant environment

INDEPENDENT WORK		Sustainable Design Independent Study Spring 2004 Group collaboration analyzing green practices in the CMU food services Children's Furniture Independent Project Jan and Feb 2005 Rapid conceptual project, advised by the 2004-05 Nieurenburg Chair, David Gresham

ACHIEVEMENTS		IKEA Family Live magazine October 2006 Work featured in Dutch edition of publication Ethal Kirk and Mary Murdoch Scholarship Fall 2005 Annual monetary award given to two design students based on academics and financial need Provisional Patent \| ALCOA Spring 2004 Sole designer in 5 person engineering product development team to develop a consumer electronic ALCOA team project competition Spring 2004 2nd place team product, out of 25 groups Dean's List Fall 2002-Fall 2005 CMU Institutional Scholarship Fall 2002-Spring 2006

SKILLS		Physical \| Sketching, drawing, creative rendering, drafting, model making Software \| Proficiency in: Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office Familiar with: SolidWorks, Rhino, Dreamweaver, GoLive, HTML

INTERESTS		Working with children, traveling, knitting, psychology, child development, anything in miniature form, people watching, funiture, furniture making, human factors, baking, and sustainability