Education

Indiana University,Bloomington, IN, 05/2010
Master’s of Science, Human Computer Interaction/Design.

Beihang University, Beijing, China, 06/2008
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engeneering,
Concentration in Guidance Navigation and Control, Digital Image Processing.

Relevant Experience

Web Designer, Configural Processing Consortium 03/2010 - 05/2010

• Worked closely with Lab Director to redesign web site for delivering and archiving content.
• Created information architecture, wireframes, and visual assets for website design.
• Responded to and iterated upon client feedback in short time frames.
• Implemented new Configural Processing Consortium website using Blueprint CSS framework.

Assistant Instructor, Interaction Design Practice Class 07/2009-12/2009

• Instructed new design students on the application of user-centered design methods.
• Facilitated team collaboration and project planning for multiple student interaction design teams.
• Led critique and post-mortem sessions over multiple-week design projects.

UX Designer, Story Time: Future Mapping System Design 09/2009

• Won 2nd place in Australian Computer-Human Interaction (OZCHI) design competition.
• Conducted “quick and dirty” user research to get design directions.
• Designed and prototyped the mapping system in 24 hour time frame.
• Published paper later in OZCHI 2009 conference proceedings.

UX Designer, iPhone App: AuthenTaste, Introducing Authentic Chinese Food 09/2009 - 05/2010

• Conducted user research, including interviews, pilot studies, focus group, and analysis task flow.
• Applied user-centered design methods to translate research into design insights and specifications.
• Created low to high fidelity prototypes for communication and evaluation.
• Evaluated design concepts during different phases of the project for an iterative design process.

Skills

• Experience Design Methods: Usability Testing, Sketching, Wireframing, Mockup, Prototyping, Interviewing, Focus Groups, Contextual Inquiry, Affinity Diagramming, Heuristic Evaluation, Personas, Storyboarding, Ethnography, Surveys, Questionnaires, Card Sorting, Brainstorming, Task Analysis.
• Languages: C/C++, MATLAB, XHTML, CSS.
• Tools: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Indesign, Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Poser.

Other Experience

Research Assistant, Townsend Lab, Department of Psychology 02/2010 - 05/2010

• Implemented psychology experiments in DMDX and created graphic stimuli for them in Poser 8.
• Quickly adapted to and excelled in a collaborative environment by involving others to resolve ambiguity.

Member, Psychic Sustainability Research Group 02/2009-10/2009

• Research focused on how to manage mental energy during digital product use.

Member, HCI Design Club 02/2009-12/2009

• Addressed and prototyped various design issues in a rapid time frame.

Research Assistant, Center for Imaging in School of Astronautics 12/2007 – 06/2008

• Created a video framework to develop 3d graphics using head gestures. Built on an open source animation engine.