Design & Research

I served as a design consultant with Illinois Design Consulting (IDC) for three years. IDC is the University of Illinois’ student design consulting firm, meant to aid clients with brand development, product ideation, and interface design.

I was able to hone my skills relating to product design, 3D modeling, and design research. Work & more info below.

Client
Marmon Holdings/Marmon Rail

Year
2023

Project
Marmon Holdings tasked our team of 6 with creating a new safety device for their railway workers. They were in need of something that could activate an emergency rail stop at the push of the button— with communication features and a durable design.

We presented briefs for potential new device designs. I led research and communication with current workers to gauge their needs. I also contributed to the design and modeling of our mock-ups.

I conducted a research study with the University of Illinois Department of Psychology from January to May 2022, using data science and polling in order to gauge the range of participants' reactions to political "memes" sourced from internet humor pages-- especially targeting the different aspects and angles that incited certain reactions.

The end result was “Political influences on perception of meme humor: A pilot study.”