Andrew Chartrand
Hi, I'm Andrew Chartrand from Prescott Ontario, and I'm a Bachelor of Industrial Design student at Humber College. To understand why I chose industrial design as my post-secondary degree you first need to know a little bit about me on a personal level. Growing up a country kid I explored the world through my hands and trial and error, building things and seeing whether they worked or not. Family projects taught me invaluable skills. I quickly became very mechanically inclined with a broad knowledge base of everything from performance automotive engines and metal working to plumbing and house wiring. These made Industrial Design seem like the obvious answer as I could carry those skills into my degree where I could apply them in new and different ways, developing new and exciting products never seen before!
Meet Andrew
This video will teach you a little bit about my upbringing, and my approach to design.
The Four Essential Pillars for Design Excellence
The four essential pillars encompass human-centric design approach and the understanding of full-bodied, three dimensional physical interaction of user, product and environment. The projects generate innovative solutions using research-driven, evidence-based designs which focus on the user experience.
Enhancement of Human Lifestyle
The Multi-Track treadmill enhances human lifestyle by giving users live feedback.
This makes their training more affective. Live Feedback also stops the development of poor technique and bad habits as the user is notified instantaneously that their form needs correction. This all done by a combination of sensors underneath the belt and cameras atop the display.
Human-Interaction & User-Centric Design
A wireless swiveling phone mount makes for easy treadmill startup and data transfer.
Soft touch handrails make for a comfortable product experience.
Ergonomics & Human Factors Design
The large display took into consideration the different viewing angles.
The Multi-Track took all user sizes into consideration accounting for 5th percentile females to 95th percentile males. Stride Length, Focal length, user width, and other ergonomic factors were taken into consideration when designing the Multi-Track treadmill.
Sustainability & Social Responsibility
All parts can be disassembled making for easy recycling.
Over molding/mixing of materials was kept to a minimum and recyclable materials were used when possible.
Athlete Training & Injury Mitigation
Project Summary
The Decathlon is an Olympic athletics event, and as the name suggests, has ten parts. In order on Day one: the 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400m and on Day Two: the 110m Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, and the 1500m. The Decathlon is a highly strenuous. This leads to what is called a high drop-out rate (when athletes don't complete the competition) and the Decathlon has the highest of all athletic events. Athlete drop out in the Decathlon is also different than other athletic events. Training for the Decathlon can be almost as strenuous as competing. International athletes can train 6 to 7 days a week. This means that athletes often drop out at the start because they came to the event already injured. The Multi-Track's goal is injury mitigation. Stopping an injury from occurring in the first place is better than being able to heal from one quickly. Seven of the ten tasks that need to be done in the Decathlon involve running. Running is a repetitive movement and has the potential to develop long term reoccurring injuries. Multi-Track makes sure athletes train using proper running technique reducing their chance of injury, while also improving the effectiveness of their workouts.
Thesis Summary Motion Presentation
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Thesis Visual Presentation
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Thesis Development Process
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3D Design Development & Modeling
CAD Modeling Video
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Physical Model Video
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