hello,

my name is Julia


I am an 

engineer, educator, & designer

Drawing from my experience in product design & manufacturing, engineering education and humanitarian relief, I work on innovation for development; enabling the conception, realization and proliferation of solutions that improve the lives of people in resource-limited settings. 


case studies.

🛠️ Curriculum Development 🏷️Global Health, Local Manufacturing

Designed & taught a course that combined hands-on making with human-centered design thinking training student engineers to create functional solutions to problems identified within their local communities in Tanzania.

🛠️ CNC, CAD, CAM, Injection Molding 🏷️Global Health, Local Manufacturing

A simple mold & insets that allow for the small-scale production of neonatal nasal prongs - a key medical consumable for helping babies breathe. Tested with artisan manufacturing makers in Kariobangi, Nairobi. 

🛠️ 3D Printing, Lasercutting 🏷️Global Health, Local Manufacturing

The story of turning a small university makerspace into a PPE production facility - how local manufacturing & engineering

talent met supply chain gaps in Tanzania in the most dire times. 

🛠️ CNC, CAD, CAM 🏷️Design, Indigenous reference

Inspired by the dying art of indigenous peoples' facial markings, this reimagined bottle opener reveals how modern everyday objects can serve as reservoirs of traditional design tropes

🛠️ Curriculum Development 🏷️African Futurism, Speculative Design

What might artists & engineers have to learn from each other? How can the resources & pedagogy of makerspaces support artists' education? How do design thinking, lateral thinking & art thinking intersect? 


These questions explored in full day workshop designed & implemented for Tanzanian student artists and engineers. 

🛠️ CAD, Arduino & Electronics 🏷️African Futurism, Speculative Design

coming soon, documentation ongoing

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