Bryn Hogarth
Industrial Design
Resourceful and practical designer who loves to use my imagination and creative ability to develop interesting concepts.
Final year project
MedTec Smartcuff
MedTec Smartcuff
MedTec Smart Cuff is used by police officers to monitor the vital signs of a detainee in real-time, providing an audible and visual warning in the event of a potential medical emergency; with the aim of preventing restraint related deaths.
Prevent Restraint Related Deaths
This robust, wrist-worn device utilizes cost-effective technology that has been widely tested and proven within the fitness industry. Monitoring the heart rate and blood oxygen levels of a detainee to detect the early warning signs of asphyxia.
NiteSite Duo
My responsibilities in the development of the NiteSite Duo involved engaging in all aspects of the design process, including ideation, CAD design, mechanical design, optical design, prototyping and optimising for manufacture.
Restraint Related Deaths in the UK
The most recent figures from the IOPC for the 2020/2021 year show that 8 people who died in or following police custody had been restrained. This does not include figures within prisons, hospitals or other care. Further information highlighting individual cases and evidencing restraint related deaths in the UK is accessible at inquest.org.uk.
World's First Optical Day and Night Vision Scope
I mostly enjoyed the prototyping stage of this project. It involved designing, 3D printing and testing multiple types and iterations of a mechanical mechanism used to move the camera module in and out of the line of sight. Challenges included accounting for rifle recoil and eliminating torque between multiple small, moving parts.
Rifle Mounted Night Vision Camera
This prototype I designed and built during my first design role. It is a short-range, rifle mounted camera with infrared capability for the use of hunting at short ranges during nighttime. It was robust and worked well enough to survive a demo tour around Europe, but ultimately the project never went any further.
APEX Sanitizing Door Latch Mechanism
This was an idea that I developed whilst trying to find a placement at the beginning of the pandemic. The principle of a door latch mechanism which dispenses hand sanitizer is to integrate basic sanitary practices into existing systems to avoid having to introduce new, unfamiliar procedures.
Bryn Hogarth
Final year project
MedTec Smartcuff
Awards
2022 | Member of the Loughborough Enterprise Network start-up accelerator programme.
2021 | SolidWorks 'render rumble' competition, placed in the rendering category and shortlisted for animation.
2018 | Represented Loughborough Design School at the Women's Engineering Society 2-day residential conference.
Work Experience
2016-2018, IRNV Group, York | Full Time | Junior Designer.
Development of Electronic night vision products for global distribution within the leisure & security industries, including the engineering & delivery of a patented mechanical system used within an industry-first night vision product (Nitesite Duo).
2020-2021, Salunda, Bicester | Full Time | Visual Designer, Internship.
Planned, generated and oversaw all digital marketing and social media presence to achieve lead generation objectives, customers included: Shell, BP, ExxonMobil. Led redesign of existing user interfaces for analytics software, working with the software team to deliver an improved product.
2016-2018, Thysis Building Products, York | Part-Time | Design Assistant.
Design of a new universal dry verge roofing product. Optimising aspects of existing designs to improve performance while minimising costs and working according to industry standards & regulations.