Computer Science + Design at UIC

I like making software feel clear, visual, and worth using.

I am Momen, a CS + Design student at UIC. I care about the space where code, layout, product thinking, and small interaction details meet.

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C++ / Python logic, data, games
Visual Design systems, color, type
About Me

I move between code and design, and I like the overlap.

I like projects where the logic and the interface have to carry equal weight. I enjoy the puzzle of computer science, but I also care about the quieter parts of a product: hierarchy, pacing, accessibility, and whether the final thing feels comfortable for a real person to sit with.

My work has grown through class projects, design studies, client work, and products I am building on my own. Some days that means debugging a C++ program. Other days it means adjusting type until a poster finally has the right voice. Lately, it also means building tools that help people make better creative decisions without making the process feel colder.

Small note

I tend to notice the small things: whether a label is doing enough work, whether a layout makes someone pause, and whether the technical solution still feels clear once it reaches the screen.

01

Code as Structure

Python, C++, and web projects where state, rules, and feedback have to stay clear.

02

Design as Clarity

Layouts, color, type, and interaction details that make ideas easier to read.

03

Research as Care

Projects that ask better questions about data, trust, and human impact.

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Experience

Where I have been learning by making real things.

A mix of product work, client design, AI evaluation, and CS + Design study. The through-line is pretty simple: I like making complicated things easier to use.

June 2026 - PresentRemoteFounder

FrameKind

Founder, Product Designer & Full-Stack Developer

I am building an AI-powered design workspace from the early product questions through interface design, backend work, deployment, and the many rounds after that.

May 2023 - June 2025Chicago, ILOn-site

Amman Trucking Inc

UI/UX Designer & Product Developer

I designed dashboard workflows for logistics teams, turning messy operational needs into prototypes, clearer navigation, and internal tools people could actually move through.

Nov. 2025 - PresentFreelanceRemote

Outlier AI

Software Engineer

I review AI-generated responses for quality, consistency, and user experience, with an eye for where the answer stops being useful to a real person.

Jan. 2026 - PresentFreelanceRemote

Client Design Work

Graphic Designer

I create branding, UI mockups, social graphics, and promotional pieces while working closely with clients on taste, clarity, and revisions.

Computer Science

Projects where the logic has to explain itself.

Tools, data work, and interface experiments that helped me practice state, feedback, structure, and clearer user flows.

Python / Interaction

Personality Quiz

A quiz experience built around branching logic, readable feedback, and results that feel connected to the choices a person made.

Python UI Design Interaction Flow
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Dashboard / Logistics Tool

Driver Settlement Platform

A secure internal dashboard for managing driver settlements, documents, payment tracking, and administrative logistics workflows.

Dashboard UX PDF Processing Workflow Design
C++ / AI Research

AI Bias Quiz

A comparative quiz and research project that looks at how human and AI responses can reflect assumptions, framing, and bias.

C++ AI Bias Research
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C++ / Data Story

Maternal Mortality Analysis

A C++ data project that looks at maternal mortality information and turns raw values into trends a reader can follow.

C++ Data Analysis Public Health
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Product / Web Tool

PosterForm

A poster-focused creative tool shaped around quick starts, visual experimentation, and a workflow that feels closer to making than filling out a form.

Web Product Creative Tools Interface Design
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Design

Visual work that taught me how to look closer.

Color, typography, image-making, and composition studies that changed how I think about screens, not just posters.

Poster / Type / Color

Poster Work

Poster studies where I worked through hierarchy, type, image placement, and color relationships across bold compositions.

Color Theory Typography Print Design
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Generative / Mixed Media

Generative Image Making

Image-making experiments that mix computational thinking with collage, photography, handmade marks, and layered composition.

Generative Design Mixed Media Composition
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Color / System Study

Color Palette Studies

Color studies that explore harmony, proportion, palette extraction, and how small shifts can change the whole feeling of a piece.

Color Theory Proportion Visual Studies
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Vector / Illustration

Vector-based Design

Vector and Procreate work shaped for web details, interface moments, and clean graphic systems that can scale across uses.

Design Procreate Vectors Drawing
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Typography / In Progress

Typography Studies

A growing set of type explorations focused on rhythm, contrast, readability, and the way letterforms change the tone of an interface or poster.

Typography Hierarchy Visual Systems

Founder + Product Builder

FrameKind

A live AI design workspace for critiques, brand context, portfolio reviews, and clearer creative decisions.

FrameKind helps designers, founders, and creative teams review visual work with more context. A user can analyze a screen or URL, get structured design feedback, explore tradeoffs with an AI coach, generate studio directions, and keep project notes, brand details, and reviews in one workspace.

What it is built to do

The product turns design feedback into something easier to act on: clear findings, practical next steps, brand-aware suggestions, and a workspace that keeps critique connected to the project instead of scattered across tabs.

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FrameKind workspace

Screen critique

Turn a screenshot or URL into useful design feedback.

FrameKind reviews hierarchy, clarity, accessibility, spacing, and visual direction, then explains what is working and what should change next.

InputScreenshot or live URL
OutputPrioritized findings + next steps
  • Catch unclear hierarchy before a page ships.
  • Explain why a design choice feels off.
  • Turn critique into a practical revision plan.

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Contact

Let us make something thoughtful.

Have a question, opportunity, or half-formed idea? Send it over. I like early conversations.

Email malhejoj127@gmail.com Phone +1 (708) 986-7048
Location Chicago, IL