Daniel Munoz

Experience / Education / Research

A wider perspective.
A focused practice.

UX & Product Designer with a background in engineering, industrial design, materials science and design education.

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Based in
Guadalajara, Mexico
Current role
User Experience Designer · Oracle Health
Language
English C1 · TOEFL 617

A multidisciplinary practice.

I work across digital and physical products, bringing together research, interaction design, prototyping and testing. My practice includes discovery sessions, design critiques, stakeholder reviews and user feedback, with a focus on human-centered design, usability and emotional experience.

My academic background spans mechatronic engineering, industrial design and a PhD in Materials Science. My doctoral work explored healthcare solutions through a user-experience lens. Further study in graphic design, UX research, UI and interaction design adds to that multidisciplinary perspective.

Teaching and mentoring are part of my design practice. I have developed learning experiences that connect conceptualization, prototyping, user testing and iteration; worked with training partners and industry professionals; and presented research at international conferences. As Director of the Design Program from 2021 to 2024, I connected student needs, design education and industry perspectives.

My background also includes product development and entrepreneurship through Sky Render.

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Experience

User Experience Designer

Oracle Health

Clinical UX design across patient overviews, oncology, charting, body visualization and ordering workflows.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Design scope spans physician and nursing contexts, from patient summaries and oncology journeys to documentation, visualization and ordering.
  • Interaction flows, interface patterns, component mapping and prototypes are represented across the nine Oracle Health work groups in this portfolio.

Explore all nine design areas

Associate Professor of UX Design & Research

Tecnológico de Monterrey - ITESM

Teach UX, UI and human-centered design; facilitate discovery, design critiques, stakeholder reviews and prototype testing with students and training partners. Use user feedback to guide product-design projects.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Teach UX, UI, human-centered design, usability, emotional design, ergonomics, product design and technology.
  • Work with training partners, students and users to understand needs and develop product experiences.
  • Use research and customer feedback to inform student design projects and research papers.
  • Facilitate discovery sessions, design critiques, stakeholder reviews and prototype testing.
  • Follow evolving design technologies and methods, contribute to teaching strategy and process improvements, and participate in conferences.
  • Apply design thinking and maintain a commitment to continuous learning.

Director of the Design Program

Tecnológico de Monterrey - ITESM

Collaborated with directors, faculty and industry stakeholders to improve the student experience, develop design education and mentor future designers.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Collaborated with directors to understand student needs and identify ways to improve the school experience.
  • Worked with designers on cohesive events and emotionally engaging student experiences.
  • Gathered student feedback on the design program, identified areas for improvement, and mentored future designers.
  • Met with industry and business stakeholders to inform the development of design education.

Industrial Design Professor

Tecnológico de Monterrey - ITESM

Taught product design, 3D modeling, experience design, ergonomics, usability, graphic design, innovation and materials.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Taught product design, 3D modeling, experience design, user-centered design, ergonomics, usability, graphic design, product-development innovation and materials for design.

Product, Visual & Web Designer

Freelance

Designed products, prototypes, renders, websites and brand materials.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Designed products, renders, prototypes, brochures, brand manuals and websites.

Senior Product Designer

Ingusa / Cytsa

Designed custom specialty pressure vessels alongside engineering teams for companies including General Electric.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Worked alongside engineering teams to design custom specialty pressure vessels for companies including General Electric.

Quality Supervisor

Moti Digital

Created printing-equipment manuals and supported printed-product quality control.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Designed user manuals for printing equipment and supported the supervision and quality control of printed products at a design, advertising and marketing company.

Internship

Boehringer Ingelheim Labs

Supported measuring-instrument calibration and process documentation in quality control.

Responsibilities & focus
  • Supported quality control through measuring-instrument calibration and the design and creation of process manuals.

Education

Ongoing study

UX / UI / Interaction Designer

Interaction Design Foundation

2024

User Experience Research and Design

University of Michigan

2021

PhD in Materials Science

Universidad de Guadalajara

2020

UI/UX Design Specialization

California Institute of the Arts

2014

Master’s in Industrial Design and Product Innovation

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

2009

Mechatronic Engineering with specialization in Industrial Design

Universidad del Valle de México y Universidad Europea de Madrid

Skills & tools

Research & strategy

  • Research
  • User Experience Research
  • User Centered Design
  • Strategic Design
  • Problem Solving

Product & interaction

  • User Experience Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • Product Development

Collaboration

  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Communication

Design toolkit

  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Sketchbook
  • Autodesk Fusion 360
  • SolidWorks
  • Keyshot
  • Alias Design
  • Adobe Premiere

Courses & certifications

Ongoing study

Interaction Designer Path

Interaction Design Foundation

2024 Feb

User Experience Research and Design Specialization

University of Michigan

2024 Jan

Design with Figma

Coursera Projects

2022 Sep

Design with Figma

YouTube

2021 Apr

Managing as a Coach

University of California, Davis

2020 Jun

User Experience Principles and Processes

University of Michigan

2020 Apr

UI/UX Design Specialization

California Institute of the Arts

2020 Mar

Graphic Design Specialization

California Institute of the Arts

2017 May

SolidWorks Professional Designer (CSWP)

Dassault Systèmes, SolidWorks Corp.

2017 Mar

Certified Educator Level 2

Google for Education

2014 Dec

Design Thinking Certificate

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

2014 Jul

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Workshop

Babson College, Boston USA

2011 Mar

Adobe After Effects Certificate

Universidad del Valle de Atemajac

2010 Jul

Web Design Certificate

Centro de capacitación de Alto Perfil Tecnológico

2009 Jan

Industrial Design Specialization

Universidad Europea de Madrid

Recognition

2023

Diseña México · National Design Award

Diseña México awarded me as the Absolute Winner of the Product Design category.

2022

National Award · Best Doctoral Thesis

First Place of National Award for the best Doctoral Thesis.

2020

Best Research Paper & Presentation

Winner of the Best Research Paper and Presentation in Paris, France.

Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences

2015

Best Innovation Project

Winner of the Best Innovation Project: Students’ Design Portfolios.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

2014

Best Applied Research Project · Master’s Thesis

Winner of the Best Research Applied Project for Master’s Degree Thesis.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

2013

Product Design Innovation

Winner of the best product design innovation.

Dulces Montes

2012

International 3D Printing Recognition

Winner of one of the best 5 minimal and useful 3D printed designs.

International 3D Printing Event

Research & presentations

Research into design education, emerging technologies, emotional experience, health and materials. Publications, conference work and ongoing research are listed below.

11 research & presentation entries

2025

The impact of UX Design on gender equality, a case study on surgical instrument design

Work in progress

In process · listed in the 2025 CV
2025

SKILIKET system in STEM education, a UX case study on citizen science.

IEEE · Princeton University

2024

Binding AI and XR in Design Education: challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies

E&PDE · Aston University, Birmingham

2023

Design and educational innovation: development of a new emotional design evaluation methodology

TEEM · Braganza, Portugal

2023

Analysis of the Impact of Virtual Reality on High School Students’ Learning in Nutrition Courses

IEEE · Monterrey, Mexico

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2022

Creative factors that led to the evolution of the educational model for design teaching

ICSDC · Valencia, Spain

2021

The use of finite element analysis in design courses and its effect in product development

IEEE · Monterrey, Mexico

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2020

An Exploratory Study of the Student’s Learning Experience by Applying Different Tools for e-Learning and e-Teaching

ICELET · Paris, France

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2020

Study on the properties of a polymer system based on poly(ethylene glycol), n-isopropyl acrylamide and chitosan for controlled drug delivery

Springer

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2019

Blending Gamification and Project-based Learning with Rapid Prototyping Technologies in Enhancing Students’ Learning of Design

ICETC · Amsterdam

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2016

Design of a brick with sound absorption properties based on plastic waste & sawdust

Research

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Selected projects

Oracle Health — nine connected design areas

CrossFit for Apple Watch

2024 · Design of a CrossFit app for Apple Watch.

UX design and research certification project · University of Michigan

Design-program website

2021 · Redesign of the informative website for a university design program.

University design-career website improvement

Hand mixer

2020 · UX design process and heuristic evaluation for the redesign of a hand mixer.

UX and graphic-design certification work · California Institute of the Arts

Food delivery app

2020 · Three UI proposals, each designed to serve different user profiles.

UX and graphic-design certification work · California Institute of the Arts

Contact & links

adanielmunozg@gmail.com +52 33 12 45 67 70 LinkedIn Behance ORCID Interaction Design Foundation Instagram Facebook Framer portfolio adanielmunoz.com

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