Jenny Yang Yi

Portfolio under iteration

perpetually. So here is most current

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from CLI to GUI

Neural Magic - vLLM Control Plane
/Product Design

Global Aging

MIT Agelab - Path to Longterm Health
/Service Design + UX UI

Spatializing Database Navigation

Harvard Art Museum Case Study - Art Compass
/UX

Preventative Self-Care

GoInvo - From Public Bathroom to Public Healthroom
/Service Design Research
/Professional

Pandemic Consumer Behaviour

Harvard M.Des - Pine-Sol
/Branding + Industrial Design
/Academic Distinction Award

Experience

Neural MagicFounding Product Designer
2023

IDEO
Intern, UX & Business Design
2022

GoInvo
Healthcare Designer Intern
Service Design, Product Innovation
2022

United World Schools Nepal x CUSD
Project Lead & Design Consultant
2018-2020

Education

Harvard University
M.Des, UX Design & Business Strategy
2021-2023

Cornell Univeristy
B.Arch
2016-2021

Recognition

Harvard University
Faculty Nominated Work / Informal Robotics
2021

Non-Architecture Competition
Honourable Mention
2021

Cornell University
Edwin Seipp Prize / Top Student Project
2020

Cornell University
Addison G. Crowley Scholarship / Highest GPA 2020

More projects ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎

Navigating Urban Memories

MIT Tangible Media - Ella
/HCI Design

Social Infrastructure for Aging

Cornell B.Arch Thesis
/Ethnographic Study in Urban Environments

/Honorable Mention

Student Housing

Cornell B.Arch - Mound Housing
/Architecture & Interior Design

/Edwin Seipp Prize for Best Student Project

Publications

Empty Vessels
Gazzetta di Mantova
2023

Mound Housing
PLATE Cornell AAP
2020

Public Bathroom to Public Healthroom
GoInvo White Paper
2022 Pending

Leadership

HarvardxDesign Conference: CarexDesign 2023

Co-chair & Chief Finance Officer
2022-23

Harvard Asian Pacific Islander Association

Co-chair

2022

Harvard Canada GSD
Co-chair
2022

Cornell University Sustainable Design
Board Member & Project Leader
2018-2020

Skills

Human Centered Research:
User Interviews & Surveys
Usability Testing & Heuristics
Public Engagement Workshops

Business Strategy:
Market research
Financial Modelling (NPV, IRR)
Innovation Workshop & Facilitation

Prototype:
Wireframe (Figma, XD)
HTML/CSS/JavaScript
Arduino (C++)
3D Fabrication (3D printing, CNC)

& other works or wip

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Thanks for dropping by!

Resume upon request
Feel free to contact for more information
@jyi1@gsd.harvard.edu.

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I create curiosity-, logic-, and story-driven design in...

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