Product & UX, from brief to tested product.

Sarah Menla  ·  Computer Science BSc, Royal Holloway · 2026

HCI2025–26 · FINAL-YEAR PROJECTAccessible interfacesThree React apps designed for autism, ageing and sight loss.First classgrade · WCAG 2.1 audit Product · UXJUN 2026 · WISE × HUDDLEHIVEfeeShieldChrome extension that shows duty, VAT and fees before you pay.Idea & UX co-designteam of 5 Vision AIAUG 2026 · TEAM OF 2SHADEVision AI that finds your colour season and matches real products.All skin tonestested before releasevision model Full-stack2025 · SCRUM TEAM OF 8OaxacaRestaurant ordering with order tracking, staff roles and Stripe.Front endI built much of it Path planningSEP 2026 · HACKATHON TEAMROVERAA* in spacetime plans the fastest safe route to water on Mars.3D globecustom GLSL shaders VR · UCD2025 · GROUP PROJECTSustainable RHULA VR model of campus, coloured by carbon intensity.3D modeldesigned by me Front-end2025 · SOLOArt portfolioA React gallery of my paintings, with zoomable artwork pages.Livedesigned, built, deployed Voice AI2026 · ONE-HOUR WORKSHOPVoice agentA working voice agent, built on AssemblyAI’s Voice Agent API in one hour.1 houridea to working agent Backend · APIAUG–OCT 2026 · INTERNSHIPUsage Data PipelineNode.js service that syncs vendor APIs and auto-matches records.1 buttonreplaced a manual job Machine learningOCT 2026 · TEAM OF 2PepShieldPredicts how long a peptide stays bound to an HLA immune molecule.Leak foundin 93% of test rows, fixed Robotics2024 · GROUP PROJECTBobAutonomous LEGO robot in Java that detects and sorts by colour.>90%colour-detection accuracy Skills42 TOOLS · 5 KINDS OF WORKTech stackPython, PyTorch, React, Node.js, Flask, Three.js and more. Filter by kind, or by project.42 toolsacross five kinds of work

Projects

HCI2025–26 · SOLOAccessible interfacesAccessible design for three very different usersThree React interfaces for three very different needs, designed from one research base but applied differently for each audience.Child with autism, older patient, blind and low-vision shopperTask tests with three adult proxies, plus heuristic reviewsShop met all 7 WCAG 2.1 audit checksFirst classGRADE · WCAG 2.1 AUDITReactViteTailwindFigmaProduct · UXJUN 2026 · TEAM OF 5feeShieldRemoving the surprise at checkoutA Chrome extension that shows the true landed cost of an international purchase, with duty, VAT and handling fees, before you pay.Had the core idea and led design and UXShaped a vague brief into a working prototypeShipped a live demo in one weekend (Wise × HuddleHive)Idea & UX co-designTEAM OF 5JavaScriptChromeVision AIAUG 2026 · TEAM OF 2SHADEProduct rules that decide what shipsA colour analysis product that reads four photos and returns a season, a confidence score and its reasoning.Asks for a retake below a set confidence threshold instead of guessingFilter scores shade match and ingredient avoid-list separatelyRelease blocked on any failure across the range of skin tonesAll skin tonesTESTED BEFORE RELEASELovableFull-stack2025OaxacaRestaurant ordering with order tracking, staff roles and Stripe.Front endI built much of itPath planningSEP 2026ROVERAA* in spacetime plans the fastest safe route to water on Mars.3D globecustom GLSL shadersVR · UCD2025Sustainable RHULA VR model of campus, coloured by carbon intensity.3D modeldesigned by meFront-end2025Art portfolioA React gallery of my paintings, with zoomable artwork pages.Livedesigned, built, deployedVoice AI2026Voice agentA working voice agent, built on AssemblyAI’s Voice Agent API in one hour.1 houridea to working agentBackend · APIAUG–OCT 2026Usage Data PipelineNode.js service that syncs vendor APIs and auto-matches records.1 buttonreplaced a manual jobMachine learningOCT 2026PepShieldPredicts how long a peptide stays bound to an HLA immune molecule.Leak foundin 93% of test rows, fixedRobotics2024BobAutonomous LEGO robot in Java that detects and sorts by colour.>90%colour-detection accuracy

BUILT AND SHIPPED AT

1DEGREE

  • Royal Holloway, University of London

2INTERNSHIPS

  • The Walbrook Institute London
  • Nicola Gardiner Executive Search

4HACKATHONS

  • London AI × Science
  • GirlsWhoML × PhysicsX
  • Beauty Decoded
  • Wise × HuddleHive

A recommendation from Nicola Gardiner

RECOMMENDATION

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with my intern Sarah Menla this last week. Some of what I asked Sarah to do had some real technical challenges but I was super impressed with her persistence and attention to detail.
Nicola GardinerFounder, Nicola Gardiner Executive Search

TOOLS & LIBRARIES

Tech stack

By kind

42 tools across five kinds of work.

Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Java
HTML
CSS
GLSL
React
Vite
Node.js
Express
Flask
FastAPI
SQLAlchemy
MongoDB
Bootstrap
Tailwind
Three.js
GSAP
PyTorch
scikit-learn
NumPy
pandas
SciPy
Matplotlib
Jupyter
Streamlit
Chart.js
Git
GitHub
GitLab
Postman
Vercel
Modal
Figma
Stripe
LeJOS
Cursor
Claude
Lovable
AssemblyAI

CONTACT

Sarah Menla

Computer Science BSc · Royal Holloway, University of London · 2026

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