In a world where people are already marrying AI partners, what will intimacy look like in the future? This project explored our connections with others to reimagine what our relationships with technology could look like in the future. By making the LLM local, questions are generative and personalized to the user, but also environmentally friendly and completely private. Conversation is limited to a daily question or two to curb psychological dependence and negative mental health consequences. Using a very natural interaction - picking up and holding a seashell - provides and alternative method of interacting not only with technology, but with ourselves.

Role: Lecturer | Location: University of Washington - Seattle | Duration: 2023 - 2024 2 weeks before autumn quarter 2023 began, I was interviewed for what I thought was a TA position. It ended up being an offer to teach an entire class, which I had never done before, and would turn into one of the greatest experiences of my career. Over three quarters, I used Product Design Techniques (research, develop, test, iterate) to enhance the curriculum, developing fun activities that were adopted by other classes and 100% student responses of instructor effectiveness as “excellent” or “very good”

Overview of some of my hardware research at Microsoft & software research for political technology consulting firms.

2018 HCDE Capstone project - a device to help patients with their post-operative pain.