{"587457":{"#nid":"587457","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2 ID Students Design \u0027Disaster Casket\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Industrial Design students are looking to help families affected by natural disasters as well as recovery personnel with their \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/projects\/60865\/Disaster-Casket-An-Affordable-Flat-Pack-Burial-Solution-for-Deaths-Caused-By-Natural-Disaster\u0022\u003EDisaster Casket\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMaster\u0026rsquo;s students Riley Keen and Kara Kenna submitted their design to the online Industrial Design magazine, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/\u0022\u003ECore77.com\u003C\/a\u003E, and it was chosen to be featured in early February.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our casket provides an affordable, sustainable, and dignified solution for victims of natural disasters,\u0026rdquo; they wrote in their submission.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe plywood and cardboard structure\u0026nbsp;is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/projects\/60865\/Disaster-Casket-An-Affordable-Flat-Pack-Burial-Solution-for-Deaths-Caused-By-Natural-Disaster\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;An Affordable Flat-Pack Burial Solution for Deaths Caused by Natural Disaster.\u0026quot;\u003C\/a\u003E It allows disaster relief personnel to recover victims with safety and sanitation in mind.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;The large flat backboard can be used to retrieve bodies and as a work surface for autopsies,\u0026rdquo; the students wrote. Once medical professionals are finished, the backboard is closed inside the two other portions and is ready for burial, they wrote.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe casket idea resulted from a disaster relief studio design project. When the project was\u0026nbsp; presented in class, Riley said it got the attention of a representative of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes who attended the presentation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAccording to Riley, the product is ready for production and the association is helping them pass their idea around to potential partners. If they don\u0026#39;t have any luck there, they are looking at other national organizations, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECore77 states on its website that it serves a global audience of industrial designers ranging from students through seasoned professionals. The editors choose the best reader-submitted design projects to share.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/projects\/60865\/Disaster-Casket-An-Affordable-Flat-Pack-Burial-Solution-for-Deaths-Caused-By-Natural-Disaster\u0022\u003ERead the article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2 Industrial Design students create casket to be used in natural disasters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" 2 Industrial Design students create casket to be used in natural disasters."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-02-15 15:12:16","changed_gmt":"2017-02-17 16:35:22","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587421":{"id":"587421","type":"image","title":"Disaster Casket","body":null,"created":"1487099091","gmt_created":"2017-02-14 19:04:51","changed":"1487099091","gmt_changed":"2017-02-14 19:04:51","alt":"ID students designed a casket to be used in natural disasters.","file":{"fid":"223872","name":"ID.students.casket.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.students.casket.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ID.students.casket.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":218659,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ID.students.casket.jpg?itok=_fP52vXm"}}},"media_ids":["587421"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}