Christopher A. Mattson Department of Mechanical Engineering Brigham Young University mattson@byu.edu 801.830.6841

Original Design Work | October 2013

PORTFOLIO

Product Photographs by Christopher A. Mattson

Electrical Connector Systems Product: Handspring Visor Connectors Client: Handspring, 1999 Role: Lead Engineer Tasks: Conceptualization, CAD, material selection,

stress/strain analysis, life testing, sustaining Impact: Over 12 million of the Visor connector systems

produced. Tooling is still active today; con- nectors being used for handheld scanners

Context: Handspring Visor PDA

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1. Megahertz Modem Card Conn. 2. US Robotics/3Com Pilot Conn. 3, 4. Handspring Slot Connectors 5. Palm V Dock Connector 6. Palm V Cable Connector

7. Handspring Visor Edge Connector 8. Palm Treo Power Connector 9. Palm Treo Dock Connector 10. Palm Treo Phone Connector 11. Palm Treo SIM Connector

Additional Connector Systems in Portfolio

Context: Handspring Visor Dock

Docking/Cradle Systems

Product: Palm Treo Dock Client: Palm Computing, 2004 Role: Engineer, Project Manager Tasks: Conceptualization, CAD, material selection,

connector development, circuit development, production tooling, qualification, sustaining

Impact: Millions of units sold

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1. 3Com Palm Pilot Dock 2. 3Com Palm III Dock 3. Visor Dock 4. Palm V Dock 5. Palm m100 Dock

6. Handspring Visor Edge Dock 7. Palm Treo 600 Dock 8. Palm Treo 650 Dock 9. SONOS Dock 10. Tapwave Zodiac Dock

Context: Docking Station for Treo Phone

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Electrical & Mechanical Assemblies

Product: Cricut Paper Cutter Client: Provo Craft, 2005 Role: Director of Engineering Stage: System Integration, Producibility Refinement Tasks: Decomposition, system definition, sub-system

refinement, production ramp-up, QC plan Impact: Cricut is still on the Amazon ”Top 100 in Arts,

Crafts, and Sewing” best sellers list

1. Amazon Kindle book light 2. Various circuit assemblies 3. Various styli for PDAs 4. Pipette protein filter

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Products for the Developing World

Product: Village Drill (Human Powered Water Well Drill) Client: WHOlives.org, 2011 Role: Engineering Team Coach Stage: Opportunity Development – System Integration Tasks: Requirements, technology research, conceptualization, prototyping, field testing, refinement Impact: Over 30,000 people in Tanzania and Kenya are

drinking fresh water from wells made with these drills

1. World Cart (made from one sheet of plywood) 2. Modular irrigation pump 3. Low cost disaster relief housing

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