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Energy Storage

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Energy Storage
Systems

2022 - present

Complex calculators for scientists to select, build, and simulate energy storage efficiency

Role

Lead Product Designer

  • Design for mobile and desktop browser experience

Social impact

Open-source products for energy storage simulations and evaluations

Team

1 Project Managers

3 Designers & Researchers

4 Software Engineers

6 Subject Matter Experts

Model Selection Platform

Simplifies for electrical engineers to find the right energy storage analysis tools

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ESET™

A suite of tools for utilities, regulators, and researchers to optimize ESS.

Visit ESET

ES-Control

Evaluate and test energy storage control strategies and algorithms

Visit ES-Control

Projects' backgrounds

Electrical engineers want to focus on their specialty, not spend time writing code for battery setup and analysis.

Electrical engineers want to focus on their specialty, not spend time writing code for battery setup and analysis.

Electrical engineers want to focus on their specialty, not spend time writing code for battery setup and analysis.

My UX role in the projects

I led the design team to simply and reduce the obstacles in the analysis process to no-code / low-code web apps

I led the design team to simply and reduce the obstacles in the analysis process to no-code / low-code web apps

I led the design team to simply and reduce the obstacles in the analysis process to no-code / low-code web apps

Our UX approach

Educate the team about design thinking process

Educate the team about design thinking process

Educate the team about design thinking process

Emphasize empathy and clear guidance in product design

Emphasize empathy and clear guidance in product design

Emphasize empathy and clear guidance in product design

Highlight: Energy Storage Control

Strategy & Vision

I utilized flowcharts to effectively communicate the strategy for fully realized capabilities of the ES-Control product phase by phase

Iterate w. existing product

To bring the vision to life, the product owner and clients collaborated to develop a solution that eliminates the need for research programming

Uncover the core problem

To improve the interface, I led a team whiteboard session to address the root issue: supporting evaluations that build confidence in power system investment decisions.

Define Requirements

I outlined core requirements for ES-Control to align the team.

With an organized content setup structure, I enabled researchers to define deep-learning algorithms and engineers to explore supporting frameworks.

Design solutions

My favorite part of product design is brainstorming right after uncovering the root cause of a problem. My design teammates and I time-boxed to focus time on brainstorming and discussing approaches to tackle the issue.

Transparency in iterations

I set up weekly check-ins for the design team to gather feedback on in-progress work with rest of the team, building trust and minimizing surprises during presentations and hand-offs.

Delivery & Hand-offs

I annotated key frames in Figma to align with engineers and bring our envisioned product experience to life.

Examples of my hi-fidelity design work

Card Design to Priortize Essential Information to Decide on a Battery Model

Card Design to Priortize Essential Information to Decide on a Battery Model

Card Design to Priortize Essential Information to Decide on a Battery Model

Input Section Design

Input Section Design

Input Section Design

Analysis Result Reading Made Easy

Analysis Result Reading Made Easy

Analysis Result Reading Made Easy

Error & Glossary Guide to Assist Researchers for Financial Analysis

Error & Glossary Guide to Assist Researchers for Financial Analysis

Error & Glossary Guide to Assist Researchers for Financial Analysis

Financial Results to Aid Decision-Making for Hydropower Storages

Financial Results to Aid Decision-Making for Hydropower Storages

Financial Results to Aid Decision-Making for Hydropower Storages

Kaitlyn Xinhao He

Making the complex more digestible.

Senior Product Designer @ PNNL

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Science Central

Energy Storage

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