Hi, I'm Joyce Zhou 🍳,
a design technologist with 3+ years in tech,
moving across UX, product design, AI, and robotics.
What grounds me is UX and product design, but I never stopped at the interface. Over the past couple of years I've pushed further into AI and robotics, not to collect skills, but to understand what's actually happening underneath, the logic behind an AI's response, the mechanics behind a robot's movement. I'm currently finishing a Master's in Technology Innovation at the University of Washington, focused on robotics, still chasing that same question.
Education

MS in Technology Innovation, Robotics Concentration
University of Washington, GIX · Expected Mar 2027

BA in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts
University of California San Diego
BA in Communication
University of California San Diego
Minor in Cognitive Science, Speculative Design
University of California San Diego
Professional Experience
Design Technologist (Contract) — DLAB Scientific Inc.
Nov 2025 – Feb 2026 · Riverside, CA
UI/UX Intern — UCSD Department of Communication
Sep 2024 – May 2025 · San Diego
Product Designer — SysDiagno Biotech
Jun 2023 – Sep 2023 · Nanjing, China
Content Intern — Shine Global
Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · Remote
Hackathons
Helport AI Innovation Competition — 3rd Place
Helport AI · 2025
IEEE Quarterly Project — 1st Place
IEEE UCSD · 2024
VGDC Unity Game Competition — 2nd Place
UC San Diego · 2024
Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge
Stanford University · Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Google Gemma 4 Good Hackathon
Google and Kaggle · Mar 2026 – May 2026
Leadership
Event Assistant — GIX, University of Washington
Sep 2026 – Mar 2027
Design Chair — IEEE UCSD
May 2023 – Jun 2024
Certifications
Google Project Management Certificate
Google UX Design Certificate
Stanford Supervised Machine Learning Certificate































