Research Assistant Resume

SUMMARY

Expertise in user research methods, including iterative usability testing, heuristic evaluation, baseline and comparative testing, contextual interviews and online surveys.
Abundant experience with mobile and web app development and UI design using Python, Java, Visio and PowerPoint.
Strong statistical analysis skills. Familiarity with parametric and non - parametric statistics and the SPSS and R statistical packages.
Ability to interact and effectively communicate with people from diverse backgrounds, highlighting teamwork and problem solving.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Conducted group interviews and online surveys to identify the information needs of mobile users.
Designed and conducted user studies in lab and in field to identify the tactile design, which can better resist the impact of contextual distractors (e.g., ambient sound and users’ movement).
Developed and tested a mobile messenger app in Java using tactile icons to convey peripheral features of incoming messages in distracting contexts (e.g., while walking and driving).
Applied statistical models (e.g., paired t-test, ANOVA, post-hoc analysis and Chi-Square test) in SPSS to test research questions and analyze research data.
Developed a mobile exertion app in Python to detect users’ movement and embedded tactile and speech notifications to enable older adults monitor and adjust their exercise intensity eyes-freely.
Conducted a longitudinal diary study to evaluate the mobile app and examined the change of users’ health behaviors over time.
Developed a text entry mobile app for blind users in Objective C++ by sensing users' gesture input and displaying QWERTY keyboard in user-friendly mode using relative positioning metric.
Explored the effects of cultural differences on web information seeking behavior between people in US and Hungary.
Collected user performance data using psycho-physiological methods, including heart period variability, skin conductance, pupil size and eye-tracking data.