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In general, the projects are divided into two sessions according to the different focus. Internet Explorer 5.0, Shockwave, Quicktime are recommended. To see more details, just click the picture. 
Information Design
In-Flight Entertainment System -Tour Guide
After building the scenario, designed and prototyped the customized  tour guide. It allows passengers to build their own map in flight as their own tour guide to travel and they can get their print out at the gate.

[Shockwave and screen shots]
Stockphone Display and Embedded Information Design
Focus on the embedded information display. Used the visual cues to make structure as clear as possible and show as much information as possible in the small display.( Two colors are required.)

[Shockwave and screen shots] 


Financial Web Site Design
Using card sorting, worked with typography, visual design elements, and color to create a visual interface for the financial site. Explored a number of visual design concepts for different levels of screens.

[Screen shots]

Classic Chinese Garden Interface Design


Design and prototype the interface for the on line tutorial "Classic Chinese Gardens".

[Screen shots]
Architecture Department Web Site Design
 

 


Designed the  web site of Architecture department of Carnegie Mellon university. (Some pages have been updates.) It provide a navigational base from which the user could investigate the sites. 

GM Driver Information Interface Design

 

Create a demonstrational prototype of the "car of the future" to illustrate new interface and interaction paradigms for an in-car information system.

Sponsor: GM

User Experience Design & Usability Testing   
Real Estate Buying System ( the capstone project)
Research, design and prototype a system that will assist buyers to locate houses that match their criteria. Demonstrate how this system would work in the field (GPS) and at home (GIS) on both PCs and wireless PDAs.
Sponsor: Trilogy


Virtual on line Toy Store, Navigation Research
Using various usability techniques to do research on how kids navigate toys web sites, and came up with building virtual toys store on line and did three prototypes using different hierarchy for the user testing, and drew conclusion from them. [Three Prototypes and Reports]

EZ Automoble Music System Design


From human factors point of view, conducted the detailed task analysis and driver workload analysis..., came up with Car Music system design and report. Did the think aloud user testing and redesign.  
Sponsor: GM
[Reports and poster]
Software Interface Design -Visage Redesign 

 

Conducted the usability study using various techniques, including Contextual Inquiry, Heuristic Evaluation and Think aloud testing. Redesigned Visage interface and prototyped the redesigned interface.
 
Reference: www.cs.cmu.edu/groups/sage/sample.html

 

Palm Pilot III Redesign
Conducted various usability evaluation techniques including contextual inquiry, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, and think aloud user testing to analyze Palm Pilot III usability and redesign it. Designed the experiment for the redesign. The final report is sent to Palm Computing as reference for future development.

[Report and screen shots] 

In-flight entertainment system . Stockphone Allbank web . Chinese Gardens . Architecture dept web . Real estate buying system . eToys web design .Car Music System . Visage redesign . Palm Pilot III redesign  

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