David G. Ullman - Designing quality into product development

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New Product Development

Ullman has designed products from bicycles to software. His creative abilities and process knowledge help him develop quality, cost effective products. Some examples are shown on this page and detailed on linked pages.

Accord

Accord supports teams making decisions when information is uncertain, evolving and conflicting. Accord is easy to use and can help build distributed team consensus.

BikeE

Ullman founded BikeE Corporation and was its chief designer for eight years. For Ullman's role in the business click here.

Wright Flyer

Model airplane kit designed for Model Expo Inc. Released in July 2003. Kit features laser cut wooden, photoetched and cast parts. Generally acknowledge as the finest Wright Flyer kit produced.

The Big Ant

Designed to compete in the Kinetic Sculpture Race, this human powered, walking work of art is one-of-kind. It holds the world's record for the Human Powered Walking Machine 50meter dash at 26.8 sec (4.160735677 mph) and the world's record Greatest distance in 1 hour – 2.3 miles. Ullman coordinated an all-volunteer team, performed most of the engineering design and was one of the constructors.

Securement system

Ullman designed a system in 1990 that secures mobility aides (e.g. wheel chairs and scooters) on mass transit vehicles. It consists of a standard interface on the chair and a docking unit on the bus or other mass transit vehicle. The interface on the chair consists of two "D-rings" made of 1/4" diameter steel rod. Two are used for redundancy and to allow folding chairs to retain that feature. Chairs can still be "wheely" capable and the total added weight is 3 pounds with the D-Rings installed or 1 pound with the quick install interface only. This was in production in the early 1990s.