UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN
Fangyu Zhou
BFA, MDes
Assistant UIX Research Designer
User Research, User Experience Design, Interface Design, Design Research
I am a designer, I’ll create user interfaces for (mostly) web Apps that bridges project owners and users. I’m working with the group to explore the design system and better handoffs between designers and developers.
I am a designer who expertises in project-based research. Besides the interface design, I can plan and conduct research to learn about users to assist design decisions that build up user experiences. I can also adapt methods to broader topics like trend analysis, opportunity insights, App critique and improvement, etc. …
I’m also a designer interested in academic research which delivers Publications. I was interested in CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) and the design of AI products in my graduate education, and I’m exploring other opportunities too but will set UX design as a standpoint.
Design is my standpoint. I’ve been studying and practicing design for eight years. I have a background of Industrial Design in Beihang University and I received my Master of Design degree in 2021 from the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). I brought rational thinking and an evidential approach to design because of my education. I believe that research can bring daily design to a higher level.
I also had a multidisciplinary background including a little bit of everything: mechanical engineering, business, ethnography, statistics… which was a little bit of every upstream and downstream field centered with the design in the industry. These helped me understand design and stakeholders comprehensively.
Publications.
2021
Stud Health Technol Inform
Wu DTY*, Zhou F, Su WC, Vu H, Sahu P, Harnett B, Chiu TP, Vogel G, Lee JJ. A User-Centered Evaluation of a COVID-19 Intelligent Query System (COVID-IQS). Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 Oct, In Press.