Barbara Alves

Barbara Alves

Education M.A. in Special Studies – Interaction Design, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Anticipated graduation date: May 2008. Current G.P.A.: 3.96

B.F.A. in Industrial Design. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

August 2002 - May 2006. Final G.P.A.: 3.31

Relevant Coursework:

Human Factors in Design

Methods in Design

Creating Scenarios & Simulations

Undergraduate Thesis - Wayfinding

Interaction Design

Doing Ethnography

Technical Writing

Qualitative Research in Communications

Industrial Design. Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

August 2001 – May 2002

Awards • Graduate Research Assistantship (2006-2008)

• Undergraduate Fulbright Scholarship (2002-2006)

• Miller Hall Alumnae Scholarship (2003-2004/2005-2006)

• Battenfeld Memorial Scholarship for International Students (2004-2005)

Leadership • Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) - KU Chapter, Secretary (2005-2006)

• Student Senate, International Student Senator (2003-2004/2004-2005)

• Brazilian Student Association, Vice-president (2004-2005)

Skills • AutoCAD • Corel Draw • Fluent in Portuguese • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe PageMaker • Basic Spanish

Work Experience e-Learning Design Lab – Graduate Research Assistant, Lawrence, KS

August 2006-Present

Create and review HTML contents for BAIP project in the state of Kansas, a very detail-oriented work. I had previously worked for the lab as a graphic designer during my undergraduate degree, from 2004 to 2006.

Projekt 202 – User Experience Group Intern, Austin, TX

Summer 2007

Assisted in various user interface design challenges working on wireframes, PPT prototypes, IA diagrams and heuristic evaluations. The work is currently confidential, but the clients included Motorola, e-MDs and a Fortune 500 financial firm.

Herman Miller – Graduate Research Assistant, Lawrence, KS

August 2006 – May 2007

Assisted Prof. Mahbub Rashid, research’s principal investigator, with a Herman Miller research project on the impact of Herman Miller’s furniture on learning in a university classroom setting.

Duke TIP – Instructor, Lawrence, KS

July 2006

Created and taught a three weeklong product design course to 12-15 y.o. gifted students. Monitored and evaluated student’s performance and encouraged independent, creative thinking as well as problem solving.

Forcade Associates – Intern, Evanston, IL

Summer 2005, June 2006

Worked on the development of environmental graphic design emphasizing wayfinding for the built environment.

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