Bijan Aryana

Bijan Aryana
PhD , Design Researcher
Visual CV+ Portfolio
Last updated : April 2014
Contents
CV
Portfolio
Profile
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Interaction Design [1] Mobile Banking Application 9
Education
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Interaction Design [2] FlowManager™ Software
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Experiences
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User Research
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Skills
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Urban Elements
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Short courses
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Product Design [1] Personal Digital Partner
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Awards
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Product Design [2] Mobile Hospital
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Publications
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Product Design [3] Snowmobile
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Teaching
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Sketches and concepts
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References
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Visual CV
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Education
BSc Industrial Design
Iran University of Science and Technology
Experience
1999
2000
2001
2002
Intern Pars Khodro
Intern Iran Pouya
2003
MSc Industrial Design
University of Tehran
2004
2005
2006
2007
Industrial Designer
Shiraz Municipality
2008
PhD Interaction Design
2009
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Interaction Designer
FMC Technologies
2010
2011
Assistant Professor
2012
2013
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Izmir Institute of Technology
Narenjestan Garden = Shiraz
Bijan Aryana
+905071938417
A.306, Faculty of Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE), Ulra, Izmir, Turkey
Date of birth: 16 September 1980
Nationality: Iranian
bijan.aryana@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bijanaryana
Married
Permanent resident of Norway
I have a PhD in Interaction Design from Norwegian University of Science and
Technology. My background is in industrial design and I have been focusing on user
research, User Centered Design, and Human Computer Interaction in recent years. My
areas of interest include qualitative user research methods, usability evaluation in
different cultural settings, and new product development.
I am currently an assistant professor at Izmir Institute of Technology and I am
teaching Human Computer Interaction, Product Innovation, and Design Research
courses for master students who enrolled in the industrial design program. In my
previous professional experience, I worked as an interaction designer at FMC
Technologies in Asker, Norway for a period of 3 months. This was an opportunity to work
as an interaction designer in a software development team.
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Skills
Skilled / Fluent
Intermediate
Languages
Beginner
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Persian
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Graphics
Norwegian
CAD
Software
English
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Photoshop
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Illustrator
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Inkscape
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AutoCad (2D)
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AutoCad (3D)
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HCI
Design
Visual
IxD
Solidworks
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Indigu Studio
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HTML
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Sketching
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Visual Design
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Idea Generation
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Design process
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New Product Development
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User Centered Design
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User research
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Usability Studies
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Wireframes
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User Scenarios
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Research
Qualitative Analysis
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Grounded Theory
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Academic Writing
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Lecturing
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Short courses
2007
Root Cause Analysis : Applied
information development
institute, Tehran, Iran
2008
2010
Project Management : Shiraz Municipality, Iran
2011
Mobile User Interface Design
3rd wave HCI PhD course: Aarhus
tutorial : UPA International
University, Aarhus, Denmark
Conference, Munich, Germany
Value Engineering :Shiraz Municipality, Iran
Academic writing : NTNU,
Trondheim, Norway
Awards
2003
2005
1st place in Iranian university entrance
1st place of industrial design graduates of Iran
examination ( MSc Industrial Design)
University of Science and Technology.
Selected Project in the16th
annual industrial design exhibition of University of Tehran.
2006
Finalist in Toshiba Hard Disk
Drive Revolution competition
2008
Research Fellowship, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology. (Selected among
more than 70 applicants)
Winner of the first national "Iran
Khodro" design competition
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Publications
Citation indexed Journals
Other Journals
IJHCI
UAIS
Conferences
IJLEG
IJPD
IASDR 07 (2)
DESIGN 2010
LeNS
NordDesign 2010
HCII 2011
ICED 2011
Teaching
Courses
Product Innovation
Human Computer Interaction
Research Methods in Design
2013
MSc Industrial Design , IYTE
2013
MSc Industrial Design , IYTE
2013
MSc Industrial Design , IYTE
Workshops
User Centered Design
Service Design
2013
Tabriz Art University
2013
Tabriz Art University
Industry Academia
References
Casper Boks
Professor
NTNU
Supervisor
casper.boks@ntnu.no
Torkil Clemmensen Professor
CBS
Co-supervisor
tc.itm@cbs.dk
André Liem
Associate Professor
NTNU
Colleague
andre.liem@ntnu.no
Ole Henrik Dahle
Specialist Engineer
FMC
Mentor
olehenrik.dahle@fmcti.com
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Portfolio
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Interaction Design [1]
Mobile banking application – Freelance project 2014
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Mobile banking and mobile payment services
gain more and more importance in many countries specially in emerging markets and emerging economies. Some experts believe that they
can change the future of money. Users around
the world have different approaches towards
money and banking systems are quite diverse.
Therefore, these services usually need to be
customized according to the special context of
use in each country. This concept is designed
by using minimal and flat visual elements. The
features are defined based on common banking tasks in Turkey. An interactive prototype is
available here.
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One of my main responsibilities was to design visual elements such as symbols and
icons for FMC FlowManager™ software. I
also should plan and conduct usability tests
according to the most recent developments
in the software. Another responsibility of
mine was developing wire-frames, prototypes and scenarios of use for the future
applications
using
indigo
studio.
Interaction Design [2]
FMC Technologies—2013
Flow Manager™ is a multi-phase flow simulator for online systems that enables users
to perform surveillance, optimization and
prediction of sub-sea oil and gas production.
One of the main challenges in this project was
proper design of different visual elements.
Icons and symbols of Flow Manager™ should
represent subsea components, network components, mathematical equations and logical
functions. Representing these complex technical features by tiny visual elements was not
easy, specially because these visual elements
should be understood quickly by users from
different disciplines. I designed more than 300
visual elements during my career at FMC Technologies.
Since the software is not officially launched, I
am not able to add screen shots of final design.
However my reference at FMC Technologies
can be contacted for more details. In addition
you can find an attestation in the next page.
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Before starting my PhD, I had some experiences in product design, and I was always
interested in understanding users in their
own cultural context. I found that similar
technologies might be used differently in
different places, and this was the start point
of developing a PhD proposal with following specifications:
User Research
PhD project— 2008-2013
Topic: Country- specific customization of
mobile applications
Scopes : Standard applications of smart
phones, two emerging markets of Iran and
Turkey, first-time users of smart phones,
and Innovative users (users who adapt
technologies faster than others).
Main research areas: Mobile HCI and New
Product Development.
Focus group session in Tehran
User research methods :
Semi structured interviews
Focus group sessions (Free listing and diary study)
Usability tests
Requirements gathering sessions ( Brainstorming and Sketching)
Usability test in Istanbul
Usability test in Tehran
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Steps of the project, methods, and outcomes
Steps
1 Semi structured interviews with marketing team of an
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of smart phones
Outcomes
- Focusing on innovative users
- Selecting a suitable device for the study
- Accessing users by the OEM’s marketing network
2 Focus group studies combined with diary study in Iran and
free listing in Turkey. Participants selected from innovative
users
Identifying a number of applications and tasks that might be the
sources of country specific usability problems.
3 Usability tests (recorded on videos)
Identifying country-specific usability problems in each country
4 Requirements gathering sessions using brainstorming and
sketching techniques. Participants selected from innovative
users
Ideas for country specific customization of applications
Sketches by a Turkish user : Music application UI
Visual translation of an idea from brainstorming sessions
Contacts list application UI
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Urban Elements
Shiraz Municipality— 2006-2008
I was working as a designer in Urban Elements unit at Shiraz Municipality for two years.
Although most urban elements are made by simple manufacturing technologies, these products are complex in terms of the social context of use.
Understanding the local users’ needs, identity of the city, local manufacturers , climate , and social behaviors such as vandalism were among the most
important factors in design projects at Urban Elements unit. In addition, field studies and observations were the permanent parts of all projects .
Among the designs, the donation box can be an interesting sample. While charity donation boxes are not common objects in the West, they can be
seen frequently in the streets of cities in Iran.
From concept to prototype
From concept to prototype
Charity donation box
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Product Design [1]
MSc thesis—Personal Digital Partner—2006
The title of my MSc thesis was Personal
Digital Partner. This was a conceptual title
for a multifunctional digital device which
was able to change according the context
of use.
The design process was influenced by Object Oriented thinking paradigm , and the
product, its components, and its use cases
were “logically” modeled. More details
about the design process is available in a
paper entitled: Application of Object Oriented Thinking in Product Design: Design
Process of Personal Digital Partner
Two design concepts were created in the
final phase of the design. One of these design concepts (Zodiac) was selected as a
finalist in Toshiba Hard Disc drive Revolution Competition.
Of course, these designs should be evaluated considering the time that they were created :2006.
A class diagram used for modeling the product
A use case diagram for modeling the product
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Concept 1: Booklet PC. Dynamic form factor
Concept 2: Zodiac, a small device with a context aware UI that can be attached to other digital devices.
Finalist in Toshiba Hard Disc Drive Revolution design competition , 2006.
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Product Design [2]
Mobile Hospital— Selected Project in the16th
annual industrial design exhibition of University of Tehran—2005
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This project was done for Project 3 MSc
course at University of Tehran. In 2003, a
major earthquake struck Bam and the surrounding Kerman province of southeastern Iran. Problems in transporting , installing and using mobile hospitals which
were mostly based on inflatable shelters or
ordinary tents highlighted the need for mobile hospitals with solid walls that can be
installed easily.
This small snow mobile was designed to be
used in Touchal, a ski run near Tehran. I developed the initial sketches and then worked on a
1:1 scale plaster model. The plaster model was
then transformed to a fiberglass body by a
composite materials expert to finalize the prototype.
Product Design [3]
Snowmobile—2001
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Sketches and concepts
Fiat 500 MP3 Player - 2007
Neoretro – a selected design in a national car design completion -2006
Mobile phone concept- Gigabyte - 2007
Peugeot Pleaseot concept - 2007
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