Shihui Ruan.
Sr. UX Designer · Dallas, TX

experiences,
designed for
people

I’m Shihui, a UX designer specializing in AI-driven healthcare. I lead end-to-end design from deep research to polished interfaces that clinicians and patients trust.

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About

The best design builds trust, especially when the stakes are high.

I’m a Sr. UX Designer at Spectral MD, Inc., where I lead the design of AI-driven wound healing prediction tools for clinical settings. My background spans both Industrial Design (Donghua University) and Human-Computer Interaction (Georgia Tech, GPA 3.75), which gives me a sharp eye for both aesthetics and behavior.

I run focus groups, usability testing, and accessibility audits, then translate what I find into interfaces that work for busy clinicians, older adults, and color-blind users alike. I maintain Figma design libraries across 4 product lines and collaborate closely with engineers to make sure what ships matches what was designed.

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Years of full-time UX practice
Product lines maintained
Professional certificates
Advanced degrees
Side quests

Beyond the screen

When I’m not designing interfaces, I’m usually making something with my hands, or going very fast.

3D printing setup
01 / 05

3D Printing

Turning digital models into physical objects. FDM printing to prototype ideas: the same problem-solving mindset as UX, just layer by layer.

Biking on trails
02 / 05

Biking

Two wheels and open road. Whether cruising trails or exploring the city, it’s where I do my best thinking. My reset button.

Leather craft work
03 / 05

Leather Art

Carving, stitching, finishing goods by hand. Working with materials that have texture, weight, and permanence has a meditative quality unlike anything digital.

Paper and mixed media crafts
04 / 05

Crafts

Paper-cutting, mixed media, you name it. Making things with my hands keeps my visual instincts sharp and my patience intact through every iteration.

Formula 1 racing
05 / 05

Formula 1

Engineering precision meets split-second decisions. F1 is basically UX at 220mph. I follow every race, the technical regulations, and the strategy closely.

How I work

Good UX is earned through rigor, not assumed from instinct.

I listen before I design

I start by reading the historical data, running interviews, shadowing users, until the real problem surfaces. Not the stated one. Not the assumed one. The one buried under workarounds and complaints.

User InterviewsContextual InquiryFocus GroupsSurvey Design

I find the shape of the problem

Raw findings need structure. Affinity mapping and IA exercises turn scattered observations into a clear problem statement, something the whole team can design toward, not just the designers.

Affinity MappingCard SortingIAStakeholder Alignment

I design for the edge cases

Wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity UI. Design for the user who is under stress, distracted, or just doesn’t behave the way the product assumed they would.

FigmaAccessibilityComponent LibrariesResponsive Design

I don’t stop at handoff

I run usability tests during and after launch, verify and validate product builds against the spec, and flag when implementation diverges from intent. The design isn’t done until the experience matches what was intended, and every session generates the next iteration.

Verification and ValidationUsability TestingDev CollaborationQA Review
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Let’s make something
worth clicking on.

I’m most energized by new technologies, new products, AI interfaces, multimodal interaction, research-heavy work where design decisions carry real stakes. If that sounds like your projects, I’d love to hear about it.

shihuiruan@outlook.com
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