Menaker Pererea

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I’m a Product Design Engineering undergraduate skilled in design, simulation and prototyping. I combine creative product development with strong mechanical, coding and electronics knowledge to integrate systems effectively and take products from concept to manufacture to industry standards.

BalanceMate

The project focused on developing an adaptive self-balancing system to help new riders, older adults, and individuals with disabilities maintain stability while cycling. By processing tilt data from an accelerometer and gyroscope along with speed data from a hall sensor, the system calculates the optimal steering angle for the front wheel. This enhances rider confidence, safety, and accessibility, making cycling more enjoyable and inclusive.

End Effector

An end effector was designed for a KUKA robot to ice donuts with various designs, enabling fast and accurate production without failures over repeated operations.

HeatFlowt

A Jet Ski was redesigned to integrate new patented MicroHeat technology, aiming to optimize battery lifespan by maintaining optimal operating temperatures through advanced thermal management

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.