Sama Shah

Product Designer

- With $250k I led a team to design a material science maker space and innovation lab and program curriculum for students ages 8-21 to build physical and digital products with 3D CAD, woodworking, laser cutting, fabric, electronic hardware, and the adobe creative cloud
- Pitched design deck to the founders of Howmet Aerospace Company and SoLa Tech. Build out is approved and started June 2024
- Initiated a team to build out an AI library to incorporate into their physical lab, aiming to transform access to learning in innovation labs

Initiated a project with 3 other students to design and build an AI powered database and creator portal for students building projects in makerspaces in USC, South Park, and Santa Barbara.

- Developed a web app for doctors at the Ellison Institute of Technology to communicate with patients and visualize data for an Ozempic case study using personalized medical and Oura Ring data - coded from scratch using HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, PHP, and p5.js
- Communicated and conducted user testing within the medical space, communicating effeciently through a high technical skill gap in order to design and build out a successful product

Founded the Performing Arts Committee's (PAC) Magazine, walking through the large events we put up, as well as highlighting the meaning behind collaboration and partnerships among other performing arts groups

- Designed the new design system in Figma for for HackSC’s brand transformation to Neo Brutalism
- Worked with other designers and software engineers to provide designs for our hackathon app, showcasing a strong user experience

Created a high fidelity prototype of my design of a redesigned bluetooth speaker for college students in small living spaces.

Using a Particle Argon, I programmed (C++) and wired a prototype of a functioning vending machine for saunf, an indian mouth freshener similar to candy.

- With $250k I pioneered the design of a material science maker space and innovation lab and program curriculum for students ages 8-21 to build physical and digital products with 3D CAD, woodworking, laser cutting, fabric, electronic hardware, and the adobe creative cloud
- Pitched design deck to the founders of Howmet Aerospace Company and SoLa Tech. Build out is approved and started June 2024
- Initiated a team to build out an AI library to incorporate into their physical lab, aiming to transform access to learning in innovation labs

- Design, research, and develop an AI Chicago Taxi Service tool using BigQuery, SQL, and and Vertex AI within the Google Cloud Platform
- Pitched and implemented a CVE API integration solution to build an AI vulnerability analysis product for a Fortune 500 company

- Storyboarded, filmed, and edited 3 product videos advertising a software testing tool for their official YouTube and LinkedIn channels
- Scheduled consistent weekly meetings with my leader and coworkers to successfully send in deliverables

- Designed the new design system in Figma for for HackSC’s brand transformation to Neo Brutalism
- Worked with other designers and software engineers to provide designs for our hackathon app, showcasing a strong user experience

- Founded PAC’s first magazine compiling interviews of underrepresented art groups on campus and behind the scenes of events
- Pioneering the evolving brand identity of PAC and video content on socials (1k+ views)
- Manage media coverage for interdisciplinary art events and panels including Patrick Adams and Toian Bellisario (1100+ registrations)
- Directed an executive board photoshoot, website and production of films to debut our flagship event each year