Finally, she found the user experience degree path. And in today’s ever-innovating AI landscape, Andersen is excited to explore the UX side of AI itself.
“AI is being incorporated into every product nowadays, and so there’s this gap where people don’t know how to design for AI yet, and that’s where I want to come in and understand how I can design it for people,” Andersen said.
Typically, Andersen uses various AI tools for research purposes, like finding resources and summarizing reports. Drawing from her own experiences, she’s ideated a new AI tool of her own: a scholarship research assistant.
“I have this extension idea where, once you find a scholarship, the extension could track it for you,” Andersen said. “You could open the extension and with a tracker and web crawlers, it could automate this task list for you and it can research the organization for you.”
Meet Solika
Solika Sokhan is a sophomore transfer student at ASU’s The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, studying biochemistry with an emphasis on medicinal chemistry. At ASU, she’s surrounded by AI innovations both in and out of the chemistry lab.
“Right now I’m using AI for my studies,” Sokhan said. “For me, my hardest subject is physics, and I use AI to summarize the chapter, create quizzes, and better study the subject so that I can do more and learn more about it.”
From her use of AI came her idea for an AI tool. Sokhan thought of helping students to study for chemistry via an AI tutor, which could show 3D visuals of chemical compounds on a mobile app.
“I know that students can find chemistry really obstructing, sometimes really boring to study, and it’s hard to understand things when you can’t see things in 3D.”
Sokhan is looking forward to gaining a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence, particularly when it comes to building the backend of new tools and databases. When it comes to AI, Sokhan says she is willing and excited to learn everything she can about it.
Sokhan plans to explore computational chemistry as a future graduate student.
AI Scholars Program
The ASU AI Scholar Program is a joint collaboration between the University Provost and ASU Enterprise Technology that is designed to provide students with new pathways to leadership in AI across all fields, exploring the future of technology and human potential.
The initiative is designed to empower the next generation of global thinkers, makers and leaders in AI. The program provides participants with the opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders, access to AI platforms, priority participation in international AI hackathons and opportunities for internship pathways and mentorship.
