GRACE WANG
About Me.
Design is my passion and I hope that my design can bring people happiness and make the world better.
Phone
+1 626-427-4189
Education
Graduation - May 2024
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
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Master program of Human Centered Design
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Master of Science (M.S.)
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Concentrated in Sustainable Design Studies
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Doing thesis research on the interaction between biophilic design and human
August 2017 - May 2022
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
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Major in Industrial and Interaction Design
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Bachelor of Industrial Design (B.I.D)
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Dean’s List for Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts
August 2013 - June 2017
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Los Angeles, CA
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Participated in swimming and tennis team
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Found interest in AP Art class and wanted to learn Design as a major in the college
Experiences
June 2023 - August 2023
AECOM
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Designed a website ‘Street Counter Pass’ for Hong Kong Land Department to manage applications for both external and internal users.
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Designed a website called ‘Road Defect Detection System (RDDS)’ to detect road defects with the use of AI, and users can define different types of road defects, including discolored road markings, line cracks and area cracks.
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Designed a logo of RDDS, which the logo is not only used on RDDS website but also used for users to click and access through the webpage of Highways Department.
October 2022 - December 2022
Design + Augmented Intelligence Lab
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Member of Cornell University’s Design + Augmented Intelligence (DAIL) Lab.
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Participated in DAIL’s UX research group, analyzing the results of wayfinding experiments: users wore VR goggles and used a supportive app to navigate a university campus building.
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Conducted literature review on the subject of human interaction with virtual reality goggles; identified main behaviors and user problems associated with VR hardware.
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Annotated various animations from the experiment by using NVivo to analyze participants’ motivations with different behavior markers.
May 2021 - August 2021
China East Computer
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Interned in the Design Team of China East Computer to develop the logo of the company.
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Joined in the Design Team, as party A, to cooperate with an Istanbul designer, and I mainly participate in communicating with the designer, giving advice, planning the whole process and making a final decision for the development of the logo.
May 2020 - August 2020
China Literature Ltd. By Tencent
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Interned in the Interaction Design Team of ‘Starting point Chinese net’ to develop the ‘Starting Point’ App, a reading App in China, for creating more efficient and interactive connection between users and the App.
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Designed posters and web banners of various based on different activities in ‘Starting Point’ App and App store to attract new users and to firm long-term users.
June 2019 - August 2019
Shanghai Tower Construction and
Development
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Interned in the Product Team under Marketing Center for Shanghai Tower.
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Worked for various design of derivative products by brand ‘Shanghai Tower’, which were sale in the souvenir shop, to not only add diversity of items but also to advocate for this landmark in Shanghai.
Awards
SIT Furniture Design Award Winner 2020
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Winner of 2020 SIT Furniture Design Award in 'SIT Underneath' category.
Skills
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UI Design Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch
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CAD Software: SolidWorks, KeyShot, Revit, Fusion 360, Rhino
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Video Analysis Tools: R, Excel, and NVivo
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Office Productivity Tools: Email, Slack, Miro, Office Apps, Database Search, Google Apps
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Proven Knowledge of coding, including CSS, HTML, JavaScript (Cornell University Certificate of Web and Development Design)
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Prototyping: Woodworking, Plastic fabrication, Molding, Welding, Lathe, Casting, Wheel-throwing,
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Slip-casting
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Jewelry making