Understanding Newcomers to 3D Printing: Motivations, Workflows, and Barriers of Casual Makers

Research Publication - CHI 2016

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MarmalAid

Web Application Design

Marmalaid Castle Thumb
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NAWMP

Web Design

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Swapabilities

Industrial Design - IDSA Student Merit Award Winner

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Asteroid Wars

48 Hour HTML5 Game

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Barriers to Using, Customizing, and Printing 3D Designs on Thingiverse

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Understanding Triggers for Clarification Requests in Community-Based Software Help Forums

Research Publication

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TIM Review

Web Design

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3D Printing Hub

Small Business

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About Nathaniel Hudson

Skills and Software

Proficient with:

English & French
Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
Qualitative Research
HTML / CSS / Javascript
jQuery / Three.js
OS X / Linux
PHP / Wordpress / Drupal

Experienced with:

Axure / Balsamiq
After Effects / Apple Motion
Solidworks / Photoview
Windows
Git
MySQL
Python

Selected Work Experience

Autodesk Research UI Research: June 2016 – September 2016

Investigating applications of 3D modeling and printing with emerging user demographics following a Human-Computer Interaction approach.

Carleton University: Technology Innovation Management Program Web Design and Development: June 2011 – June 2015

Created online academic publishing system, entrepreneurial process management system. Online at TIMProgram.ca, LTW-Women.ca and TIMReview.ca

The Bytown Group Web Design and Development: May 2013 – August 2013

Created interactive fronted and backend elements for internal and customer websites. Online at BytownGroup.com, WetlandNetwork.ca and CampaignForCanadians.ca

Education

Master of Applied Science (MASc) University of Waterloo, Faculty of Engineering: 2014 – 2016

Thesis research employed a human computer interaction (HCI) approach to examine usability of 3D modeling and printing with novice users, and to design a system to facilitate Q&A style help-seeking directly from 3D modeling sofwtare.

Bachelor of Industrial Design With High Distinction, Minor in Business Carleton University: 2010 – 2014

Thesis research designed and built an all-in-one hybrid 3D printer/CNC router/plotter/vinyl cutter for use in educational environments to support design thinking education