Projects & portfolio
Things I've designed, built and studied.
Industry and government-funded R&D projects alongside individual work, from care robots and defence equipment to AI tools for design teams.
Industry & government-funded
Collaborative R&D projects
Sep 2021 – Dec 2025
Lemmy — smart companion robot for the elderly
An AI-based companion care robot supporting elderly independence and emotional well-being, honoured with a CES 2025 Innovation Award.
- User research
- Personas
- User scenarios
Jan 2022 – Dec 2025
Combat backpack
Design and development of a modular special-forces backpack with a carbon-fibre frame optimised for weight distribution.
- Ergonomics
- Carbon fibre frame
- CAD (SolidWorks)
Nov 2022 – Feb 2026
Combat sleeping bag
An ergonomically optimised, modular sleeping system for extreme operational environments in South Korea.
- User research
- Design guidelines
- Thermal insulation
Jun 2025 – present
AI platform for the design–production process
Collision element prediction and optimisation in the design–production process: building the Design Unique Values (DUV) framework and CMF evaluation datasets for AI.
- Design evaluation
- CMF
- Expert workshops
Sep 2023 – Mar 2024
LG smart food waste disposer — installability
Improving the installation of a smart food waste disposer with LG Electronics, and helping buyers check before installation whether it fits under their sink.
- Design thinking
- Ideation
- Packaging-based check kit
Sep 2022 – Apr 2024
Umay — exercise-based dysphagia therapy device
Leading the design and development of a swallowing-exercise device focused on usability, accessibility and therapeutic effectiveness.
- Product design
- CAD (SolidWorks)
- Prototyping
Jul 2020 – Sep 2021
AI-based user adaptive interaction
Investigating human factors and adaptive AI-driven interaction to improve personalisation and engagement with intelligent systems.
- Technology acceptance modelling
- Survey research
- Structural equation modelling
Individual projects
Tools, experiments and concepts
2026 – present
SOS Tool — collaborative specification development
A human-in-the-loop AI tool that walks interdisciplinary teams from user scenarios to engineering specifications.
- Interaction Design
- HCI
- Web application
2022
Emotify — emotion-based music recommendation
A web app that reads your facial expression from the webcam and recommends Spotify playlists to match your mood.
- Python
- Keras / TensorFlow
- Flask
2024 – present
Novy — smart stool for elderly care
A smart, multifunctional stool-and-storage robot concept for older adults in small homes, used as the case product in scenario-to-specification workshops.
- CAD (SolidWorks)
- Product design
- User Research