Ashmi, UI/UX Design student at Purdue, minoring in Computer Science and Psychology. I study how interface decisions shape trust, in autonomous vehicles, in health tools, in anything asking a person to hand over a little control.
Each card carries a live signal trace, hover to make it think out loud, click to bring it forward.
Studying how elderly riders read intent from autonomous vehicles, and where the interface has to earn trust before the car ever moves.
View research projectUntangling a dense clinical dashboard into something a care team can actually scan under pressure.
Redesigning journey map maintenance for a CX platform, with an agentic AI layer, company withheld under NDA.
View projectRedesigning how Court Appointed Special Advocates document their cases, built to hold up in the field, not just in a demo.
Philanthropy work I lead alongside the research, same questions, different room.
Founded and launched Kappa Theta Pi's philanthropy initiative from scratch, setting the structure for tech literacy workshops and charity events the chapter now runs every semester.
A workshop series pairing students with communities across the age spectrum, starting with a local senior center and expanding to middle schools, with a direct line back to the elderly-user research I do at NHanCE Lab.
Occasional writing on design, research, and student life, new pieces soon.
Notes on the interaction choices behind this site, how I used AI as a collaborator without losing my own judgment, and what I learned researching which sounds people actually enjoy.
A new piece is taking shape here.