Overview
This portfolio highlights three notable accomplishments I have achieved as a human systems engineering graduate student at Arizona State University. These three projects showcase the skills I have learned throughout my graduate experience and feature my knowledge in human-automation interaction, user experience, and research design.
My first accomplishment showcased is a research proposal titled "The Effects of Anthropomorphism on Trust in Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots". The proposal explores the growing field of trust and human-automation interaction. It is hypothesized that adding anthropomorphic features to a delivery robot could lead to more trust with users. This research proposal was selected to showcase my skills in designing a research experiment along with showing my interest in human-automation interaction.
The second accomplishment is a UX strategy report that was created during a User Experience course. This report includes a high-fidelity wireframe for a potential mobile application and reviews the five elements of user experience: strategy, scope, structure, skeleton, and surface. The proposed mobile application is titled MyTherapyTeam, and proposes to aid users in their mental health and wellbeing journeys. The application was designed with the end user in mind, with the hope of creating an experience that is straightforward and enjoyable. The interface I created and the rationale behind my design decisions highlight my creativity and understanding of the five elements.
The final accomplishment is a data visualization project for a human subjects research experiment. The goal was to investigate the effects music tempo has on typing performance. Many people enjoy listening to background music when studying or completing other tasks. The effects of background music have varied throughout research. Some studies report that music can
have a positive impact on work performance while others state the opposite. This study hypothesized that slower paced music would result in better typing performance. An experiment was performed, and data was collected and used to create a figure using the programming language R. This project was selected to showcase my skills in research design, data visualization, and my ability to use the program R. It is important to be clear and efficient when visualizing data, the two figures I created for this project demonstrate these skills.