Portfolio
Check out some of my projects I have worked on over the past few years across the domains of physics, engineering, and design
Cook.
2024
Google UX Certificate
This project was born out of Google’s online UX Design Certificate Program. This 6 month intensive course led me through the entire design process, beginning with empathizing with the user and ending with testing our fully-fledged prototype. For this project, I chose to focus on creating an app for cooks of all skill levels, allowing users to find recipes that match their skill level and increase their confidence in their cooking abilities. Notably, this website and app allows users to “match” with food based on the preferences they select, in a similar fashion to popular dating apps like Tinder or Bumble.
This project went a step further and focused on users with cognitive disabilities, therefore the app had a simplified layout with the absence of unnecessary images or icons. The ‘match’ and ‘Today’s Suggested Recipe” features were added for users in this demographic who struggle with decision making due to cognitive disabilities, granting autonomy for those wanting independence and the ability to cook for themselves, but have restricted cognitive ability or decision making due to their disability.
Portfolio
2024
Accessible Web Design
This mobile-first & responsive website was the result of my Accessible Web Design course at the University of Michigan. This website, alongside various smaller assignments, was created using HTML, CSS, and Javascript. This course also taught the foundations of accessible web design by following WCAG compliance and verifying our work through manual accessibly audits and automatic tools like WAVE, Axe, and W3C Markup Validator. We also explored how to design for devices like screen readers and for people who have low vision or blindness, as well as other disabilities.
spoon
2024
Introduction to Interaction Design
This semester long course was centered around introducing the field of Interaction Design by designing an artifact to support a local community. Due to the University of Michigan's constant lack of support for their disabled community members, I created an app that allows users to navigate campus in an easier and safer way.
This app allows users to order school-provided rides to locations across Ann Arbor. By inputting preferences like mobility aids used and assistance level required, users can select a personalized ride that will accommodate their needs, while also giving them autonomy. The app also includes real time maps for users needing assistance when traveling outside of the car, providing guidance across Ann Arbor and inside school buildings. This feature also contains hazard reporting which will automatically update the personalized map the app provides the user based on possible hazards they may encounter(ex. elevator out of order, sidewalk closed, etc.).
Whispr
2023
Analytical Product Design
Working with a team, we created a wearable device that dampens a user's voice up to 20db. This device utilized active and passive noise cancelling technologies, in combination with live audio monitoring and playback, to give a user maximum sound attenuation while practicing singing, talking, or taking private phone calls. This project was born from Michigan's DESCI 501 - Analytical Product Design course, where we learned the phases of traditional design processes, starting from customer discovery and ending with creating a full fledge business plan.
Following the design process, we utilized countless methods to empathize with our user, generate endless ideas, and ways to prototype to allow user testing. To name a few, this project utilized journey maps, personas, combination tables (see below), heuristic cards, rapid prototyping, market research, usability testing, sketching, low & high fidelity prototyping, and more. To learn more about this project and see live demos, visit Whispr.
