UCI - Masters in Human Computer Interaction and Design

Taking my career to the next step, I am embarking on a journey to strengthen fundamentals and learn new skills in UX Design.

TIME

September 2023 - September 2024

The MHCID program is a year long program that teaches skills in design and research that sets students up for professional careers.

Fundamental Skill: Sketching

  • Eight smartphone sketches that represent eight ideas for a UCI mobile ID card done through the Crazy 8's sketching exercise..

    Crazy 8's

  • 10 sketches of items that were drawn rapidly to complete the Scribble Sketching activity.

    Scribble Sketching

  • A storyboard of a biker who wants to know where they can go to get food while out on the road.

    Storyboards

  • A set of aesthetic and inspiring design imagery found on Pinterest that represents the activity of collecting clippings and ideas.

    Collecting Clippings and Ideas

  • Sketches from an exercise in which one person read a story and everybody else sketched out that story in one line without looking at their paper.

    Storyteller Sketching

Six watch size frames that depict different stages of a workout, as well as pages that display personal data and workout data.

AI Wearable

PROJECT: A smart workout system that recommends training programs based on an individual’s personal data to reduce the risk of injury while working towards a user’s fitness goals.

Project 1, Design and Prototype

Double Diamond Approach:

  1. Discover your task enablement & product factors 

  2. Define user needs/product goals

  3. Develop your wearable for the user

  4. Deliver a presentation

Skills Learned:

Jobs To Be Done Framework, Empathy Maps, Rough and Ready Prototype, Wizard of Oz Video

Desktop frame that shows fire detectors on a map across a city in an Internet of Things web.

Smart Environment

PROJECT: An “Internet of Things” linked fire detection system that connects fire detectors across a city so that fire stations are alerted as quickly as possible.

Project 2, Design and Prototype

Double Diamond Approach:

  1. Discover your task enablement & product factors 

  2. Define user needs/product goals

  3. Develop your wearable for the user

  4. Deliver a presentation

Skills Learned:

Empathy Map, System Flow Chart, Smart Environment Visualization, Clickable Prototype

Sound Seeker

PROJECT: Designing an app from concept to wireframes. We conducted user research, created a pitch deck, and designed wireframes, with a final deliverable of an interactive prototype.

Advanced Design and Prototype

Double Diamond Approach:

  1. Discover your task enablement & product factors 

  2. Define user needs/product goals

  3. Develop a prototype that matches user needs

  4. Iterate and present results

Skills Learned:

Analyzing data, Sketching, Prototyping, Evaluating User Needs, Iterating, and Reflecting

User Experience Evaluation

Primary Role: Researcher, Data Analyst

Costco Consulting Project

PROJECT: Conduct expert evaluations (cognitive walkthrough) and user research to make recommendations to a company of your choosing.

We completed multiple expert and user evaluations to analyze user needs and present our recommendations

  1. Cognitive Walkthrough of a typical shopping flow

  2. Competitive Analysis Report of Costco’s competitors

  3. Closed Cart Sort on Optimal Workshops

  4. Qualitative User Test on UserTesting.com

  5. Quantitative User Test on MAZE

Skills Learned:

Programs - Optimal Workshop, UserTesting.com, MAZE

Skills - Research test design

Previous

Varian BRAVOS Afterloader
Next

The Builder Market