I worked on the CogTool project for CMU's HCII. CogTool is a UI prototyping application which produces a cognitive model to predict how long it will take for a skilled user to navigate an interface. I worked on altering CogTool to be able to use Johnny Lee's Wiimote whiteboard system, so UI designers could work together on a whiteboard rather than hunched around a computer.

In my Basic Interaction Design class, I was part of a group which designed a new e-reader for people who commute to work and like to read the newspaper. My group (Andrew Mercando, Beverly Hsu, and myself) designed our product so the user can operate it easily using just one hand, for easy use on a crowded bus or subway. Click here to visit the project's site for more information.

For the main project in my Pen-Based Computing class, I was part of a group (Aaron Daniele, Borg Lojasiewicz, and myself) which made a tablet PC program to help elementary school students learn how to write in cursive. Our application consisted of two parts: a tutorial and a game. I was in charge of the game and the UI for the whole project. Click here to visit the site for this project.

In the spring of my junior year at CMU, I took the Operating Systems: Design and Implementation class. The main project of this course was making a Unix-inspired kernel to run on x86 hardware. I worked on this project with a partner, Zach Murphy, writing all the code in either C or x86 assembly.

As part of my Software Architecture for User Interfaces class, I made an instant messenger client which uses a kinetic typography engine built by Johnny Lee. My IM takes advantage of the engine to bring out the emotion expressed in the messages people type. It analyzes the emotional content of whatever a person types and animates the text accordingly. Click here to see a demo of my project.

As part of my Basic Interaction Design class, I was part of a group which designed a communication-based iPhone application. My group (Maria Emerson, Bonnie Lee, and myself) chose long-distance couples as the target users for our app, since such couples rely greatly on phones for communication. Click here to visit the project's site for more information.

During my freshmen year in college, I took part in the creation of a game called Motora through CMU'S Game Creation Society. I was a level designer on this game. For more information and to play the game, click here to visit the game's site.

During my freshmen year in college, I took part in the creation of a game called World of Power Monkey through CMU'S Game Creation Society. I designed the "Death" level in this 3d platform adventure game. For more information and to play the game, click here to visit the game's site.