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Industry / government-funded project
LG smart food waste disposer — installability
Improving the installation of a smart food waste disposer with LG Electronics, and helping buyers check before installation whether it fits under their sink.
Project facts
- Period
- Sep 2023 – Mar 2024
- Funding / client
- LG Electronics
- My role
- Researcher (experiments & analysis), product ideation
- Organisation
- IID Lab, UNIST
Context
An industry collaboration with LG Electronics on making the disposer easier to install under a sink.
My role
I ran experiments and analysis, developed valve-access and sink-strainer concepts in CAD, and worked on how packaging materials such as cardboard boxes can be used as a kit to check whether the disposer will fit before it is installed.
Details and images of this client project are not shown here because of confidentiality.
Outcomes
Installability concepts and an installability check kit delivered to LG Electronics (completion report, March 2024).