Designing with people, and building with code.
Doing research at the intersection of human-centered computing, design, and AI. With my background in Software Engineering, my work blends iterative and rapid prototyping with qualitative research in order to build tools that shape the way we learn and work, through thoughtful design.
Education
Informatics, M.S.
2025—Present
University of California, Irvine
Software Engineering, B.S.
2021—2025
University of California, Irvine
Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2025-2026
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
IN4MATX 43: Introduction to Software Engineering with Hadar Ziv
Taught ~150 students over 3 discussion sections.
Coordinated with readers to grade 1000+ student submissions (cumulative).
Provided instruction on topics like Software Architecture, Design, Testing, and process models like Agile.
IN4MATX 121: Software Design I with Andre van der Hoek
Taught ~100 students over two discussion sections.
Facilitated work sessions for Design Studio assignments. Topics ranged from application, interface, and architecture design.
Research Assistant
2024-2025
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
TeamCAST
Performed comparative analysis across multiple student groups to identify correlations among team participation, LLM usage, and other factors.
Designed a PostgreSQL database to document artifact development over different groups.
Developed an evaluation framework for quality, volume, and importance of artifacts produced.
Daily Smirk
Deployed to 300+ students in capstone-project classes and other courses, facilitating high-frequency peer assessments and real-time feedback.
Analyzed user flow and created entity-relationship diagrams to streamline data input and improve interface usability.
UI, UX, and Front-end development using ReactJS for the Daily Smirk, a high-frequency peer assessment application under Professor Andre Van Der Hoek & Yu Lu, Department of Informatics at UCI.
Designed and implemented a customizable peer assessment tool based on stakeholder feedback, streamlining data input and improving user experience for instructors.
Undergraduate Reader
Fall 2024
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, UC Irvine
IN4MATX 121: Software Design I with Andre van der Hoek
Campus Representative
2022-2025
Office of Undergraduate Admissions, UC Irvine
Streamlined operations by automating and aggregating over 1,000 quarterly calls using Google Sheets and Python to analyze shift data
Engaged in student outreach at panels, events, and college fairs to promote UC Irvine.
Led over fifty campus tours and guest check-in shifts, delivering exceptional guest service.
Presentations
Presented at the 2025 UROP Symposium at UC Irvine
Presented at the 2024 UROP Symposium at UC Irvine
Awards
Designing and developing a clinical tool for speech language pathologists and researchers studying hypernasality.
Redesigned UCI's student enrollment system, in a brand-consistent and student-focused way.
Used Latent Dirichlet Allocation and Latent Semantic Analysis to improve user search over a provided dataset
A game that calls on the Spotify and MusixMatch API to quiz you on your top songs and their lyrics.
Extracurriculars
Design-a-thon Corporate Director for Design at UC Irvine
2024-2025
Public Relations Committee Member for ICS Student Council
2022-2025