Qwest Marketing Poster
This is a mock advertisement for Qwest's Home Bundle which I created as in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 as part of my TC 310 course. The purpose of the project was to create a poster targeted towards the general public which provided information on a Qwest service. In the "Writing" section below, the design rationale for this project can be found. I believe the poster highlights my ability to create well-branded and effective marketing materials for a given audience and shows my grasp of graphic design fundamentals.

Qwest Employee Travel Handbook
I created this mock employee travel handbook from this starting document containing unedited, unorganized, and unformatted text. My challenge was to use this source material to create a a well-organized, easily scannable and visually pleasant print document for Qwest employees. The document, created in Microsoft Word 2007, shows my competence with Word style usage and my document organizational abilities.

Conceptual Wireframes for My Website
This Adobe Illustrator document contains several wireframe mockups from the early conceptualization phase of creating this website. Wireframes are an important part of the web development process. In creating these, I needed to consider my audience's needs and allows them to inform decisions on important factors such as effective organization, layout, and navigation. (PDF version available here)

Photoshop Design Treatment for My Website
A key ability of a competent and effective Web developer is being able to take the basic structure of a webpage in the form of a wireframe and visually realize the final design. This Adobe PSD shows how I used Photoshop to flesh out the above wireframes (with some slight changes) into a clean yet visually interesting webpage.

Design Rationale for Qwest Marketing Poster
One of the most important (and often most difficult) challenges for designers is rationalizing their design decisions to peers and/or superiors. A professional must be able to carefully consider the needs and motivations of their user and make their design decisions accordingly. This rationale is an example of how I analyzed the target audience of the Qwest Marketing Poster featured above and addressed its needs with my design decisions.

Laboratory Report for Thermal Conductivity Experiment
As a student of Materials Science & Engineering in addition to Technical Communication, I have learned to apply my skills as a clear and effective communicator to writing effective laboratory reports. This report, from an experiment involving the use of LabVIEW to determine the terminal conductivity of materials, is an example of how I address complex procedures and analyses in a way that allows individuals without a complete prior understanding of the topic to follow the experimental process and understand the results.

USB Camera Image Capture VI for LabVIEW
I created this program as a way to automatically gather visual data on a growing crystal sample over an extended period of time without the need for human intervention after the initial setup. The program is able to capture any number of images at a regular interval of the user's choice and save them as numbered PNG files. It is compatible with any DirectShow compliant USB camera.