Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: 1

Favorite design and analysis tools: SOLIDWORKS
NASTRAN
FEMAP

For managing CAD data Kristina's company uses: Oracle/Agile PLM

Hobbies and activities: design, art, music, dance, poetry, hiking

Online communities: LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, ASME, Engineers for Change

Inspired by: In some cases the realization of a need or want can spur an idea, whether a derivation of existing technology or a new concept. Other people's ideas, art, and fancy inspire ideas, as well. Recently, what I believe to be an extreme passion for solutions to problems that exist in the world seemed to birth a design idea. Since I've had this idea, I've been looking for a way to present it. From my perspective, if my idea falls short in the eyes of the most capable and brilliant critics, I will hold that almost any design can be implemented, if based on reasonable concepts. Also, an idea can inspire others to create something even better that will work. Seeing a reason a design cannot be implemented should only drive a person to rethink and figure out another way to create the "solution". We finally made human flight possible; therefore, I believe we can solve any problem that exists today by a healthy fixation on ways to make our ideas work.