RHEON LABS — Design Engineering Showcase 2022

Student: Imogen Guss-Renton
Team: Development Team
Role: Junior Product Developer
Sector: Manufacturing and Materials
Links: LinkedIn; E-Mail

RHEON LABS is a materials technology company that uses the RHEON technology, a patented strain-rate sensitive material, in a range of commercial and performance applications. RHEON work collaboratively with a range of high-profile brands to create both bespoke products and to implement existing OEM solutions. RHEON are involved in the end-to-end creation of products, the process including research, design, development, testing and production. My contributions were within the development team focussing mainly on product design and development.

Role and Contributions

My role at RHEON LABS was as Junior Product Developer, where I supported ongoing external and internal projects within the sports/performance industry.

I supported ongoing projects within the 3 sections of the Development Team - Design, Engineering and Testing & Analysis. Working across these areas allowed me to learn and apply a range of skills quickly flexing to the demands of the Team.

During my time at RHEON LABS, I was involved in several large projects, including Biometric user testing supporting a project for a global sports brand and the design of a new generation Smart Armor product.

For the first project I used mainly research and problem-solving design engineering skills and greatly developed my project management knowledge.

For the second project, I used and developed Grasshopper and CAD skills as well as Design for Manufacture knowledge. Within this project I communicated with a range of stakeholders, including directly with the client.

I have made specific contributions to RHEON that I hope will support the business moving forward;

a) new testing methods utilising motion capture technology. Also supporting on collecting data for client feedback meetings.

b) developing the production tooling for a new product that is ready for market.

Project Details

Role and Contributions