Federica Felici
User Experience Researcher
UX Research
Cognitive Sciences
Usability
Design Thinking
Clinical Research
Driving License
Pisa Italy
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
I am a subtle, empathetic, and wide-ranging researcher on human brain and behavior, who is passionate in technology, arts, and social relationships. I set up a well-rounded profile from Neurosciences and Clinical Research to design and usability, and I am currently looking for User Experience challenges in new applications.
UX Researcher and Usability Expert
Italian Institute of Technology
Since January 2016
Full-time
Genoa
Italy
- Turned a robotic hand [www.softhands.eu] into 4 different prosthesis and 1 rehabilitative device within the framework of a EU Research Project [www.softpro.eu], in a human-centered design approach using primary and secondary UX Researches.
- Identified 5 main target groups of users, measured the usability and the embodiment of the prototypes by designing and implementing specific qualitative and quantitative UX Researches; created a database for data collection.
- Estimated patterns of brain activity for controlling robotic devices in Brain-Computer Interfaces, by going from key research questions through problem-solving to designing a study protocol built upon the "Synergy Theory".
- Got my 6 clinical trials approved successfully for the first time in my laboratory by the local Ethics committees and national Authority of Health, by complying with regulations and editing all the related documentation.
- Pushed the prototypes to the market up to TRL 8 in close contact with designers and engineers, through data interpretation and translation into functional and aesthetic guidelines for iterations within a lean development framework.
- Disseminated results to clinical and engineering stakeholders in 6 main Project Meetings and numerous periodic internal meetings through reports and presentations and moderation of brainstorming sessions.
- Coauthored 3 research papers as the responsible for UX Research.
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