Karen Yu Yang (kyang@csgrad.cs.vt.edu)
HCI (or other behavioral, experimental design, etc.) courses taken:
I haven't taken any of the HCI courses. But I have done research work in experimental design. As I did research projects in chemistry and the experimental design was a very important part of the project.

Software development skills:
The projects in my course work have supplied me with software development skills. For example, I implemented a simulated HTML viewer in C. In addition, I developed a drawing software in C++. It can draw several shapes, group them together and move around, as well as copy, paste, and cut different shapes. Also, I implemented a test administrator to supervise the taking of a multiple choice test using C++.

Research interests:
I have not worked with HCI before but from what I have learned it is challenging and interesting. I am interested in doing research in it.

Personal information:
I am single and I like sports and music. Tennis is my favorite sport. In addition, I like to swim, play volleyball and jog.

Known schedule constraints:
Aside from this class, I have classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00.