Experience

Teaching Assistant

University of Victoria | Jan 2023 – Present

CSC 413/513 (Designing Creativity Support Tools) | Fall 2024

-       Mentored student groups in designing and developing tangible user interfaces to support creative tasks,                       attended demo sessions, and provided feedback on their designed systems.

CSC 411/511 (Information Visualization) | Spring 2024, Summer 2024

-       Led class activities focused on authoring and evaluating visualizations. Provided feedback on assignments                     related to interaction design, storytelling, and data physicalization topics.

SENG 310 (Human Computer Interaction) | Spring, Summer, Fall 2023

-       Delivered lectures on HCI topics, including ethical considerations in user research and user studies, while                       teaching design and wireframing tools such as Adobe XD, Figma, and Balsamiq in lab sessions. 

-       Organized mentoring sessions for groups of students in their HCI projects in conducting user studies to                         understand user needs, designing HCI systems, and conducting user evaluation studies and finally grading and             providing feedback to the projects and exams.

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Research Associate                                                                                                

VIXI Lab, University of Victoria | Sept 2022 - Present

-       Led research projects to iteratively design, develop, and evaluate new techniques for creating dynamic and                   interactive data physicalizations using various materials like textiles and integrating various electronics and                     controllers.

-       Conducted qualitative studies to understand how materials like clay can support and enrich the data                               physicalization process.

-       Designed and developed a system to support authoring dynamic and interactive data physicalizations using                 Grasshopper plugin in Rhinoceros.

-       Led training sessions and worked with digital fabrication tools such as Laser cutter, 3D printer, and computational         knitting machine.

User Experience Designer                                                                                   

Tehran Internet company (780 Sub-brand) | Aug 2021 – June 2022

-       Conducted usability testing for fintech application services. Evaluated performance metrics (efficiency,                           learnability, time on task, task success, etc.) and self-reported metrics using SUS and QUIS questionnaires.                     Iteratively delivered actionable recommendations that enhanced the user interface.

-       Developed a comprehensive user research roadmap for a UI overhaul, incorporating behavioral metrics (e.g. eye         tracking), and self-reported metrics (e.g. awareness and comprehension and product reaction cards) to inform               design decisions.

-       Conducted a benchmark analysis of existing super applications to position 780 services as multi-channel,                       independent, and redundant, guiding persona development and design criteria extraction. Created a user                     journey for cross-platform navigation within 780 super application. Designed the user interface for a multi-service         fintech and travel website, incorporating insights from both the benchmark analysis and journey map, and                     delivered the design files to technical and development teams.

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User Experience Designer                                                                                   

Ketab plus startup | May 2021 – Aug 2021

-      Conducted a survey targeting end users of B2B services to gather insights into their needs and preferences. This          research informed the design of a book reading service aimed at promoting reading among employees in                      companies, fostering a culture of continuous learning within workplace.

-      Led brainstorming sessions with different teams to generate ideas for the features of the                                                  online bookstore service, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with user expectations.

-      Designed key features, wireframes, and the user interface informed by insights gained from survey results and              based on gamification principles.

Mechanical Designer                                                                                             

Self Employed | May 2020 – May 2021

-      Designed 3D models and operated FDM and DLP 3D printers and Laser cut machines for manufacturing models.

Mechanical Designer                                                                                           

Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators |  June 2019 – March 2020

-      Led Design and manufacturing of laparoscopic tool for Sina surgical robot.

Summer Intern                                                                                     

Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators | June 2018 – Aug 2018

-      Studying collision detection of the slave robot arms