Gregory VanderPol

Hello my name is Gregory VanderPol. I am passionate about design, and eager to put my skills and experience to work. I am currently a senior in California State University LongBeach’s Industrial Design Program, and will be graduating in May 2012. The following portfolio is a collection of some of my work as a student, as an intern, and in personal projects.

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Education

California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, CA / Aug. 2008 - Present
Pursuing Bachelors of Science in Industrial Design
GPA 3.9
President's List

Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
Associates of Arts
GPA 3.8

Experience

Industrial Design Intern
Western Digital / Irvine, CA / July 2011 – Dec. 2011
Worked as an intern for the largest hard drive manufacturer in the world. Assisted with production projects as well as conceptualized upcoming products, accessories, and packaging. Worked closely with a small team of Industrial Designers, as well as reports and presentations to Marketing and Engineering teams.

Student Designer
Architectural Area Lighting / City of Industry, CA /February 2011 - Present
Conceptualizing and developing concepts for architectural focus group. Contextual development of high end traditional, transitional, and contemporary styled products to integrate into architectectural settings.
Ideation and sketching, rapid rendering, solidmodeling and presentation

Vice President
Design Students Association / CSULB / September 2010 -Present
Leadership position in the Industrial Design program. Responsible for assisting the class president in organizing events, fund raising, and liaisoning between students and faculty.

Student Liaison
Duncan Anderson Lecture Series / CSULB / Jan. 2011 – May 2011
Responsible for handling guest relations and helping to organize events, recruit speakers,
and handle technical issues.

Awards & Recognition

Duncan Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to select Industrial Design students after Sophomore Portfolio Review / May 2010

Richard & Johanna Baker Scholarship
Awarded by CSULB College of the Arts for artistic and academic merit, leadership, and professional promise / March 2011

First Place

Pave the Way 3d Design Competition / Hermes Talaris Display / December 2010

First Place

Student Design Charette / IDSA Western District Conference / May 2011

Finalist

Innovations in Life Jacket Design / Elan Performance Floatation Device / February 2011

Finalist
CSULB Student Sustainability Taskforce / BeacH20 Proposal (Water Bottle Refilling Station) / April 2011

Featured Work

Displayed in Gallery at Impact Design Associates / Wave Swept Form Study / June-July 2010

Pitchfall Exhibition

CSULB Industrial Design Junior Exhibition, in conjunction with IDSA-LA / April 2011

Stages Exhibition

CSULB Industrial Design upper division portfolio acceptance exhibition /April 2010

Skills

Rapid ideation & concepting
Sketching & rendering
Modelshop & prototyping

Design thinking and methodology
Ethnographic research
Design synthesis

Adobe CS5 (PS, IL, ID)
Sketchbook Pro / Designer
Solidworks
Alias
Keyshot / Bunkspeed

Public speaking / presentations
Fearlessness / karaoke
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