Pinpoint is a diverse team working together to develop a ground-breaking product that will offer a solution to a focused problem for the end-user. The initial user group focuses on off-the-grid Native Americans living on reservations. In addition to focusing on this specific user group, this project also considers the influence of equity and energy, utilizing nanotechnology and biomimicry in the innovative design process.
Adam Ayers
Engineering
Engineering
is a senior in Mechanical Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. He currently holds a Sales and Business Development Intern position with Green Ideas; a Phoenix based Environmental Building Consultant focusing on L.E.E.D. (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) the U.S. Green Build Council’s Environmental Building Program. He brings to the Pinpoint team his background in Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Sales, and Business Development. Adam will oversee all technical aspects of the product design process and ensure quality and integrity of research and the final product design.
Tiffany Duening
Industrial Design
Industrial Design
is in her 4th year of Industrial Design and currently works as a web designer at ASU. She is involved with the College of Design in many ways including her position as Co-Chair of ASU Industrial Design Society of America and College of Design Ambassadors. She is also an active feminist and has been very involved with The Vagina Monologues at ASU for the past three years. She loves crossword puzzles, candy, and hanging out with her “Little Sister,” Laila, from Big Brothers Big Sisters. Tiffany is excited to be a part of Pinpoint where she wants to develop a product that is innovative and useful to society.
Billy Sweeney
Graphic Design
Graphic Design
is a senior Visual Communication Design student. He thrives on spontaneity, snowboarding, and deep conversations. His favorite aspects of graphic design are book design and information design. Writing music is a hobby not always tapped because of school work, but after college - look out! His favorite food is Red Pepper Pasta Primavera. He is 5'7" and loves the Czech Republic. He has added this last sentence because he dosn't know what else to write about.
Dusana Schnell
Marketing, Spanish
Marketing, Spanish
is a senior double majoring in Business Marketing and Spanish. She is currently working with Innovation Space in conjunction with her Honors Thesis through ASU’s Barrett Honors College and is currently unemployed because Innovation Space is her life. She wants to apply her education to doctoral study in marketing for sustainability. Dusana has studied abroad and represents ASU AIESEC on a global platform as the International Ambassador. From these experiences, she brings an international perspective and an understanding of multi-cultural user groups to the team with expertise in marketing research and interviewing techniques.