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Welcome to the design portfolio of Carl F. Smith.

My interest in design generally focuses on the design process itself - specifically, how the application of various analysis techniques can generate insight into the design of interfaces and systems. Though the projects I have been involved in span a number of varied domains (mobile devices, automobile interfaces, websites - even a runway incursion detection system), all of the designs are based on concepts developed through task or domain analysis.

Several of the resulting designs have won awards:

• The Definitivo Automotive Design project (2005) won an Ex Aequo international award in Design, Engineering, and Innovation in the field of Automotive Human Factors.

• The design of a Wi-Fi Enabled Mobile Device (2006) won a Student Paper Award from the Communications Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

• The Runway Incursion Monitoring and Detection Alert System (RIMDAS) (2007) won the FAA Airport Design Competition for Universities.

Several other designs have been published in magazines or conferences; for more information, check any of the categories below:

Automotive

• Designing A Digital, Multimodal Automotive Interface (ItalDesign/Definitivo Design Project)

• Using Work Domain Analysis to Analyze and Redesign iDrive 1.0 (User Experience Magazine)

Aviation

• Creating a Runway Incursion Monitoring, Detection, and Alerting System (RIMDAS)

Mobile Devices

• Designing a RFID-enabled purchasing application for a mobile device

• Using Work Domain Analysis to design a Wi-Fi Enabled Mobile Device

Web

• Archlab Website Redesign