Overview
Innovation Design
| Human-Machine Interaction
| Concept Design
At UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurship project Harmony, I transformed voice-biomarker ML into an empathetic, context-aware VUI that supports natural, compassionate home interactions—bridging cutting-edge AI and human-centered care.
Client:
Siemens Healthineers
Industry:
MedTech, B2B
Role:
UX Researcher
Timeline:
2025 Summer
Bridged structural biology and engineering to turn complex CV/AI pipelines into an intuitive web platform adopted by 200+ researchers and powering 2M+ processing runs.
What Are Happening In The Room?
Context @Siemens Healthineers
What are happening in the room?
Their initial purpose is to analysis images from Cryo-ET assisted by visualization tool (typically IMOD). However, 他们在繁复的弹窗中迷失，对着逻辑交错且顺序复杂的参数设置苦恼，等待图像处理的未知焦虑，面对任务失败需要花大量时间debug找原因沮丧，同时老版软件跟不上AI技术的进步没能集成上最前沿的辅助科技，也不适用于现代lab的协作环境……对此我们能做什么？
Design Objectives
CT inventional
Traditionally, structural biologists worked in this way:
Field Visit
Understand who are in the loop?
极大锻炼了我在真实落地开发、服务甲方的环境中做设计的能力，我收获了与PM、甲方高效沟通对齐需求，掌握基础前端技能与前端开发沟通交付，学习后端算法优化UI流程等宝贵经验。
Contextual Inquiry
Understand what they need & want?
Traditionally, structural biologists worked in this way:
Literature Review
Cross-industry learning and inspiring
Traditionally, structural biologists worked in this way:
OR Role Map
How we evaluate
Traditionally, structural biologists worked in this way:
User Journey Map
Concept Design & Dissemination
Traditionally, structural biologists worked in this way:
Takeaway