MENGXIAO HAN [email protected] 734.730.8797 hanmx.people.si.umich.edu USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN EDUCATION PROJECT & EXPERIENCE 2013-2015 University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI MS Information, Human Computer Interaction, GPA 3.77 Recipient of Merit Scholarship Fall 2014 2009-2013 DePauw University, Greencastle, IN BA Computer Science and Mathematics, GPA 3.70 Recipient of President’s Award for Excellence DePauw Computer Science Department Honor Society Voyagers | UX Designer, Interaction Designer Designed a travel tool that helps people collaboratively plan trips. Conducted comparative analysis, 12 interviews and translated them into the affinitity wall. Created personas and scenarios, storyboards, sketched interaction experience and made mid-fi prototype in Axure. Fall 2014 ScaryMommy Confession Board Info Viz Tool Graphic Designer, Web Developer Designed a info viz tool to help researchers explore what people confess in an anonymous online community. Sketched alternative solution and made a high-fi prototype. Programmed with HTML5, CSS3 and D3.js. Summer 2014 ForeSee by Answers.com | Usability Intern, Ann Arbor, MI Evaluated client websites and presented findings and recommendations in reports. Researched on retailing websites about most popular features and analyzed behavioral patterns. Prototyped the best practices and wrote white paper with collegues. Conducted research to update indicators in the knowledgebase. Spring 2014 iCare | Graphic Designer, Interaction Designer Designed a mobile app to help busy parents find neighbors to babysit their children. Conducted comparative analysis, created personas and scenarios, storyboards, sketched alternative solutions. Created paper and digital prototypes. Spring 2014 Spin-a-Story | User Experience Researcher / Designer Collaborated with project managers to evaluate user needs of an collaborative story-writing mobile application. Conducted interviews, surveys, comparative analysis, heuristics evaluation and usability tests to assess and identify key issues. Generated recommendations and redesigned major areas to improve user experience. RELEVANT COURSEWORK Contextual Inquiry, Interaction Design, Information Visualization Needs Assessment & Usability Evaluation Advanced Graphic Design, A Dialogue of Five Senses Social Interaction Experience Design SKILLS Research Design Interaction Mapping, Survey Design Comparative Analysis, Contextual Inquiry Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Testing Personas & Scenarios, Storyboarding, Wireframing Prototying, Quick Sketching LANGUAGES HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP/MySQL SOFTWARE Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Axure, Balsamiq Mockups, Final Cut Pro
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