Dheeraj C.
👨‍🎓 Masters in HCDE at UMICH | Ex- Senior UX Designer at Amagi Media labs | Ex-Industrial designer at Zen Technologies & Voltas
- Role
- Research Assistant, Set Lab at University Of Michigan-Dearborn
- Location
- Dearborn, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Research Assistant, Set Lab
University Of Michigan-Dearborn
Mar 2025 — Present · Dearborn, MI, US
Contributing to interdisciplinary HMI research projects funded by Toyota, Ford, Hyundai MOBIS, and internal SET Lab initiatives in automotive UX, driver behavior, and trust modeling in ADAS systems.Key Contributions:Trust in ADAS Systems (Toyota – LVO Project):• Co-led contextual inquiries and pilot ethnographic studies with 11+ participants• Designed test setup to track multimodal interactions (verbal cues, foot-pedal, etc.)• Conducted behavioral coding and preliminary statistical analysis of user trust metrics• Proposed visual models and data-driven insights to refine ADAS trust designDriver Distraction & Engagement:• Assisted in conducting simulator study with 22 participants• Supported test condition planning and post-session interviews• Helped identify attention lapses and behavior patterns under different interface cuese-HMI in Mixed Traffic Environments and other scenarios:• Conducted literature review and initial design ideation for external HMI in AV contexts• Supporting research planning through focus group design and LLM-assisted concept generationWorking closely with PhD researchers and faculty to bridge UX research, cognitive science, and data analysis in next-gen mobility solutions as a human centered researcher+designer.
Education
Woxsen School of Arts & Design
Bachelor's degree
2016 — 2020
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Masters in Human Centered Design
2024
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Master's degree
2024 — 2026
Johnson Grammar School IBDP
Intermediate
2014 — 2016
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