Han-Chiu Chen is an industrial design student at the University of Cincinnati, with a minor in marketing. He has experience teaching figure drawing and event planning. Some of his personal projects include designing a portable chess set that allows players to pause a game without moving the pieces, a jaguar mask that conveys expression, and medical shears tailored for cutting toenails with paronychia. He is active in student organizations and enjoys traveling to all 50 US states.

1. Han-Chiu Chen
Portfolio
Industrial Design

2. Address
Han-Chiu Chen
RESUME
Phone
Email
5691 Windsong Lane, Milford, Ohio 45150
Chen2hc@mail.uc.edu
+1-513-900-7931
Education
Experience
Class of 2019
Class of 2013
06/2015
03/2015
06/2014 - 08/2014
08/2012 - 06/2013
2009 - 2011
University of Cincinnati, DAAP
DAAP Camps
Archbishop Moeller High School
Taipei Heping Senior High School
CSSA Chinese New Year Event
Waston’s Pharmacy
Corryville Elementary School
Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Major in Industrial design. Minor in Marketing
Taught high school students figure drawings. Mentored and encouraged students to pursue career in art and
design
Event Staff
Taipei, Taiwan. Seasonal employee. General customer service, stocking and mantanence of store.
Volunteer
Cincinnati, Ohio
Taipei, Taiwan
Abilities
IllustratorEnglishMandarin Photoshop AliasInDesign Solidworks Keyshot Sketching
10/2014 CSSA Basketball Tournament
4th place
Recognition
03/2015
08/2013 - 04/2015
Cincinnati Western Gallery Exhibition
Dean’s list
Eight pieces of art works selected
GPA 3.4 above
Activies
01/2014 - present
08/2015 - present
02/2014 - present
Member of NSCS
Member of IDSA
Member of CSSA

3. Places traveled
I love traveling!
After living in the states for four years, I have
been to 40 states, and my goal is to travel
through all 50 states before I graduate!

4. Chess for Travelers
Personal Project Spring Semester 2015

5. How can travelers enjoy playing chess while
constantly moving around while traveling?
Design a portable chess set that allows
players to “Pause and Play”-- this means
that players can “pause” the game at
anytime without moving the chess
pieces away from the chessboard; then
continue playing afterwards.
Objective

6. Research
PortableLight weightPause & Play

7. Pausable
Non-pausable
Magnetic Non-
magnetic
New
Market!

8. Concept Ideation
After research, a good amount of ideation was done.
The ideas are based on the most efficient way of hold-
ing the chess pieces in position; the materials used to
make the chess set look asethetically-pleasing; and the
easiest manufacturing process without using magnets.

9. Copper
Plastic Sheet
Silver
Cover
Chess piece (Copper)
Chess piece (Silver)
Chessboards
Sustainable Material: bamboo
Easy manufacturing process
Lower manufacturing cost compared to magnetic set

10. Final

11. 10”x10”x0.212”

12. 1. Open the chess set 2. Take the cover off
4. Put the chessboards
onto the cover
5. Make the chess pieces
stand up to play
3. Flip the cover over and
put it underneath boards
When playing...

13. When pausing...
1. Lay the chess pieces flat 2. Take the chessboards
out from under the cover
3. Flip the cover over
4. Put the cover on5. Close the chess set

14. Jaguar Mask
Personal Project Spring Semester 2015

15. How to design a
mask that contains
expression and
emotions?

16. Wrinkled nose bridge
Triangular nose
Teeth pointing outward
100-110°
Slanted eye
Features

17. Process
Cut
Scored
TeethJaw
Top piece Bottom piece

18. Final
Bottom piece
Teeth
Jaw
Top piece
Hole for ear

20. Shear
Personal Project Fall Semester 2015

21. Meet Virginia Zhu!
What is paronychia?
It is really difficult for me
to cut my nails when hav-
ing paronychia....
Paronychia is a common skin infection around finger and toe
nails caused from biting, picking, impromper trimming, or
pushing back of the cuticle.
The user’s shear
Virginia has paronychia
since she was a child, and she
has a special shear that cuts her
hidden toenails. However, the
shear is not comfortable and is
difficult to use, and she hopes to
have a better shear to use.

22. Task Analysis
The blades are too short and not
curved enough to cut the hidden
nails
The handles are not ergonomic The shear cannot be used to
trim

23. Concept Ideation
Add longer curved
blades
Improve ergonomics
for the handles
Design the shear to
trim the nails

24. Process
1 1/2”
2 1/2”
Even more developed
After testing four mockups with foam core, I found that the
most comfortable grip when the blades are closed is between
1 - 1 1/2”, whereas when the blades are open, the most
comfortable gap is between 2- 2 1/2”.
Final model (top)
Final model (in perspective)

25. Add longer curved
blades
Improve ergonomics
for the handles
Design the shear to
trim the nails
Final

26. 6”x2.25”x3/8”

27. Sketches
Fall Semester 2015

28. Faucets

29. Furniture

30. Watches

31. Watch rendering

32. Let ’sTalk!
Thank you
and
+1-513-900-7931
Chen2hc@mail.uc.edu