.derek crowe

Website Design
Graphic Arts
Letterpress Printing

I began the Education Program at Freshwise Farms while serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer and continued to spearhead the program while under its employ.

The Education Program was created to explore and investigate the ways that food, human health, culture, and the environment intersect to keep us alive every day.

Accomplishments:
Designed a myriad of seasonal, age-appropriate farm lesson plans for kids of all ages.
Hosted tours and educational workshops for over 400 individual community members.
Contributed to farm labor on the full-scale production farm in Penfield, NY.
Created and managed: www.freshwise.org.
Designed print and web graphics for advertisements and marketing on behalf of both Freshwise Farms and Foodlink.

Developing web content and graphics for Chroma's new "knowledge" section of www.chroma.com. This section is an informational hub featuring content on the theory and application of fluorescence microscopy intended to provide accessible educational materials to Chroma's customers and the public. This educational content is also being edited in the form of a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on behalf of Michael Stanley, PhD, to be delivered at trade-shows and conferences. ||| Creating graphics for Chroma's "Handbook of Optical Filters for Fluorescence Microscopy" ||| Other work has included creating a cleaning kit for customer distribution, sorting and reorganizing catalog part data for the Web, and heightening company moral. ||| Skills include proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, GIMP, Google Sketch-up.

We are developing a networking database and Web site for educators and volunteers in Rochester, called The Point Rochester. We hope to bring to light some of the efforts employed around Rochester and provide a useful balance of information that the public is free to use. The goal of the project is for the Web site to become a hub of information for the campus and the greater Rochester community. The site provides profiles and mission statements for each volunteer group, contact information, and will soon include the program schedules for tutoring efforts around Rochester. The site features educational outreach initiatives from River Campus and aims to include community programs as well. The site will also feature academic writings on pedagogy and education theories, cultural competency materials, and individual reflections.

http://colab.syr.edu/workplaystay_charrette/

TB-dx Semi‐Automated Microscopy System for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Peru

BME Department, University of Rochester
Edward Brown III, supervisor; Amy L. Lerner, instructor

PROJECT AIMS: Design of a semiautomated, low cost, microscopy-based tuberculosis diagnostic device to be used in La Hospital Nacionale Del Peru

Throughout the design process, the AD team focused on the development of both hardware and software to mechanically drive the microscope’s stage and the Peruvian students focused on creating image processing code. Together, these systems control the microscope; dynamically capture images of sputum samples, analyze them, and eventually determine a diagnosis via a computer algorithm based on the current Peruvian standard of care.
After extensive collaboration with team members, fellow colleagues, supervisors, and customers, AD has successfully designed and assembled a prototype of the TB‐dx. AD has also incorporated the following needs, outlined by our customers, in our TB‐dx design: a maximum consumer‐end cost of $1,500, a decrease in the amount of time it takes to analyze an individual sample, and an increase in the number of microscope fields of view imaged and processed. We were also asked to design a device that functions within the current Peruvian standard of care. AD has also quantified and evaluated the limitations and constraints introduced with the interactions between the camera, computer, microscope stage, and image processing software.

In addition, AD has submitted the TB‐dx design for consideration in the Mondialogo Engineering Competition. Every year, International groups of engineering students in developing and developed countries involved in design projects that address the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals are considered for a monetary reward.

Researched ultrathin, nanocrystalline silicon membranes developed by SiMPore Inc. and designing devices for their use. Utilizing the multiphysics modeling software COMSOL.

Independent Study: “Affect of Cell Tracker Dyes on Fibroblast Motility” ‐ Acquired and expanded on skills including biological cell culture protocol, advanced digital image acquisition and processing, extensive MATLAB programming

Established a facility‐wide recycling program after designing the carts that put the program into operation.Worked alongside the Lean Leader of Indirect Materials to implement effective cost saving strategies.

Aided in educational, social, and emotional development of a specific preschooler in the Rochester city school system. Participated in an intensive pre and in‐service training programs to better identify the child’s needs.

BS in Biomedical Engineering
Activities: In Between the Lines Comedy Improv Troupe, American Sign Language Club, Freshman Orientation Outing Treks (President), Community Assistant, Freshman Biology workshop leader/TA, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society,

Personal Website, Company Website

- Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year Scholarship Recipient for studying Social Entrepreneurship in Education - Community Service Education Award for over 300 hours of community service in education - Attended the Paychex Leadership Institute - Received the rank of Eagle Scout in 2005.

Pretending to know anything about the world and hoping everyone finds out.