Deepika Gopalakrishnan

DEEPIKA GOPALAKRISHNAN

An industrial designer advocating for co-design and iterative prototyping to improve healthcare outcomes

3+ years of experience leading design of MedTech products

Currently pursuing Master's in Design Engineering at Harvard University and cross-registered at MIT Media Lab.

How might we empower menstruating individuals who are Blind to identify their onset of periods?

Co-design | Accessibility | Material exploration

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Academic | Team Lead
4 months

How might we reduce the risk of acquiring infections for our frontline healthcare workers?

Professional | Co-Founder
2 years

Customer research | Product design and development | Strategic design | Business

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How might we design a minimally-invasive product to aid surgeons in accurately identifying and transecting nerves?

Academic | Industrial Design
8 months

User research | Product design | Biomedical

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How might we motivate patients to stay compliant with post-operative breathing exercises?

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Mechanical design | Inflatable Origami | Medical device

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Academic | Product Design
2 months, Solo Project

How might we rethink board games to suit zero-gravity space flights?

Academic | Product Design
Solo Project

Industrial Design | Electronics | Zero-gravity | Space

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How might we reduce anxiety for pregnant women in rural areas?

User research | Product Design | Electronics | Paper Publication

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Academic | Product designer
Team of 2

How might we nudge children to take precautions against air pollution?

Academic | Product designer
Solo project

Bachelor of product design thesis | User Research | Product design

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How might we empower children with low-vision or blindness to play informal sports independently?

Academic | Product Design
Team of 3

User Research | Industrial Design | Electronics | Design for accessibility

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Exploring Influences on Native American Quilting Aesthetics

Academic | Data visualization
Team of 3

Digital Humanities | Data visualization | Interaction design

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