On this episode of the #BITTechTalk podcast we are joined by UI/UX (User interface/User eXperience) expert, Dr. Danielle Paige Smith. Check it out as we discuss UI/UX as a career in technology and the research that goes on in the field. This is one you don’t want to miss!


Dr. Smith is a Human Factors psychologist specializing in user research, marketresearch, and user experience design. Her academic research focused on risk perception, medical Human Factors, Human-Systems Integration processes, and the design of safety communications to aid in decision-making. Her systems approach to research program development helps to ensure results are both human-centered and relevant to business problems. Dr. Smith has experience in a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods. As aHuman Factors engineer and User Experience professional, her toolkit also includes requirements management, information architecture creation, wire-framing, and prototyping.

Dr. Smith has extensive industry experience focusing on complex technology development. She has led funded Human System Integration research projects for NASA’s Exploration Program. Her work has appeared in the Handbook of Warnings, Advances in Patient Safety and the publications of IEEE, Society of Human Resource Development, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the International Ergonomics Society, and the Journal of Biomedical Informatics. Her designs for Dell’s Data Protection client encryption and user authentication products are currently in market.