The goal of this project was to investigate the CityBus service, a public transportation service catering to the towns of Lafayette and West Lafayette, including Purdue University. We wanted to discover how ridership as a whole could be increased, and how riders’ experiences could be improved.
Role: UX Researcher, Project Lead
Timeline: Jan-May 2024
Class: Experience Studio 3
Tags: Service Design, App Design, UX Research
In experience studios students work on one semester long project with a corporate sponsor in teams of UX students from every year of the program. Students in experience studio 3 tend to be Sophomores.
In this project, my team was tasked with conducint a usability evaluation of the Purdue Libraries website and suggesting changes to improve the experience of undergraduate users.
Role: UX researcher, Project lead
Timeline: Aug-Dec 2023
Class: Experience Studio 2
Tags: Web Design, UX Research, Usability Evaluation
In experience studios we work on one semester long project with a corporate sponsor and a group of UX students from every year of the program. Students in experience studio 2 tend to be sophomores.
For this project, my team was tasked with modifying or creating a new fitness tracking app that will prevent users from cheating and logging steps they did not actually take.
Role: UX Designer, Secondary Research Lead
Timeline: April 2023
Class: Learning Studio 1
Tags: Behavior Design, App Design, Literature Review
In learning studios we learn tools and methods, then apply those skills through 1-2 month group projects and short exercises. Learning studio 1 is taken by all CGT students freshman year creating multi-disciplinary project groups.