Current Role · NDA
Apple — Human Factors Researcher
Evaluating next-generation audio products in the Product Systems Quality team through human factors methods and large-scale product testing.
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Work
Selected projects and research.
Research studies, UX systems work, and selected development proof points. Summary cards first, deeper case studies where it matters.
Research
Trust in Automation
A research project on how changes to a validated trust scale affect validity, comparability, and interpretation across studies.
- Role
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Methods
- Literature review, scale comparison, methodological analysis
- What it shows
- Precision in research design, critical thinking about measurement, and strong methodological judgment.
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Concept case study
38 Minutes
One click on a badly designed dropdown told 1.4 million people a missile was inbound. I redesigned the console behind that click — and wrote the study that would prove the redesign works.
- Role
- Self-initiated researcher / designer
- Methods
- Error analysis, safety-critical redesign, validation study design
- What it shows
- Human-factors thinking applied end to end: blame the design, fix it, then test it.
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UX Systems
Grocery Delivery UAV
Designed a UAV operator workstation focused on ergonomic control, interface clarity, and safer decision-making under time-sensitive conditions.
- Role
- UX / Human Factors Designer
- Methods
- Workflow analysis, ergonomics, interface design, critical-task thinking
- What it shows
- Ability to design for safety, operator cognition, and high-stakes workflows.
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Research
Digital Note-Taking & Cognitive Workload
Compared stylus, on-screen keyboard, and attached keyboard note-taking on tablets to understand how input method shapes cognitive workload and learning experience.
- Role
- Researcher
- Methods
- Study design, comparative evaluation, workload analysis
- What it shows
- Ability to structure behavioral comparison studies and derive practical product implications.
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Data storytelling
Explain It Like a Doodle
A hand-drawn data story turning a serious public dataset — a decade of extreme-heat deaths in Phoenix — into charts people actually notice, follow, and remember.
- Role
- Data designer / builder
- Methods
- Data sourcing, chart design, hand-drawn (roughviz-style) SVG, scrollytelling
- What it shows
- Turning credible-but-buried data into a clear, memorable visual sequence.
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UX + Research
Arizona Water ChatBot
A research-led chatbot concept designed to help Arizona residents find water-related information more clearly and accessibly.
- Role
- UX Researcher / Designer
- Methods
- Content simplification, public-service UX, accessibility thinking
- What it shows
- Ability to make dense information more understandable for broad audiences.
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Collaboration
Infinite Tic Tac Toe
Built and launched a multiplayer twist on Tic Tac Toe with an endlessly expanding board, blending game logic, interaction design, and front-end implementation.
- Role
- Product collaborator / Front-end builder
- Methods
- Product design, multiplayer interaction, front-end development
- What it shows
- Ability to ship interactive ideas and turn concepts into working products.
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Usability
Effects of Aesthetics on Usability
A 50-participant study examining how visual aesthetics influence perceived usability using SUS.
- Role
- Researcher
- Methods
- Participant study, SUS, comparative analysis
- What it shows
- Understanding of the relationship between perception, interface design, and measured usability.
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