2017 Senior Soft Studio I: KMC Devices

Senior Soft Studio I in Fall 2017 centered around one of seven multidisciplinary projects supporting the RIT Hope for Honduras initiative. Group research was done on newborn support devices, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), preemie & micro-preemie needs & complications, parental needs & concerns, Honduran cultural & environmental influences, and product performance requirements, that resulted in each student designing and developing a skin-to-skin support device. We partnered with Little Angels of Honduras and Hospitál Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to gather research and design feedback throughout development process.

Five final student prototypes were chosen for continued prototyping & refinement through Spring 2018, culminating in their display at WantedDesign IC during NYC Design Week 2018

Kaia Bolland

Michelle Vullo

Kelsey Malone

Hannah Lutz

Erin Effinger