Work Samples: The work below is from the Masters of Human Computer Interaction program at Carnegie Mellon. Please contact me with any questions or for samples of past work.
	City of Pittsburgh, CitiStat Project For this final eight month capstone project, my team worked for the City of Pittsburgh, Office of Management and Budget. We created an interface for data analysis that allows for easier management of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Works. For our project to be as successful as it was, we utilized the full range of formative and evalulative usability methods including background research and benchmarking, modified contextual inquiry, work flow modeling, prototyping, think-aloud usability tests, iterative design, client communication, and implementation of our prototypes.
	HCI Method Overview I developed this presentation in an attempt to describe some of the methods we study in this program. It is a high-level description of Contextual Inquiry, Contextual Design, Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, and Think-Aloud Usability Testing. I have been lucky to see the power these tools can have on my projects when tailored for specific purposes. Some of those projects are shown below.
	Palm Pilot Redesign and HCI Method Retrospective This project was a redesign of Palm Pilot interactions, specifically in the calendar application. We utilized the usability inspection methods and evaluation techniques learned in our Intro to HCI Methods class to inform and validate our new design. The redesign portion of the document describes in detail the suggestions my group made for changes to the palm pilot along with evidence from user studies which support our redesign choices. The retrospective portion summarizes the methods we used in the semester and describes what we thought about them.
	Web Survey Question Library The Web Survey interface allows flexible creation of surveys, allowing for programming in the ability to branch surveys and other enhancements. Our task was to improve the interface and interaction through the use of HCI methods including Contextual Inquiry, Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, and Think-Aloud Usability tests. This document describes our process, lessons learned, and a quick look at our prototype.
	Recipe Site - Fed.com This design exercise challenged us to utilize positive characteristics of a transaction web site in order to improve the recipe search. To gather user needs, we looked at directed storytelling within our target group, competitive evaluation, bricks and mortar observation as well as mood boards. We also utilized mental models and wire-frames in our development process. This process is documented in our process book site that also serves as a collection of our process artifacts.
	Small Screen Information System: Concert Interface This project was to explore challenges of navigating hierarchal information on a small screen. Shipra Kayan and I designed a concert-finding interface shown at left. We explored designing with personas, wire-frames, and navigational maps. In addition, we created a short Flash demo to show different aspects of the interaction.
	Widget Redesign This project was to explore assigned contexts, looking for real world widgets that need to be improved. This project involved looking through different contexts to find interactions that could be improved upon and rendering them for improved communication.
	Java Class Analyzer This Java project involved creating an interface that analyzes specific Java classes, identifying the member variables, methods, constructors, and super classes. My designed interface also provides the ability to run methods and constructors and view the member variables to verify functionality.