Amrutha Kumaran Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Evanston, Illinois, United States

I worked closely with our clients at every phase of the project cycle to meet their needs and ensure the quality of our deliverables. My responsibilities included writing study protocols and recruiting scripts, managing IRB submissions, preparing testing environments, moderating sessions, analyzing data, and creating human factors engineering presentations.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

In the spring term of 2020 I designed a digital, internet of things (IoT) enabled puzzle to advise an undergraduate class learning how to create successful, physical escape room experiences with microcontrollers. I also assisted in the design and presentation of a portable escape room enabled by microcontrollers and driven by STEM concepts at the 2020.

Urbana-Champaign Area

I advised patrons and students using graphic software (Inkscape, Silhouette Studio) and 3D-modeling software (FlashPrint, Simplify 3D, Cura) to effectively design and troubleshoot their prototypes. I also provided expertise in stained glass and developed workshops that combined coding, circuit soldering, and glass.

Greater Chicago Area

Plant Medicine: Multi-Species Wellness in a Global City was a featured temporary exhibit of the Contemporary Art Program at the International Museum of Surgical Science. The exhibit was inspired by the website I designed for The Field Museum in Chicago and ongoing research for the Global Wellness in Urban Chicago project, a joint effort of The Field Museum.

Chicago

I coordinated three museum and University of Chicago (UIC) researchers in writing proposals for the $15,000 UIC Global Health and Well-Being Research Seed Grant and the $11,000 2016 Negaunee Expeditions Fund. The seed grant was the first financial support that the Global Wellness in Urban Chicago project received excluding private donations. I was.

Chicago

I joined a project conducting ethnographic research on immigrant health, wellness, and resilience in the Chicago area by collecting oral histories and herbs that was 5 years underway. As an intern I wrote a new research protocol and interviewed 12 Asian immigrants about their perception of health and medicine to understand the social context of herbs in.

Hyderabad, India And St. Louis, MO

I was awarded a $4,000 Summer Undergraduate Research Award to conduct ethnographic research on the impact of in-vitro fertilization on new economic and ethical relationships between doctors and infertile clients in south India. I independently constructed my research protocol for approval by my univeristy's IRB and observed/interviewed staff in three.

I taught conceptual tools for studying the intersection of power, privilege, and medical knowledge in Asian medical history in a 400 level, 3 credit course titled Culture, Illness, & Healing in Asia. I wrote two exams with the instructor, taught one class lecture, and organized a textbook author's visit.

Master Of Science - Ms, Health Technology

Activities and Societies: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society HT 501 Understanding Users of Health Technology ● Captured the user.

Blue Tech Badge, Research Park Tech Training Program (July-August)

Completed programming exercises and attended a series of workshops on UNIX, SQL, Python, and Git/Github. Led a team in completing a.

Certificate, Interactive Design

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Anthropology

Activities and Societies: GlobeMed, Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society