Zhenming Zhang

I design innovative product that balance user

needs, business goals and technical constraints.

www.jaimezhang.com | jaimezhang92@gmail.com
(765) 418-8547| 540 W Wellington Ave. Chicago, IL 60657

Education:

Project Experience:

M.S. Engineering Design and Innovation (GPA 3.7/4.0)

Design strategy, Northwestern University | 2015

Collaboratively designed virtual care system for Mayo
Clinic that achieved 10 times more eciency by
utilizing data from portable medical devices and
leveraging the capability of all clinical sta.
Organized and conducted various quantitave and
qualitative user research.
Analyzed user needs and provided solutions using
design tools such as personas, journeymaps, and
stakeholdermaps.
Created service prototypes for proof of concept.

Northwestern University, Evanston IL | 2014 - 2015

Purdue University, West Lafayette IN | 2010 - 2014
B.S. Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.7/4.0)

Work Experience:

CARL ZEISS, Shanghai CN

Market Research Intern | Jul. 2014 - Sep. 2014

Worked with cross-functional team on myopia control
project and provided service design that align with
business goals, user needs and technology requirements.
Brought design strategies into innovation process,
conducted user research, created journey-map and
stakeholder-map, and built service prototypes.
Studied and summarized related medical technologies/
products and created a specialists whos who form.
Created presentations that communicate research
ndings in concise narrative and illustration.

LENOVO, Beijing CN

R&D Intern | Jun. 2012 - Sep. 2012

Researched on latest technologies for safer and faster
internet switches development.
Helped programming and developing internet switches.

Mayo Clinic Virtual Care Project

SureTube - Patented Intubation Device

Entrepreneurship | 2014 - 2015

Worked as design lead in a multifunctional team and
collaboratively designed a patented medical device
that enables accurate and fast intubation for patients.
Provided human-centered design and electrical
engineering input on design concepts.
Created iterations of 3D printed prototypes and tested
on manikins at hospital simulation lab.
Facilitated patent ling with the lawyers.
Prepared presentations, animations, and graphics for
engineering competition.

Proctor & Gamble Product/Service Design Project

Product Design, Northwestern University | 2014

Skills:
Computer
MS Oce, iWork, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign,
Solidworks, Maya 3D Animation, KeyShot, Rhino, Matlab,
Matlab Simulink, Eagle PCB

Programming:

C/C++/Java, ABLE-HDL, Assembly Language

Language:

Fluent in English and Chinese, know basic German

Created IP awarding product/service design using

human centered design approach. (NDA project)
Partnered with clients in-house design team to
identify project goals that align with business needs,
user needs and technology requirements.

CDIAC - Heart Rate Monitor

Embedded System Design, Purdue University | 2013

Developed algorithms for heart rate computing and

programmed on Freescale 9S12C32 microcontroller.
Plotted heart rate pulse collected by optical sensor on
LCD screen.