Theo Higham has just joined our team as a student intern. He will spend the summer with us designing and carrying out usability tests.
Theo is studying Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh. Last year he took the Systems Design course, where students work in groups to build an assistive robotic device, controlled via a software interface. In his team Theo was is charge of designing and testing the interface.
'I enjoy the cycle of research, prototyping and testing since it allows me to come up with several creative concepts and then find out which is the most practical in a real usage scenario. I gained huge insight into effective design decisions from witnessing first hand how users interact with the system, since they often attempt actions that I never would have thought of myself.'
Theo will be joining some of the DMPonline user group meetings and some of you will also get a chance to meet him during one-to-one interviews and observational usability tests.
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