Wind Powered Charging Station
Built and designed a wind-powered charging station using scrap metals and recyclable materials to address rising fuel prices and promote sustainable transportation solutions.
Problem Solved:
Fuel prices have been on a steep rise, making it vital to explore alternative, cheaper, and environmentally sustainable means of transport. However, these modes may impact our country's limited electricity resources.
Solution Approach:
- • CAD modeling and design optimization
- • Physical prototyping with recyclable materials
- • Self-designed circuitry for power management
- • Wind turbine testing and optimization
Big Mac E-Bike
Designed and developed an innovative electric bike solution to address traffic congestion, featuring triple-shock absorption, interactive screen, and accessibility features for users with motor impairments.
Problem Addressed:
Persistent congestion issues due to the number of vehicles on roads, with productive hours lost in long traffic jams.
Key Features:
- • Triple-shock absorption system
- • Interactive display screen
- • Integrated lighting system
- • 6-hour battery life at full speed
- • Cruise control for accessibility
- • Smartphone connectivity
Electric Wheelchairs
Designed affordable electric wheelchairs tailored to the local context, ensuring greater independence for people with disabilities and addressing the gap in accessible mobility solutions.
Problem Addressed:
Diminished quality of life for people with disabilities who cannot access mobility aids. Available options are expensive and not effective in the current environment. >1.9 million mobility-impaired Ghanaians make about $200 monthly.
Design Features:
- • Affordable pricing for local market
- • Minimal operational assistance required
- • Features to prevent bed sores
- • Suitable for long-term use
- • Local context adaptation
- • Power system optimization
Goliath Brand Design
Co-designed brand elements using Figma to communicate company identity and philosophy - creating solutions to enormous challenges, inspired by the biblical David and Goliath story.
Design Goal:
Design a brand guide to communicate the company's identity and philosophy of creating solutions to enormous challenges, drawing inspiration from the David and Goliath story.
Design Process:
- • Brand identity conceptualization
- • Visual design system development
- • Color palette and typography selection
- • Logo design iterations
- • Brand guide documentation
Green Zone - Aquaponics System
A remotely monitored aquaponic system providing consistent fresh produce supply regardless of seasonal fluctuations, inspired by COVID-19 pandemic supply chain challenges.
Problem Addressed:
Many food products are seasonal and unavailable at certain times. Need for a farming system requiring minimal attention while being resilient to disruptions like the COVID-19 lockdown.
Project Stages:
- • 3D system design and rendering
- • IBC tank preparation and cleaning
- • Land area preparation and painting
- • Metalwork and plumbing installation
- • Remote monitoring system setup
Kakum National Park App
Mobile app with VR features allowing tourists to experience wildlife that may be unavailable during their visit, addressing the limitation that only 10% of park visitors explore beyond the canopy walks.
Problem Solved:
Out of 136,000+ annual visitors, only 10% explore activities beyond the tree-top canopy walks. Many wished they could explore the vast wildlife if they had more time or better timing.
App Features:
- • Pre-recorded wildlife videos
- • Virtual Reality experiences
- • Interactive UI interface
- • Wildlife timing information
- • Enhanced park exploration
Goal Effect
Innovative soccer technology that augments VAR with LED lighting and sensor technology to make goal decisions more accurate and visually spectacular for fans.
Problem Solved:
Before VAR and goal line technology, goal decisions were often disputed in soccer. Even with current technology, there's room for enhanced fan experience and decision accuracy.
Solution Approach:
- • High-tech sensor integration in goalposts
- • LED lighting system for visual goal confirmation
- • Physical prototyping and testing
- • Enhancement of fan viewing experience
Briquette Making Machine
Low-cost briquette making machine designed to convert organic waste into sustainable fuel alternatives, addressing deforestation and providing affordable clean energy solutions.
Problem Solved:
8.2 million trees were cut for charcoal between 2011-2017, contributing 25-35% of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Industrial briquette machines are too expensive for local communities.
Solution Approach:
- • Organic waste utilization (fruit peels, clothing)
- • Low-cost machine design and prototyping
- • CAD modeling and design iterations
- • Sustainable fuel alternative production