Hi, I am Stefen Acepcion, a 4th Year Carleton University Industrial Design Student based in Ontario, Canada
A bit about Myself
When I was young, I started wondering how things worked and did silly things like replicate stuff such as jet engines and aircraft doors with cardboard, plastic bottles, cans and popsicle sticks, to drumming up mock Operating System UIs in PowerPoint in order to understand how they worked and perhaps what things I could do to “improve” them, little did I know this was the starting point to my fascination with design.
The innate desire to find out how things work and why its designed that way, how its being iterated, and what could be its use to benefit its targeted users is the core of my fascination in design.
Designing solutions methodically, with a cause to solve and an outcome that elevates the user’s life is my main driver as a designer today. It is the drive that makes me strive to learn and improve my processes knowing it will be valuable to solutions I design that will help make someone’s life easier in the end of the day.
Quick Glance of my Experience
Work Experience
Web Communications Advisor | Carleton University
- January 2024 – August 2024
- Supported a web communications team on the support, training documentation, content migration, and accessibility analyses of Carleton websites to the new Carleton WordPress theme (cuTheme).
Industrial Design Co-op | Ross Video Ltd
- May 2023 – December 2023
- Worked towards conceptual and ideation work on the visual design, manufacturability, and usability of various incoming high-end live video production systems using various tools such as sketching, 2d and 3d ideation through CAD and Illustration software, and physical prototyping.
Service Technician | Stanley Black and Decker
- September 2022 – May 2023
- Supported a small team that diagnoses issues in corded and cordless tools, and apply repairs accordingly.
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Design | Carleton University
- 2020- Present
- Co-Op Option
- Expected 2025 Graduation
Volunteer Experience
Design Mentor | FRC Team 3161
- January 2022 – Present
- Collaborated with various members of the team to strategize the most effective approach to designing, prototyping, and iterating on a robot for an annual season challenge which led to an increase in team performance in competition.
- Mechanical design, manufacturing, training documentation, and supervision assistance for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 competition seasons.