Case Studies

Product/SWE/Design: Managed frontend development, engineering, and design of an AI-powered tool for developer testing decisions, as part of an intern group project at Cigna focused on optimizing test suite efficiency through data insights and code dependency analysis, reducing testing costs by 35%.

ML Engineer: Built a regression model using recipe nutrition data to predict prep time for a project in EECS 398: Practical Data Science with Machine Learning. Boosted R² from 0.03 to 0.437 by engineering features like sodium level and log-calories.

Product/Design: Led the development of a meal-planning app for a class project that uses AI and receipt scanning to suggest personalized recipes, reduce food waste, and track nutrition—offering a more sustainable way to eat.

Product/SWE: Led frontend development and product direction for a healthcare chatbot and forum using React Native, as part of an internship project at Cigna aimed at improving customer self-service options, reducing call center load by 40%.

SWE: Built a dynamic survey tool using React as the frontend engineer on an intern group project at Cigna, engineering an AWS backend to compile FHIR-compliant JSON and automate 1,500+ response uploads, reducing processing time by 70%.

UX Research: Redesigned a corporate wellness program as a UX Research Intern at Cigna, to better engage 500K+ employees in health and wellness initiatives, boosting participation rates by 40%.

UX Research: Conducted a 10-week UX research study for a class project at UMich, including 5 interviews and 2 analysis cycles to uncover motivators and challenges in behavior change, producing journey and task maps to inform future product design.