Personal information


Name

 

Zsolt Tárnok

Telephone

 

0036-20-411-1186

E-mail

 

tarnok_zsolt@yahoo.com


Date of birth

 

26.09.1982

Marital status

 

Single



Work experience


2003. July

 

Mór, Rába Automotive Group

Position held

 

Designer internship

Responsibilities

 

Design plans of train, bus and tram seats for passengers and for drivers.



Education and training


2006.10 - 2007.07

 

Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, Italy

 

 

Master in Car and Transportation Design

 

 

 

2005.09 - 2006.06

 

Bell College, Hamilton, Scotland

 

 

Erasmus programme exchange student of Product Design with Motorsports,

Peugeot 205 rollcage design; Formula Student Car building; Turner LMP bodywork design

 

 

 

2001 - 2006

 

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Product Engineering

 

 

M.sc. in Industrial Design Engineering

 

 

 

1997 - 2001

 

Veres Pálné High School , Budapest

 

 

Specialized in mathematics and physics



Awards


2004

 

GAIA Hungarian design contest, 3 rd place

 

 

Refresh design of a hungarian motorbike with given parts.

 

Currently in prototype phase for production.

 

Project: Gaia GM50

 

 

 

2004

 

Motor Trend International Design Contest,

Finalist ( five best projects ), Motor Trend Editors' Choice Award winner

2005

 

Hungarian Design Award,

Finalist, Selected for exhibition

     

 

 

 

 

Vehicle design for a company, which is not involved in the automotive industry, according to the company's design philosophy and trends.


Project: SONY spark

 

 

 

2005

 

Electrolux 'Imagine the home in 2020' International Design Contest,

Semi-finalist ( 120 best projects )

 

 

'Happy design' washing machine for young people.


Project: electrolux Smiley

 

 

 

2005

 

L'argus International Utility Vehicle Design Contest,

Finalist ( ten best projects )

 

 

 

Transformable, quickly movable utility vehicle, which can take back services to the countryside.


Project: flow

 

 

 

2006

 

Michelin Challenge Design 2007, International Design Contest,

Selected for exhibition at NAIAS 2007 as scale model

 

 

Safe vehicle with hydraulic pistons which function as crash structures to provide controlled deceleration in an accident.


Project: Michelin H_ster



Personal skills and competences


languages


English

 

Intermediate level state examination ("A" and "B")

Summer course in Edinburgh, Advanced level, june - july 2004

TOEFL - test, 270 points (90%)

 

 

 

German

 

Zertificat Deutsch, Österreich Institut Budapest

Lower level state examination ("C")

 

 

 

Italian

 

Basic communication level


Social skills

and competences

.

 

I can work efficiently with other people as well as individually and I learn quickly.

I make contact with people easily; I have good communication skills.

I can organize my tasks well and keep the deadlines.

I am patient, flexible and hard-working.

I enjoy new and diverse tasks, challenges.


Technical skills

and competences

.

 

Computer skills (DOS, WINDOWS 98/2000/XP, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Solid Edge, Solid Works, pro/E, ANSYS, Cosmos DesignStar, AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Internet)

Driving license ("A","B")


Interests

 

 

Reading

Music (playing the drums)

Driving

Sailing

Sport activities

Excursions


Date: December 6, 2006 .

Milan

Zsolt Tárnok