Kalina Mladenova Portfolio
I am a senior at Yale University double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Visual Art.
I love understanding how things work and finding ways to improve existing devices and create new ones. I want to innovate and create things that are beautiful and can help our everyday lives.
Outside of design and engineering, I illustrate for different Yale publications, write articles, and am the president of the Bulgarian Society.
My favourite animal is the hippo.
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Yale Center for Engineering, Innovation and Design
New Haven, CT
Hover is a contactless microscope that was designed in response to the changing environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The product was developed for children’s discovery rooms in the Smithsonian Museum in DC.
The device operates with distance sensors that allow you to move the camera of the microscope without touching any surfaces. By moving your hand up and down on the indicated directional sensors, the camera adjusts its position - moving across the bed, zooming in, zooming out.
The microscope is being tested by the Peabody Natural History Museum at Yale University and will be in use following the reopening of the museum in 2024.