Nicole Dahan

9A Paddock Lane, Lexington MA 617 692 0671 nicole.dahan@tufts.edu

Education

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May 2013 August 2013

Tufts University Bachelor of Science expected May 2015 Major: Human Factors Engineering / Engineering Psychology; Biomedical Sciences GPA: 3.96 / 4.00, Deans List every semester Calculus II, Physics, Introduction to C++, Data Structures in C++, Psychology, Logic, Engineering Graphics, Engineering Psychology, Human Factors & Ergonomics, Statistics for Behavioral Sciences, Human Computer Interaction, Computing in Engineering

Experience

User Experience Design Intern | Red Hat | Westford, MA Designing common interface among Red Hats products

Research Assistant | Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA April 2013 - Present Conduct research at Fried Lab for Neural Prosthetics to create brain controlled prosthetics Human Factors Engineer Intern | The MITRE Corporation | Bedford, MA July 2012 Sept 2012 Designed user interface of MITRE departmental website Designed ergonomic military command & control centers Helped with report aimed to make US healthcare more user friendly Participated in study to ergonomically design remote collaboration work environments Gave weekly formal presentations of progress to the department Technical Intern | The MITRE Corporation | Bedford, MA June 2011 August 2011 Programmed in JavaScript, HTML and CSS with focus on user interaction Robotics Instructor| Tufts University DevTech Research Group| Medford, MA Taught students how to build and program robots to promote STEM June 2012

Math Tutor| Lexington, MA Sept 2008 June 2011 Tutored high school students in Calculus, Algebra, Geometry, MCAS, SAT and ACT Activities Tufts Hybrid Racecar Design Team Sept 2012 Present Design and construct electronic driver interface and ergonomic chassis of functioning student built hybrid racecar to race against other universities Tufts MAKE Team Design assistive technology in user interface / product design club March 2013 Present

Research & Design Sept 2011 Present Haptic feedback on touchscreen interfaces Design and usability testing of smartphone application which identifies, organizes and saves movies Design of assistive technology device to allow users to cut food using one hand Guitar Construction and Design Jan 2012 June 2012 Built functioning guitar by cutting, bending, shaping and joining wood Leadership Founder, Tufts Confessions Feb 2013 Present Founded and lead 18 - student team to provide Tufts students with online confidential resource to seek help, support, humor, catharsis, etc Peaked at 59,161 unique viewers per week, 2,263 interactive users and 1,413 subscribers and featured in Tufts Daily, HerCampus Tufts, Inside Higher Ed. Jr. Board Member, Lead Fundraiser, ACCESS Uganda Sept 2009 Aug 2011 Founded and led high school group; co-founded town-wide group Organized benefits and educational programs about healthcare in Uganda Raised over $10,000 to fund shipment of recycled US medical supplies to Uganda hospital Lead Fundraiser, Central America Service Trip Feb 2010; 2011 Raised funds to allow low-income students in Boston to attend service trip Reforested, built tree nursery & installed camera traps to monitor wildlife populations