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Arlington, Virginia, United States

Silver Spring, Md

- Designed and conducted dozens of usability evaluations utilizing user experience best practices grounded in scientific methodology.- Led, designed, and contributed to evaluations of medical products, primarily for FDA human factors acceptance, including mobile applications, several varieties of injectors, ophthalmic imaging device, blood pressure monitor, negative pressure wound pump, and multiple blood glucose. monitoring systems- Analyzed quantitative and qualitative research data to form empirical conclusions and actionable recommendations for design improvements.- Crafted detailed research reports and lead presentations to client stakeholders to convey the nature and impact of findings and offered design recommendations.- Developed participant recruitment screeners and questionnaires, and contributed to recruitment efforts for research projects. - Managed concurrent projects while meeting prescribed deadlines.- Contributed to writing and submitting proposals and budgets for potential contracts.

George Mason University

- Collaborated with a small team of researchers on 3 iterations of studies which examined individual differences in spatial navigation.- Contributed key recommendations to experimental task design.- Completed weekly tasks toward project goals to meet strict grant deadlines without direct supervision.- Coordinated the efforts of 3 undergraduate research assistants.- Managed $500-$800 in grant funds per week for participant payments, totaling approximately $4100.- Administered testing of hundreds of participants, using an fMRI scanner and dual PC setup.- Developed an organizational structure to maintain datasets of over 64,000 individual data points for analysis of multiple information categories for 65-80 participants.- Programmed Excel formulas and VBA scripts to capture specific behavior and expedite analyses.- Invented novel methods to interpret participant cognition through analysis of multiple behavioral measures.- Presented analyses and interpreted findings during weekly team meetings.

Fairfax, Va

- Collaborated with 2 researchers on a 3-month project to perform a redesign of George Mason Student Media’s blogging website, resulting in a new site with increased functionality and reduced error potential.- Created touchscreen interface prototypes for an ATM, voting machine, mobile food-ordering application, and a Metro fare card machine using PowerPoint.- Developed personas and conducted interviews with target users.- Researched cognitive theory on mental workload, attention, and skill acquisition to assess task performance in a variety of settings including driving, piloting, and human-computer interaction.- Conducted literature reviews and presented findings of research on user interface design, including aircraft synthetic vision displays and multimodal UAV interfaces.- Communicated the procedures and results of usability testing through written reports and oral presentations.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Factors And Applied Cognition

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology