LAUREN PLATT

Themed Entertainment Engineer

-Rapid Prototyping-

Welcome to my Rapid Prototyping projects!

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Curtain Call - Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama Client Project

August 2023 - December 2023

A client project with the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama to design, install, run, and strike an interactive and immersive theater lobby installation

Client Work | Concept Design | Experience Design | Installation | Lighting Design | Rapid Prototyping

StoryStudio - Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Client Project

January 2023 - May 2023

A client project with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh in R&D for live interactive storytelling events for

50-100 people at once

Client Work | Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Rapid Prototyping | Robotics

Escape from Wonderland

November 2022 - April 2023

An Alice in Wonderland themed escape room created with Carnegie Mellon University's Theme Park Engineering Group for the Carnegie Mellon University Spring Carnival

Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Puzzle Creation | Rapid Prototyping

Christmas Chaos

November 2022 - December 2022

A Christmas themed cooperative/competitive game for four players using Jamodrum technology where guests deliver presents and attempt to avoid obstacles

Experience Design |

Rapid Prototyping | 2D Art

The Christmas Miracle

October 2022 - December 2022

A side-scrolling 2D pixel art and Makey Makey electronics game where guests play as a raccoon on a mission to help their pregnant wife find a blanket on Christmas

Experience Design |

Rapid Prototyping

Ghostbuster 2022

September 2022 - October 2022

An AR experience where the guest uses a physical vacuum prop to suck up the ghosts of abandoned game ideas and save the school

Concept Design |

Experience Design | Producing | Rapid Prototyping

January 2019, June-August 2019, June-August 2022

A Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Thea Award-winning 48,000+ square foot challenge-based entertainment venue in Natick, Massachusetts with over 40 different games and challenges for adults

Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Mechanical Repair |

Puzzle Creation | Rapid Prototyping

January 2022 - April 2022

A 5-story immersive experience in MIT's Innovation Headquarters (iHQ) that introduced small groups to innovation and entrepreneurship through a series of games and challenges

Concept Design |

Experience Design |

Rapid Prototyping

Cambridge Dynamics

February 2022 - May 2022

A modified tele-operated robot that excavated, transported, and dumped "lunar regolith"

Manufacturing | Rapid Prototyping | Robotics

September 2021 - December 2021

An aisle wheelchair that aids in the transfer process from the aisle to the airplane seat and back while minimizing lifting and close contact between users and attendants

Manufacturing | Rapid Prototyping

Shape Display Tables

February 2021 - August 2021

Systems of hundreds of pins that can act individually or in groups to render 3D content physically, allowing guests to interact with digital content in a tangible way.

Concept Design |

Mechanical Repair |

Rapid Prototyping

Toy Product Design

February 2019 - May 2019,

February 2021- May 2021

A mental challenge game where players attempt to repeat the visual pattern of colors while ignoring the audio pattern of colors

Manufacturing | Rapid Prototyping

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Contact

508-404-3168 | leplatt@andrew.cmu.edu | Pittsburgh, PA | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenelizabethplatt/

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