intro
Meixuan (Lucy) Li
Software Developer | User Researcher | Designer
work

My Work

iOS App Design & Development

We created a mobile application, Fun Factor, a learning community using the infinite scrolling feature of TikTok for knowledge.

Mission Control Interface Design

We helped Daimler design a mission control interface for autonomous trucking.

User-Centered Research

This project aimed to create a solution that can enable better support for the next generation of homebuyers through user-centered research methods.

MI Design Research

Through literature reviews and user studies, I designed an app to facilitate motivational interviewing (MI) learning for novices.

journey

My Journey

Fall 2021

My team designed and developed an iOS app using the infinite scrolling feature of TikTok for knowledge and finished in top 4

Fall 2021

My team designed an autonomous trucking mission control interface for Daimler.

Mission Control Interface

Fall 2021

A small solo web development project, a bake shop website with dynamic online ordering, aims to practice Objects and Storage in JavaScript.

Bun Bun Bake Shop Website

Summer 2021

I worked as an iOS developer at the CoEx Lab, where I participated in the development of an iOS app, the 30-Day Adulting Challenge, which encourages cybersecurity behavior change by mixing cybersecurity with daily self-improvement tasks (unfortuantely, the github repository is private).

Spring 2021

I designed and developed a website that supports science quizzing mechanics using Ruby on Rails (unfortuantely, the github repository is private).

ScienceQuiz Website

Spring 2021

My team worked on a user-centered research project that designed tools to help home buyers make financially sound decisions.

SparkTalk

Spring 2021

I researched on supporting motivational interviewing (MI) reflection at the CoEx Lab, where I did literature reviews and user studies to understand novice helpers’ needs and challenges when improving their MI skills and designed technological tools to facilitate MI reflection.

MI App Design

Spring 2021

This is a photo book that captures the moments of happiness in my definition. I wish that every time I open this book, I can remember that happiness is not hard. It is simply appreciating little pleasures in life. It is peace of mind.

Fall 2020 –
Spring 2021

I worked as a research assistent at the CoEx Lab, where I developed two romantic probes (Security Collaborator and What2Share) using Ruby on Rails to help couples understand each other’s account sharing and account security practices. In addiiton, I helped design and conduct user studies, analyze results, and write research paper.

What2Share

Dec 2020

My first attempt of applying machine learning on a real-world dataset: On Predicting the Emotional Support of Cancer Patients in Online Cancer Support Groups

Nov 2020

My team explored the databases development life cycle of a food delivery startup from pain-points to user stories to a conceptual model to a logical (relational) model to a physical model in PostgreSQL culminating in realizing the user stories as implemented code using Python, psycopg2, and SQL.

Fall 2020

I worked as a web designer at Technology Consulting in the Global Community, where I designed and created web pages with Wix.

Summer 2020

I interned as a creative content producer at Smart Futures, where I planned, designed, and created educational videos on business plan and career paths for middle and high schoolers using PowToon.

May 2020

I built a MySQL database for vintage car sales and analyzed performance with SQL queries

Apr 2020

I created a magazine feature article using Adobe InDesign as my final project in a communication design studio class.

magazine feature article

Apr 2020

Frustrated by the pandamic, I started brainstorming ways to help end this madness.

covid-19 poster

Mar 2020

I created a business website for Blue Monkey Tea Pittsburgh using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Blue Monkey Tea Website

Feb 2020

My team built a website that gathered free food opportunities across campus in a 24-hour Hackathon.

sneaky website

Dec 2019

I built an obstacle game with PyAudio that was designed based on an input music and controlled with keyboard, mouse, and player’s real-time voice.

Nov 2019

My team made a voice-controlled Flappy Bird with Python in a 24-hour Hackathon.

Oct 2019

My team won the first place in CMU Puzzle Hunt, where we solved carefully designed puzzles written in python.

Sep 2019

I started my undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University.