Zanur Krol

Hello my name is Zanur Krol. I am 25 years old, male, and am currently living at near Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

I finished Creative Technology at the University of Enschede and Industrial Engineering and Management at the Applied University of Utrecht.

I have a broad range of interests including: business administration & organization, novel technologies, the stock market and sustainability.

I am open-minded, positive, internationally oriented and always in for new experiences. I can work well independently but also in a team. Furthermore, I believe that I am able to see the big picture, propose creative ideas and can look at a problem from many perspectives.

I am ambitious and am looking for a job in which I can learn a lot, work with smart individuals and where there is room for personal and career development.

Some of my Characteristics

Projects

Bachelor Thesis

FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Data) which normally is represented in a excel spreadsheet format, is now displayed trough an interactive Node-link diagram. This interactive visualization allows for an explorative use case and a clutter free display. The interactive is created in an iterative manner in which testing with users was performed and the evaluation shows an increase in efficiency of finding the correct information as well as an increase in finding correct information.

More feedback and improvement from the testing should be incorporated in the design in a later stadium and more testing with Risk experts should also be performed.

If you click on one of the links on the right you'll be redirected to the interactive visualization.

Data Assignment

This visualization shows the distributin of satellites in space by each country and the purpose for their deployment.

Users

This visualization shows the distributin of satellites in space by each country and the type of users.

Animation Assignment

Through this animated story, created in Adobe After Effects, with the assets created in Adobe Illustrator, I display the possiblity of asteroid mining in the near future.

I strongly believe that life here on earth should be lived more sustainable and the extraction of fossil fuels, raw minerals etc. should not be rushed in any way. The possibility of asteroid mining gives humanity a glimpse of hope when it comes to raw materials. I would really like humanity to become a space-faring civilization and it would be pleasure to be involved in the technologies that enable this.

GogBot Festival

In this project, the use of leap motion sensors is used to detect hand movements with which you can shape the 'earth' as you wish. The hand movements allows you to 'paint' led lights with a certain color and instruct stepper motors to move up and down 'mountains'. All the parts are connected to an arduino which enables the features.

The theme is based on the book of Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus, which mentions that humankind is becoming more and more like god. We are able to create, shape and redifine our own worlds. This project was created to allow the user to get a taste of the feeling of creating your own 'world'.

The project was displayed at the Festival of GogBot in Enschede, where many local citizens could interact with the installation. Altough there were some issues with the design, many users really liked the interaction features.

Carnaval Suit

For Carnaval, a big holiday in the south of the Netherlands I have completed my own suit. This suit is based on a Character from League of Legends called Twisted Fate (the Jack of Hearts).

Education

Creative Technology

Here I learned trough projects and theory, the ins and outs of prototyping, user testing and creative thinking. The combination of different disciplines: computer science, electrical engineering, design and economics allows me to look at a product or project from many perspectives.

Industrial Engineering & Management

In this program I learned about process optimization, financial management, KPI's, change management and strategic thinking. This study allowed me to have an open mindset, a wide range of interests and the ability to see the big picture.

Employment

Software Developer at Cofano

Full Stack Junior web developer where I worked with React, Springboot and Javascript to implement a communication tool in a logistics application.

Salesperson at Pepperminds

Door-to-door cold acquisition for the WWF where I learned on-hands about sales techniques and discovered the importance of persistence.