Distribution of Noise Pollution in University District Area — Learn to Visualize Data The project that we received this week is about information visualization. We used Tableau to analysis complex data, 911 Incident Response Dataset. Before actually dealing with a large amount of data, I practice using Tableau to analysis little information. And also some straightforward analysis about the big dataset. …

Observation Commuting: The Light Rail — Learn to observe The project that we received this week is observation, part of user research. The topic of it was the same as the topic of ideation, commuting. Before starting the project, I did some practices about user research during the sprint on 02/08. For instance, brainstorm all the possible practices people…

Sustainable Commuting — Ideation Training The project that we received this week is generating ideas about Sustainable Commuting. I first gave ten general ideas of various mobility options. Then I focused on developing one idea into ten different versions. Before I started the actual project, I did some ideation training during the sprint on 02/01…

Kitchen Appliances: Microwave — Detailed Planning During 01/18 Sprint We received a usability testing project that making a detailed plan for testing kitchen appliances, a microwave. Our team has three members Daniel Kim, Leo Guo, and me. All of us live on campus. For convenience, we agreed to test the microwave in Alder Hall, GE Microwave Oven. The first…

Water Quality In the Puget Sound Area — Design Process During 01/11 Sprint We received an interaction design project that making a prototype for a mobile application helping citizen science, to enable citizens collecting useful data for environmental research. The specific topic for our group is water quality in the Puget Sound area. I decided to focus on the user group who is…

Vehicle Interface — As the picture above, I was writing down some possible users for vehicles. And this activity led to the object of the UCD Charrette, design smart user interfaces for vehicles. This was the first time I doing a design charrette or any design work. So, I was being nervous and…