Genesis Design Team

Group Members: Michael Otten

Billy Zharkalli

Kenneth Prell

Charlie Wickham

Steven Hasslinger

Nick Muehlbauer

Anna Riesen

Eric Schussler

Justin Lagomarcino
About Genesis Development
● Providing employment opportunities for disabled individuals.
○ Finds Interests, teaches expectations

● Laundry facility in Indianola, Iowa

○ Receive towels from Hotels
○ Wash, fold, return

● Specific case:
○ Shelly
○ Cerebral Palsy
About Shelly
Cerebral Palsy- brain damage from injury
or birth defect
● Muscle control/coordination
● Body movement
● Reflects

More dexterous in left hand

Right has very limited range
Cannot lift much weight
Brainstorming Ideas
● Getting Involved:
○ Two person brainstorming teams
○ Meeting outside of group

● Idea Presentation
○ 4 Groups of 2 and 3 individual
○ Thinking outside the box

● Combining Concepts and Improving Ideas

● Dialog and Creative Flow
Design Selection
● Analyze Ideas

● Feedback

● Final Decisions
○ Folding Board with
multiple folds
○ Vertical Folding
Board
Design Testing
● Spring Break
● Dr. Smith and Mahmoud went to Indianola
● Tested two designs with Shelly
● Too Complicated
● Frustrated and needs redesigning
Post Testing - Back to the Drawing Board
❏ We met after Spring Break to review the results of our
testing and consider changes
❏ Found that Shelly had issues with the complicated nature
of the designs
❏ Additionally, physical issues such as hand strength and coordination
❏ Made plans to adapt designs rather than start anew
❏ Focus on the user and work to trim down operation
What’s next?
- Change the current design or brainstorm entirely new design?

- Modify current idea

- Create new prototype

- Test again

- Go from there
What we got from it?
- Important to fully understand process and client needs
- Simplicity is key
- Use other concepts to benefit final design

- Additional experience working in teams

- Using our knowledge for a good cause
- Hands-on design build project
- Community of TBP