skip navigation

Designing experiences to enable, inform and empower+ some creative fun

About

I am currently simplifying physics simulation software experience for scientists and engineers.

photo of person sitting on a rocky cliff of a mountain

My past experience with music, web design, illustration, graphic design and 3D printing, lets me solve problems in weirdly useful ways. In another life, I used to lead a heavy metal band.

In my spare time, I enjoy chess, bouldering, hiking, old Toyotas, sacred geometry, manufacturing processes, DnB and repairing/building stuff.

With a background in product design and electrical engineering, I design for utility, accessibility and simplicity in real constraints - delivering high-quality scalable design solutions that intersect business goals, customer needs and technical capabilities.

Irregularly, I ramble about art, life, technology, progress, meaning of value and being human amidst it all.

Thank you for stopping by.

abstract photo showing a person with rock climbing shoes ascending a 3D lattice

Ansys

Overview

ansys company logo

Ansys is a global leader in simulation with a wide portfolio of highly specialized and pervasive software.

Started off as an intern, I now work with designers, physics experts SMEs, product managers, testers and software developers on the latest Ansys product(s).

animation showing fluid simulation streamlines flowing over a topo-optimized aerodynamic structure with organic infill

Worked on moonshot ideas for cloud and AI integration while aiding in improving the company's design systems and operations; and in UX team hiring, and expansion.

photograph of a conference pass held up against a crowd of attendees

Built and showcased the team’s work to a wider audience within the company.

Discovery Application

GIF animation of an office-setup of three screens showing Ansys Discovery application with CAD models, simulation results and data visualization

Discovery is the first simulation-driven design tool combining high-fidelity on-GPU simulation and interactive geometry modeling. Our goal is ease-of-use so that customers can focus on complex problems.

Worked in the Design Business Unit of the company to improve the usability of the Discovery application ecosystem.

Joined the product pre launch through multiple release cycles as it doubled the users and experienced a 10x license growth - the product also solves simulations 200x faster than usual.

photograph of a rocket scientist using Ansys Discovery at an office desk with two monitor setup
GIF animation of interactive cursor animation for sketch constraints in Ansys Discovery

Designed at multiple levels of the interface - from simple visual assets, to new interactions, information architecture and components.

Aided research team in preparing studies for and in conducting tests for accessibility studies for color vision deficiency.

image of simulation models and results in a grid of different color maps addressing color vision deficiency

Cross-collaboration with business units for new features like interactive charts, sub-divisional modeling, geometry checking and radar-antenna physics.

GIF animation of custom chart editing for simulation result variables in Ansys Discovery application
image of a lo-fidelity mockup for custom chart builder in Ansys Discovery application image of a lo-fidelity mockup for checking geometry
image of Ansys Discovery tool for subdivisional modelling with an organic 3D shape and a part of it highlighted as a face GIF animation showing bridging of two faces in a 3D shape using subdivisional modelling

Introduced visual solutions to aid development and testing - convey complex interactions through diagrams.

image of a visual test matrix for verifying interactions for sketch constraint tools
image of a complex flow chart showing interactions states visually

Designed end to end user-workflows for multi-release features, communicated with detailed dev-specs and convincing high fidelity figma prototypes - part of the Agile development process - continuously using one's own product.

Ansys Discovery application with data visualized as charts

Design System

Implemented the UX strategy to create a design language for the company's products through cross-product collaboration.

Icon design language to standardize visual assets across Ansys portfolio while also improving the workflow and system for designers creating these icons.

image of a part of Discovery UI comparing old and new icon styles
image showing layering of colors, shadows, highlights and outlines to create an icon representing a 3D cube
image showing the breakup of light and dark values on colors to convey 3D objects

Converged the font and color use in the product.

image of a chart showing typographical size and treatment hierarchy within the UI
image showing old and new reskinned UI of the same product

Consulted other products within the company portfolio to implement modern design styles and patterns.

image showing a part of the Figma component libraries used for high fidelity prototypes
image showing a lo-fi mockup of a file and model tree for the Discovery UI

Created a UI component library for designers for faster prototyping.

image showing a part of the Discovery UI as a lo-fi mockup with nested components

Wrote scripts to streamline part of the UI-side codebase for designers.

Mine Safety Appliances

MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) develops, manufactures and supplies safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures.

image of a person standing in front of the research lab at Mine Safety Appliances

Worked with the lead industrial designer - driving new designs for multiple products on which people's lives depend.

Design and Strategy

image showing multiple profiles of an energy absorber pack against safety harnesses

Worked in the New Product Development group, I designed for future products in the fall protection and gas detection category.

animation showing the development of the design through concept sketches

Analyzed competitors, observing users, interviewing SMEs, human-factors evaluation & building to test physical and digital prototypes.

Conducted periodical brainstorming sessions with engineering, marketing and sales teams; site visit to potential material suppliers.

For fall protection, through low and high fidelity soft goods prototypes, we finalized a design for a low-footprint energy absorber pack for PFLs.

Used additive manufacturing to prototype mounting and alignment solutions for industrial gas detectors.

Created a language agnostic visual communication system to improve the usability of slide rules for estimating fall distance.

photograph of energy absorber pack as a soft goods prototype

Contributed to the groundwork for the company's design language which was showcased to the senior management.

Rochester Institute of Technology

image of a desk belonging to a grad student of design, taken during the last week of the semester

RIT's industrial design program puts students on projects solving real problems for real people.

At RIT, I worked with 3D printers, CAD and workshop tools along with courses on visual communication, interactions, form and function, plastics engineering and sustainability.

Immersed in accessibility, safety equipment, generative design, information architecture, physical and digital interactions.

Thesis - Respiratory Protection Design

photo of a person presenting to a thesis panel of three people

My thesis touched on worker safety through the lens of respiratory protection.

product photoshoot showing a person wearing an alternative fabric based respirator

Coincidentally, as I wrapped it up, a worldwide pandemic broke out where respiratory protection became the most important thing. We extended this idea to the healthcare sector.

image showing the 3D render for altenrative fabric respirator diagram showing the plotting of anthropometric data

The process involved several prototype iterations experimenting with materials and processes.

image showing initial prototype of the respirator
image showing further developed prototypes of the repsirator design image showing the author sewing the final prototype for thesis show

Studio930

group photograph of designers and engineers at Studio930

Studio930 is a multidisciplinary studio focused on producing access and health technology products. This group is motivated equally by real-world learning and helping people with disabilities

Selected Work

image showing the closeup of an AI optimized 3D shape
Generative Design

Fun

image of a real life backpacking adventure visualized as a third person open world game
3rd Person Experience

Back to Top ↑