Bijan Aryana PhD , Design Researcher Visual CV+ Portfolio Last updated : April 2014 Contents CV Portfolio Profile 3 Interaction Design [1] Mobile Banking Application 9 Education 4 Interaction Design [2] FlowManager™ Software 11 Experiences 4 User Research 13 Skills 5 Urban Elements 15 Short courses 6 Product Design [1] Personal Digital Partner 16 Awards 6 Product Design [2] Mobile Hospital 18 Publications 7 Product Design [3] Snowmobile 19 Teaching 7 Sketches and concepts 20 References 7 1 Visual CV 2 Education BSc Industrial Design Iran University of Science and Technology Experience 1999 2000 2001 2002 Intern Pars Khodro Intern Iran Pouya 2003 MSc Industrial Design University of Tehran 2004 2005 2006 2007 Industrial Designer Shiraz Municipality 2008 PhD Interaction Design 2009 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Interaction Designer FMC Technologies 2010 2011 Assistant Professor 2012 2013 3 Izmir Institute of Technology Narenjestan Garden = Shiraz Bijan Aryana +905071938417 A.306, Faculty of Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE), Ulra, Izmir, Turkey Date of birth: 16 September 1980 Nationality: Iranian [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/bijanaryana Married Permanent resident of Norway I have a PhD in Interaction Design from Norwegian University of Science and Technology. My background is in industrial design and I have been focusing on user research, User Centered Design, and Human Computer Interaction in recent years. My areas of interest include qualitative user research methods, usability evaluation in different cultural settings, and new product development. I am currently an assistant professor at Izmir Institute of Technology and I am teaching Human Computer Interaction, Product Innovation, and Design Research courses for master students who enrolled in the industrial design program. In my previous professional experience, I worked as an interaction designer at FMC Technologies in Asker, Norway for a period of 3 months. This was an opportunity to work as an interaction designer in a software development team. 4 Skills Skilled / Fluent Intermediate Languages Beginner ● Persian ● Graphics Norwegian CAD Software English ● Photoshop ● Illustrator ● Inkscape ● AutoCad (2D) ● AutoCad (3D) ● HCI Design Visual IxD Solidworks ● Indigu Studio ● HTML ● Sketching ● Visual Design ● Idea Generation ● Design process ● New Product Development ● User Centered Design ● User research ● Usability Studies ● Wireframes ● User Scenarios ● Research Qualitative Analysis ● Grounded Theory ● Academic Writing ● Lecturing ● 5 Short courses 2007 Root Cause Analysis : Applied information development institute, Tehran, Iran 2008 2010 Project Management : Shiraz Municipality, Iran 2011 Mobile User Interface Design 3rd wave HCI PhD course: Aarhus tutorial : UPA International University, Aarhus, Denmark Conference, Munich, Germany Value Engineering :Shiraz Municipality, Iran Academic writing : NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Awards 2003 2005 1st place in Iranian university entrance 1st place of industrial design graduates of Iran examination ( MSc Industrial Design) University of Science and Technology. Selected Project in the16th annual industrial design exhibition of University of Tehran. 2006 Finalist in Toshiba Hard Disk Drive Revolution competition 2008 Research Fellowship, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. (Selected among more than 70 applicants) Winner of the first national "Iran Khodro" design competition 6 Publications Citation indexed Journals Other Journals IJHCI UAIS Conferences IJLEG IJPD IASDR 07 (2) DESIGN 2010 LeNS NordDesign 2010 HCII 2011 ICED 2011 Teaching Courses Product Innovation Human Computer Interaction Research Methods in Design 2013 MSc Industrial Design , IYTE 2013 MSc Industrial Design , IYTE 2013 MSc Industrial Design , IYTE Workshops User Centered Design Service Design 2013 Tabriz Art University 2013 Tabriz Art University Industry Academia References Casper Boks Professor NTNU Supervisor [email protected] Torkil Clemmensen Professor CBS Co-supervisor [email protected] André Liem Associate Professor NTNU Colleague [email protected] Ole Henrik Dahle Specialist Engineer FMC Mentor [email protected] 7 Portfolio 8 Interaction Design [1] Mobile banking application – Freelance project 2014 9 Mobile banking and mobile payment services gain more and more importance in many countries specially in emerging markets and emerging economies. Some experts believe that they can change the future of money. Users around the world have different approaches towards money and banking systems are quite diverse. Therefore, these services usually need to be customized according to the special context of use in each country. This concept is designed by using minimal and flat visual elements. The features are defined based on common banking tasks in Turkey. An interactive prototype is available here. 10 One of my main responsibilities was to design visual elements such as symbols and icons for FMC FlowManager™ software. I also should plan and conduct usability tests according to the most recent developments in the software. Another responsibility of mine was developing wire-frames, prototypes and scenarios of use for the future applications using indigo studio. Interaction Design [2] FMC Technologies—2013 Flow Manager™ is a multi-phase flow simulator for online systems that enables users to perform surveillance, optimization and prediction of sub-sea oil and gas production. One of the main challenges in this project was proper design of different visual elements. Icons and symbols of Flow Manager™ should represent subsea components, network components, mathematical equations and logical functions. Representing these complex technical features by tiny visual elements was not easy, specially because these visual elements should be understood quickly by users from different disciplines. I designed more than 300 visual elements during my career at FMC Technologies. Since the software is not officially launched, I am not able to add screen shots of final design. However my reference at FMC Technologies can be contacted for more details. In addition you can find an attestation in the next page. 11 12 Before starting my PhD, I had some experiences in product design, and I was always interested in understanding users in their own cultural context. I found that similar technologies might be used differently in different places, and this was the start point of developing a PhD proposal with following specifications: User Research PhD project— 2008-2013 Topic: Country- specific customization of mobile applications Scopes : Standard applications of smart phones, two emerging markets of Iran and Turkey, first-time users of smart phones, and Innovative users (users who adapt technologies faster than others). Main research areas: Mobile HCI and New Product Development. Focus group session in Tehran User research methods : Semi structured interviews Focus group sessions (Free listing and diary study) Usability tests Requirements gathering sessions ( Brainstorming and Sketching) Usability test in Istanbul Usability test in Tehran 13 Steps of the project, methods, and outcomes Steps 1 Semi structured interviews with marketing team of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of smart phones Outcomes - Focusing on innovative users - Selecting a suitable device for the study - Accessing users by the OEM’s marketing network 2 Focus group studies combined with diary study in Iran and free listing in Turkey. Participants selected from innovative users Identifying a number of applications and tasks that might be the sources of country specific usability problems. 3 Usability tests (recorded on videos) Identifying country-specific usability problems in each country 4 Requirements gathering sessions using brainstorming and sketching techniques. Participants selected from innovative users Ideas for country specific customization of applications Sketches by a Turkish user : Music application UI Visual translation of an idea from brainstorming sessions Contacts list application UI 14 Urban Elements Shiraz Municipality— 2006-2008 I was working as a designer in Urban Elements unit at Shiraz Municipality for two years. Although most urban elements are made by simple manufacturing technologies, these products are complex in terms of the social context of use. Understanding the local users’ needs, identity of the city, local manufacturers , climate , and social behaviors such as vandalism were among the most important factors in design projects at Urban Elements unit. In addition, field studies and observations were the permanent parts of all projects . Among the designs, the donation box can be an interesting sample. While charity donation boxes are not common objects in the West, they can be seen frequently in the streets of cities in Iran. From concept to prototype From concept to prototype Charity donation box 15 Product Design [1] MSc thesis—Personal Digital Partner—2006 The title of my MSc thesis was Personal Digital Partner. This was a conceptual title for a multifunctional digital device which was able to change according the context of use. The design process was influenced by Object Oriented thinking paradigm , and the product, its components, and its use cases were “logically” modeled. More details about the design process is available in a paper entitled: Application of Object Oriented Thinking in Product Design: Design Process of Personal Digital Partner Two design concepts were created in the final phase of the design. One of these design concepts (Zodiac) was selected as a finalist in Toshiba Hard Disc drive Revolution Competition. Of course, these designs should be evaluated considering the time that they were created :2006. A class diagram used for modeling the product A use case diagram for modeling the product 16 Concept 1: Booklet PC. Dynamic form factor Concept 2: Zodiac, a small device with a context aware UI that can be attached to other digital devices. Finalist in Toshiba Hard Disc Drive Revolution design competition , 2006. 17 Product Design [2] Mobile Hospital— Selected Project in the16th annual industrial design exhibition of University of Tehran—2005 18 This project was done for Project 3 MSc course at University of Tehran. In 2003, a major earthquake struck Bam and the surrounding Kerman province of southeastern Iran. Problems in transporting , installing and using mobile hospitals which were mostly based on inflatable shelters or ordinary tents highlighted the need for mobile hospitals with solid walls that can be installed easily. This small snow mobile was designed to be used in Touchal, a ski run near Tehran. I developed the initial sketches and then worked on a 1:1 scale plaster model. The plaster model was then transformed to a fiberglass body by a composite materials expert to finalize the prototype. Product Design [3] Snowmobile—2001 19 Sketches and concepts Fiat 500 MP3 Player - 2007 Neoretro – a selected design in a national car design completion -2006 Mobile phone concept- Gigabyte - 2007 Peugeot Pleaseot concept - 2007 20