Emi Olin
Hello,
My name is Emi Olin
The following are the co-curricular and curricular experiences I have accomplished while under the major, "Biomedical Illustration" at Ohio University in conjunction with a minor in Business, and two certificates in Forensics Biology and Entrepreneurship.
Curricular Experiences
Fall 2020: HC 2400, “Intro to OHIO Honors”
This class introduces students in the OHIO Honors program to core concepts in the three honors engagement pathways (research and creative activity, leadership, and community engagement). Although this class was online, the co-curricular portion involved a group project focused on the pathway of community engagement and developed a plan to place recycling machines across campus.This class was designed as an introduction to OHIO Honors Program opportunities, reasoning, personal goals, ideals, and mission statements toward how students personally want to utilize the services offered at Ohio University.
Spring 2021: HC 2401, “OHP Engagement Lab”
This project-based course provides students with an opportunity to explore the three OHIO Honors Program pathways - community engagement, research/creative activity, and leadership - in an applied context. Students are assigned to small, interdisciplinary groups, and each group works with a campus or community partner on a defined project over the course of the semester. In-class lectures focus on ethical approaches to each of the three pathways in addition to the theoretical foundations of experiential learning and interdisciplinarity. I was able to collaborate my skillset and create a set of graphics for a college that was looking to integrate more onto a social media platform in order to receive a higher international student rate. I was encouraged in the class to collaborate, communicate, and organize our skill sets into a project that could be applied to the real world.
Fall 2021: MPA 5710, “Social Entrepreneurship”
MPA 5710 is a graduate-level class on social entrepreneurship. The purpose of the class is to provide motivated students with an overview of the tools and pitfalls faced in mission-driven enterprises and projects. Guest speakers will include entrepreneurs, funders, and practitioners in mission-driven enterprises in both the public and private sectors. This class first opened the idea of Social Entrepreneurship and proposes a business venture utilizing zero waste, and ethical management, and has pushed my own desire to open a zero-waste business in ethical management towards my surrounding community in Athens, OH.
Spring 2023: HC 4950, “Ohio Honors Capstone”
This course guides students through the creation of a capstone portfolio or project that integrates and reflects the skills and knowledge gained through the curricular and co-curricular experiences associated with their participation in the OHIO Honors Program. Within the class, the idea of experiential learning, interdisciplinary study, and encouraging the idea of reflecting alternative perspectives to gain a deeper understanding of a given topic. This class has offered the opportunity to redesign my personal website, final portfolio, and general C.V. to develop and explain the growth in my illustrative skill set.
Co-Curricular Experiences
As my final co-curricular, here is an accumulation of my co-curricular and curricular reflections I have completed in my time at Ohio University as an OHIO Honors Program student. Most of these co-curricular and curricular experiences have greatly impacted and influenced my portfolio, career projections, and opportunities after college. Using these opportunities, I hope to utilize this portfolio for any future opportunities in Business, Forensic Sciences, Entrepreneurship, and Biomedical Illustration.
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OHP Engagement Labs
This co-curricular was my first opportunity at meeting like-minded individuals at Ohio University. While I did not have the chance to meet another biomedical illustrator given my niche circumstances of major, I was able to collaborate my skillset and create a set of graphics for a college that was looking to integrate more onto a social media platform in order to receive a higher international student rate. From this experience, I understood the importance of collaboration, design adjustment, and communication with others to achieve an agreed-upon goal.
Scientific Illustration, Beyond Bees with Bekka Brodie
For my co-curricular experience, I had the opportunity of pursuing an understudy with Dr. Brodie, with a focus on entomology through the project “Beyond Bees”. Using knowledge from lab assistants Morgan Bickel, Sarah Romer, and Madeline Sudnick, I was able to compile their data and transform that information into an educational video for public viewing. “Beyond Bees'' is a research topic pertaining to the necessity of syrphidae and non syrphidae species of flies within Ohio, and the recontextualized evidence of how important flies are as pollinators, contrasting the negative stereotypical appeal and social connotations with flies. This project has allowed me to experiment with a myriad of styles within graphic design, video editing, and branding my work toward a certain aesthetic or goal. This opportunity helped me integrate those newfound skills into a project that is going to be seen among a wide audience including scientific and public viewers.
Scientific illustration, Excavation Site with Sabrina Curran
For one of my co-curricular experiences, I pursued an understudy with Dr. Curren, focusing on anthropology through an illustration project based on an excavation site in Peru. Using knowledge from prehistoric models of animal fossil remains, I was able to compile their data and transform that into a major educational illustration for public viewing. This illustration uses the latest hypothetical designs of these prehistoric animals to describe the typical behaviors, groupings, and visual patterns each creature shows in its natural state. There are about 11 different species, which totals about 18 total animals within the frame. This project has allowed me to experiment with a myriad of styles within graphic design, texture editing, and branding my work toward a certain aesthetic or goal. This opportunity helped me integrate those working skills into a project that is going to be seen by a wide audience including scientific and public viewers.
Medical Illustration, Melanoma with Ian Klein
For one of my co-curricular experiences, I pursued an understudy with Professor Klein, focusing on a medical illustration of a series of women with different skin tones and examples of melanoma per body type. Using knowledge from previous models of benign moles and melanomas, I was able to compile their data and transform that into a major educational illustration for public viewing. This project has allowed me to experiment with a myriad of styles within graphic design, texture editing, and branding my work toward a certain aesthetic or goal. This opportunity helped me integrate those working skills into a project that is going to be seen among a wide audience including scientific and public viewers.
Medical Illustration, Pericytes with Corrine Neilsen
For one of my co-curricular experiences, I pursued an understudy with Dr. Nielsen, focusing on a medical illustration of a capillary and pericytes in two different states: homeostasis and when the capillary is dilated. Using knowledge from previous models of capillaries, pericytes, and other forms within blood vessels, I was able to compile their data and transform that into a major educational illustration for public viewing. This illustration uses the latest hypothetical designs of these blood vessels to describe the visual patterns a dilated vessel shows in contrast to its natural state. This project has allowed me to experiment with a myriad of styles within graphic design, texture editing, and branding my work toward a certain aesthetic or goal. This opportunity helped me integrate those working skills into a project that is going to be seen among a wide audience including scientific and public viewers.
BIOS independent research, “Teaching Anatomy”
The activities I have participated in include; creating sketch drafts for the duration of the video, designing prompts, examples, and overall design aesthetic, and organizing where information is for each illustration and video format. As a result, each video and illustration has been created in real-time per the request of Professor Klein through his lectures. Most of the work was compiled and processed early and under the reference of the cadaver provided for the Spring Semester of 2021. The following groups include; specific illustrations (2-D only), fluid illustrations (2-D and animation), cadaver illustration progression (through cadaver dissection throughout Spring Semester 2021), and freelance scientific illustration. Most drawings typically take about 5-6 hours to complete, and separate illustrations take about 3-4 hours in real-time study. It was often found that most illustrations were designed multiple times by either recommendation of Professor Klein, or for the purpose of changing the prompt to a new specific study within the general area of bodily anatomy.
Child Development Center Presentations
For this co-curricular experience, I held a 45-minute presentation amongst preschoolers within the child development center at Ohio University. Working with Lisa Frasure, I showcased my works as a biomedical illustrator, read a completed reading of one of my children’s books “Doggy Deck Day”, and a “How can I do this?” presentation on my computer showcasing how I can draw on the computer to open new opportunities and interest towards digital illustration.
