Selected Work
Projects with measurable impact
AI & Conversational UX
Mini Artifacts
Long AI conversations bury the details that matter. I built a research prototype to test whether spatial cards — persistent, evolving, and ephemeral — can keep planning visible without leaving the chat.
Solo research project · 2 weeks
DesignSkills
Most solo developers skip design thinking entirely — they don't have a designer on the team. I built an open-source toolkit that brings 8 structured design skills directly into Claude Code so teams ship user-centered products, not just code.
Open-source · Solo · 1 week
AI Info Gathering
AI assistants ask 20 questions in a row and users check out. I designed 7 structured input cards that replace conversational Q&A — giving users agency, progress, and the ability to skip.
Solo research · 4 weeks
Point & Prompt
Describing what's on your screen to AI is slow and loses nuance — a picture is worth a thousand tokens. I built a capture system so users can show AI what they see instead of explaining it.
Shipped · Solo · 4 weeks
Tale
2M+ Americans with aphasia can think clearly but lose the words. I designed an AI communication aid that turns fragmented speech into complete conversations — validated with neurologists and speech clinics.
Startup · Team of 5 · 1 year
TREX
Forests burn faster than we can measure them — manual wildfire fuel assessment takes hours per transect. I designed a $300 autonomous sensor robot that does it in 15 minutes, tested in real forests with actual technicians.
UW Capstone + AI2 Internship · 3 mentors · 1 year
Design & Development
Enteronova Controller
Firmware engineers were juggling five tools to test one medical device — context switching killed velocity. I built a single-screen BLE testing console that unified device control, oscilloscope testing, and structured reporting.
Enteronova · Solo design & dev, used by firmware + hardware team · 2 days
Enteronova Website
How do you make a clinical neurostimulation device feel approachable to consumers? I designed and built a marketing site that translates complex medical data into a wellness brand people trust.
Enteronova · Solo design & dev · 1 week
Dempsey UX Writing
Startup competitions are noisy — every booth has a pitch deck. We needed words that triggered emotion first, then logic. I crafted UX writing that turned our pitch into a story judges couldn't walk past.
Tale startup · Team of 5 · Dempsey Competition 2024