Heather Roberts
RESUME
Georgia Tech Research Institue - Electronic Systems Lab
Jan 2016 - present
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Graduate Research Assistant in Human Systems Integration Lab
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Flight simulations to select and train pilots of unmanned aircraft
Georgia Tech Sonification Lab
​2014 - present
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Lead group of Master’s students in designing displays for autonomous vehicles which will be tested in a high fidelity driving simulator
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Apply UX design principles in development of an accessible weather app for both iOS and Android, both available on the app store
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Conduct usability testing and end user interviews throughout iterative design process
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Develop sketches, wireframes, and prototypes to communicate UI changes to multi-disciplinary team
Georgia Tech Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Lab
​2015 - present
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Quantify impact of varying levels of stress of aircraft pilots during flight along with workload analysis to build a new interface that facilitates decision-making
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Focus groups and interviews with pilots with private licenses
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Experiment using flight simulator using various scenarios of stressful situations to observe inflight interaction with different GUIs
Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory
​2013 - 2014
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Research neural activity while performing cued and uncued memory tasks using fMRI
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Prepare and analyze data with Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8) and Analysis of Functional Neuroimages
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Presented research poster at Georgia Tech recruitment event
Computational Cognition Research Laboratory
​2013 - 2014
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Schedule and supervise participants in research experiments
Georgia Tech - Human-Computer Interaction
Master of Science
​2015 - present
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Specialization in industrial design and psychology
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Coursework in prototyping, 3D printing, wireframing, and usability testing
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Member of Graduate Women in Computing
Georgia Tech - Psychology
Bachelor of Science
​2009 - 2015
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Awarded First Place Poster for 2014 Undergraduate Research Symposium for College of Sciences
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Received President’s Undergraduate Research Award in Spring and Fall 2014
Education
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Prototyping Tools: Autodesk Fusion 360 (3D Printing), Axure, Proto.io, Balsamiq, InVision, Sketch
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Graphic Design: Illustrator, Photoshop
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Statistical Analysis: SPSS, R
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Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python