Areas of Expertise

Visual Design & Rendering

Technical Drawings: Hand drafting and digital

3D Modeling/Design: Rhino, Revit, Sketchup, Solidworks, Onshape, Autocad

Adobe Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom

Fabrication: Laser cutting, 3D printing, cast-in-place, lighting, woodwork

Communication in-person & online

Organizations

SkillsUSA (since 2021)

AIAS (since 2023)

CU Boulder Environmental Design (ENVD) First Year Experience (FYE) Mentor (since 2025)

Experience

SkillsUSA Engineering Technology Design & Technical Drafting (Jan 2021 - June 2022)

Individually and with a team of 3, competing in SkillsUSA at the national level which evaluated the execution of the engineering process. Technical Drafting involved reverse engineering objects through 3D modeling to precise accuracy and recreating construction drawing sets. Engineering Technology Design involved the creation of products with a team through ideation, manufacturing, field testing and revisioning.

CU Boulder ENVD Section Instructor: Tech 1, Tech 2, Tech 3 (Aug 2023 - Present)

Working under a course coordinator, these positions involved attending and leading recitation classes, evaluating student work through grading, answering student questions, providing in and outside of class aid to students, and demonstrating strong knowledge of course techniques and software. The content taught in these courses includes hand drafting, model making, laser cutting, 3D printing, digital rendering, adobe suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), Rhino, Sketchup, Autocad and ArcGIS.

CU Boulder ENVD Teaching Assistant: Intro to Product Design, History of the Built Environment (Aug 2023 - May 2024)

Working under a course coordinator, these positions included aiding the primary instructor through grading and providing assistance to students. Attending classes/lectures and providing office hours outside of class time were some of the other responsibilities of this position.

Graphic Design & Branding: That Peach LLC, MugShots Custom Designs, Maines Taekwondo (Aug 2020 - Aug 2022)

Created aesthetically-pleasing advertisements and logos that complimented products and met client’s requirements. This was completed by executing an effective design process with research, planning, sketching, designing and revising.

Contact

mia.winstead@colorado.edu

miaw.designs27@gmail.com