I graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.S. in materials science & engineering and worked at the National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST) and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) before moving to California to pursue my graduate degree. I earned my M.S. in materials science & engineering from Stanford University but that's where my career took a left turn.
Instead of finding a job in the materials field, I went to work for a small company where I applied my technical and analytical skills with my publishing/web design background to user interface design. UI design is the perfect blend of aesthetic and functional to which I was intuitively drawn. I like thinking about complex interaction design problems and coming up with a clean, simple solution.
For questions about my work, please email me at shwang@propapanda.com. If you'd like to see my photos, visit my Flickr.