Toronto, Ontario – April 14, 2011 – Students in Humber College’s Industrial Design degree program are developing innovate designs to solve local and global problems and to improve upon the items we use every day. Graduating students from the four-year degree program will present their final-year thesis projects at the 2011 Industrial Design Thesis Show.
Event: 2011 industrial Design Thesis Show
Location: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Note to Media: Interviews and photo opportunities may be arranged in advance. Media will have access to students and displays as of 4:00 p.m. Photos/video may be taken throughout the event.
Interview Ops: Final-year Humber Industrial Design degree students; Humber faculty
Photo/Video Ops: Student design concepts and models
This year’s show features more than 30 design concept models across sectors such as commercial, health and lifestyle, transportation and sustainability. Projects include:
· THE SOTER – An enhanced fire-extinguishing system
· TRAKROK - An all-terrain personal mobility vehicle
· GRO-3 - Hockey padding that grows with the child
· NU-MODE - A new mode of human-powered urban mobility
· AMPLIO - Instant range extension motorcycle
· TRIZONE - Triathlon transition area
· ABSORB - A solar/electric hybrid campus commuter vehicle
· MARKETSPACE - A new street food vending concept
· CROSSWALKER - Independent lifestyle companion cart
· AQUAGUARDIAN - Backyard swimming pool safety monitor
· TAKE-THE-TEST – A testing unit to ensure that you get behind the wheel safely
· EcoRyder – An environmentally friendly bicycle
“Industrial design impacts many aspects of the things we use in daily life. Humber students continually explore new uses for technology and ways to innovate everyday with specialized products, ultimately seeking to develop solutions applicable to both local and global concerns,” said Denise Devlin-Li, dean, School of Applied Technology.
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About Humber’s School of Applied Technology
Humber’s School of Applied Technology offers the most comprehensive range of interdisciplinary programs that focus on design and sustainability. Within the framework of a polytechnic vision, the school offers four-year bachelor degrees, two and three-year advanced diplomas, certificates and apprenticeships. Students have access to the latest software technology, facilities and equipment and receive hands-on training in innovative labs. Faculty are current industry professionals.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact:
Andrew Leopold / Kevin Gonsalves
Humber Marketing and Communications
(o) 416.675.6622 ext. 4296 / 5778
(c) 416.518.8989
andrew.leopold@humber.ca / kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca
