- Interface and interaction design (mobile, web, and novel interfaces)
- User studies and surveys
- Storyboarding
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Usability evaluation
- User experience principles
Download Vedrana's resume (one page pdf)
User Experience:
Programming:
- HTML & CSS
- PHP
- MySQL
- Javascript
- ActionScript
- Java
- Android
- Objective-C/Cocoa Touch (iPhone)
- Virtools (virtual reality)
- VHDL
- Matlab
Software:
- Flash
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Dreamweaver
- Premiere & other video editing software
- Xcode/Interface Builder (iPhone)
- Eclipse
- Quartus
- Audacity
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction (Computing Specialization) in May 2011
GPA: 4.0
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering in May 2009
Certificate in Information Science & Information Studies (ISIS) in May 2009
Certificate in Information Science & Information Studies (ISIS) in May 2009
GPA: 3.744; ECE GPA: 3.823; ISIS GPA: 4.0
Dean’s List; Member of Eta Kappa Nu honor society; Received scholarships from GE and Microsoft
Study Abroad at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in Fall 2007
Dean’s List; Member of Eta Kappa Nu honor society; Received scholarships from GE and Microsoft
Study Abroad at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia in Fall 2007
Graduate:
- Shopinion: Touch interface for clothing store fitting room areas which allows users to find information, reviews, and recommendations tied to articles of clothing, and which enables them to instantly share photos of outfits with friends
- How to Destroy the World with Nanotechnology: Comic style choose-your-own-adventure game showcasing catastrophe scenarios caused by nanotechnology
- Nanotrek: Flash timeline of the history of nanotechnology in fiction
- ViviVieW: Video tagging system for content sharing and embedded advertising
- OnTheRoad: Flash road trip game
- TravelMap: Map-based travel destination and flight exploration web widget
- Ticket Tap: Airport way finding system project, involving problem space analysis, design alternatives development, Flash prototyping, and usability evaluation
- Nabu: Location-based question and answer forum application for iPhone
- Exermote: Exercise-controlled TV remote project, including Wii remote prototype and user study
- Food court traffic flow project, involving human factors analysis and development of improvements
Undergraduate:
- ISISMapping: Mapping toolkit employing mobile GPS devices and a web interface; initially intended for resource mapping in a community in Kenya, but has broader applications as well
- SPACES: Immersive 3D virtual version of Duke University’s course registration system
- Java programs including image manipulation, 20 questions game, file compression, and P2P chat
- Engineering projects including mini driving robot, phone number memory device, digital clock, and Ethernet switch
- Several small graphics, design, film, and writing projects
Research Network Operations Center Assistantship with Dr. Russ Clark
Georgia Tech, Jan. 2010-May 2011
Designed and developed GTmob, a cross-platform, crowdsourced mobile widget portal for campus
Improved & maintained lab websites using Drupal
Created news viewer polling widget for television platform
Developed campus friend locator applications for iPhone and e-mail platform
Improved & maintained lab websites using Drupal
Created news viewer polling widget for television platform
Developed campus friend locator applications for iPhone and e-mail platform
Synaesthetic Media Lab with Dr. Ali Mazalek
Georgia Tech, Jan. 2010-present
Designed interactive tangible tabletop application for television news anchors
Developed viewer opinion submission applications for Android phones and web browsers
Developed viewer opinion submission applications for Android phones and web browsers
Teaching Assistantship
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Georgia Tech, Aug.-Dec. 2009
Created promotional and organizational materials for the Opportunity Research Scholars Program
Smart Home Fellow
Duke University, Aug. 2008-May 2009
Programmed stress reducing music player that adapts for each user based on subjective inputs
Collaborated with psychiatrist from the Duke Medical Center
Collaborated with psychiatrist from the Duke Medical Center
Cisco Systems Internship
Research Triangle Park, NC, May-Aug. 2008
Performed security testing on wireless product
Created team website
Created team website
Visualization Analysis Lab with Rachael Brady
Duke University, Jan.-Apr. 2008
Designed sound engine for 3D virtual kitchen project in 6-sided virtual reality theater (Duke
Immersive Virtual Environment)
Awards and Involvement:
- First place in Social Commerce in Convergence Innovation Competition for Shopinion project
- First place in Interactive Television in Convergence Innovation Competition for ViviVieW project
- "Tangible Anchoring: Grasping News and Public Opinion" paper presented at 2010 ACE conference
- Student Volunteer at 2010 CHI conference
- Winner of "Bad Design on Campus" contest
- College physics tutoring
Other:
- Fluent in Bosnian
- United States Citizen