Industry collaboration / UX & UI
2026 — ongoing
Kunming Metro · AI-Assisted Flood Response
AI-enabled flood monitoring & response
AI-enabled flood monitoring & response
AI-enabled flood response
Industry collaboration / UX & UI
2026 — ongoing
Kunming Metro · AI-Assisted Flood Response
AI-enabled flood monitoring & response
AI-enabled flood response


Brief
An AI-enabled enterprise platform for flood monitoring, warnings and emergency response across Kunming Metro Lines 1, 2 and 6. Designed for an expected 5,000–6,000 users, it helps control-centre and station teams coordinate action and track progress.
TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Web and mobile platform · AI-assisted assessment with staff review
TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Web and mobile platform · AI-assisted assessment with staff review
My contribution
I co-designed web and mobile workflows and worked with the technical coordinator, front-end developers and project PM to clarify client requirements and explore where AI assistance could fit.
Brief
An AI-enabled enterprise platform for flood monitoring, warnings and emergency response across Kunming Metro Lines 1, 2 and 6. Designed for an expected 5,000–6,000 users, it helps control-centre and station teams coordinate action and track progress.
TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Web and mobile platform · AI-assisted assessment with staff review
My contribution
I co-designed web and mobile workflows and worked with the technical coordinator, front-end developers and project PM to clarify client requirements and explore where AI assistance could fit.
Role
UX/UI design · Web & App
Timeline
My involvement: July–September 2026
Team
Approx. 20–30 collaborators · 2 UI, UXdesigners
Platform
Web platform & mobile App
Platform
Web platform & mobile App
Role
UX/UI design · Web & App
Timeline
My involvement: July–September 2026
Team
Approx. 20–30 collaborators · 2 UI, UXdesigners
Platform
Web platform & mobile App
Preparing for flood emergencies
01 / PROJECT BACKGROUND

Connecting monitoring with coordinated action
Extreme weather and water hazards demand a shared view of metro conditions. The platform connects monitoring, warnings and response tasks, with AI-assisted assessment and staff-confirmed decisions.

Rainfall
How intense is the rain?

Water levels
Where is water rising?

Drainage equipment
Is drainage ready?
Connecting the centre and the field
02 / USERS AND CONTEXT
Centre teams make decisions; field teams carry out the work. Both need a shared view of tasks and progress.

Control-centre teams
Web and large-screen monitoring
Assess flood conditions and resources, assign tasks and track progress across stations.

Instructions and field updates

Station and maintenance teams
Mobile field work
Confirm warnings, receive tasks and report site conditions, progress and evidence.

Safety and professional teams
Review issues
Assign
Verify work

System administrators
Permissions
Configuration
System health
Preparing for flood emergencies
01 / PROJECT BACKGROUND

Connecting monitoring with coordinated action
Extreme weather and water hazards demand a shared view of metro conditions. The platform connects monitoring, warnings and response tasks, with AI-assisted assessment and staff-confirmed decisions.

Rainfall
How intense is the rain?

Water levels
Where is water rising?

Drainage equipment
Is drainage ready?
Connecting the centre and the field
02 / USERS AND CONTEXT
Centre teams make decisions; field teams carry out the work. Both need a shared view of tasks and progress.

Control-centre teams
Web and large-screen monitoring
Assess flood conditions and resources, assign tasks and track progress across stations.

Instructions and field updates

Station and maintenance teams
Mobile field work
Confirm warnings, receive tasks and report site conditions, progress and evidence.

Safety and professional teams
Review issues
Assign
Verify work

System administrators
Permissions
Configuration
System health
Preparing for flood emergencies
01 / PROJECT BACKGROUND

Connecting monitoring with coordinated action
Extreme weather and water hazards demand a shared view of metro conditions. The platform connects monitoring, warnings and response tasks, with AI-assisted assessment and staff-confirmed decisions.

Rainfall
How intense is the rain?

Water levels
Where is water rising?

Drainage equipment
Is drainage ready?
Connecting the centre and the field
02 / USERS AND CONTEXT
Centre teams make decisions; field teams carry out the work. Both need a shared view of tasks and progress.

Control centre
Monitor conditions, assign tasks and track progress.

Tasks & updates

Station teams
Confirm warnings; report conditions, progress and evidence.

Safety teams
Review issues
Assign
Verify work

System admin
Permissions
Configuration
System health
From monitoring to coordinated response
04 / SYSTEM & RESPONSE LOOP
Connect data, assessment and action through one shared event and a feedback loop.
01 / DATA & REPORTS
Weather & sensors
Rainfall, water levels, equipment
Site reports
Photos, video, text and voice
Reference knowledge
Plans, cases and operating rules
Water accumulation
Location & time
Site evidence
Combine the report with live monitoring.
02 / ASSESS & CONFIRM
Shared event context
Location
Time
Evidence
Status
AI-assisted review
Suggest response actions from the evidence.
Severity + matching plans
Prototype; staff decide.
Staff confirmation
Review the proposal.
Adjust actions & resources
Confirm responsible teams
Confirm & dispatch
Tasks
Updates
03 / COORDINATE & VERIFY
Web / control centre
Assign tasks to responsible teams and track progress.
App / field teams
Carry out tasks and return site updates and evidence.
Assigned / acknowledged
In progress / add evidence
Completion review
Verify returned evidence, then close the record.
From monitoring to coordinated response
04 / SYSTEM & RESPONSE LOOP
Connect data, assessment and action through one shared event and a feedback loop.
01 / DATA & REPORTS
Weather & sensors
Rainfall, water levels, equipment
Site reports
Photos, video, text and voice
Reference knowledge
Plans, cases and operating rules
Water accumulation
Location & time
Site evidence
Combine the report with live monitoring.
02 / ASSESS & CONFIRM
Shared event context
Location
Time
Evidence
Status
AI-assisted review
Suggest response actions from the evidence.
Severity + matching plans
Prototype; staff decide.
Staff confirmation
Review the proposal.
Adjust actions & resources
Confirm responsible teams
Confirm & dispatch
Tasks
Updates
03 / COORDINATE & VERIFY
Web / control centre
Assign tasks to responsible teams and track progress.
App / field teams
Carry out tasks and return site updates and evidence.
Assigned / acknowledged
In progress / add evidence
Completion review
Verify returned evidence, then close the record.
From monitoring to coordinated response
04 / SYSTEM & RESPONSE LOOP
Connect data, assessment and action through one shared event and a feedback loop.
01 / DATA & REPORTS
Weather & sensors
Rainfall, water levels, equipment
Site reports
Photos, video, text and voice
Reference knowledge
Plans, cases and operating rules
Water accumulation
Location & time
Site evidence
Combine the report with live monitoring.
02 / ASSESS & CONFIRM
Shared event context
Location
Time
Evidence
Status
AI-assisted review
Suggest response actions from the evidence.
Severity + matching plans
Prototype; staff decide.
Staff confirmation
Review the proposal.
Adjust actions & resources
Confirm responsible teams
Confirm & dispatch
Tasks
Updates
03 / COORDINATE & VERIFY
Web / control centre
Assign tasks to responsible teams and track progress.
App / field teams
Carry out tasks and return site updates and evidence.
Assigned / acknowledged
In progress / add evidence
Completion review
Verify returned evidence, then close the record.
WEB / CONTROL CENTRE
Review reports · Assign responsibility · Coordinate teams
Connecting reports, decisions and response
05 / KEY INTERFACES
A report brings the response into focus
Shared report context · Choose the parallel workspace the task needs.
Dispatch
Choose who handles the report and follow the team handover.
Assessment
Review severity and confirm the responsible departments.
Coordination
Connect plans, incident tasks and team progress.
Field updates and returned evidence support progress review.
Read conditions before choosing a response
Monitoring provides context for response work. Staff can inspect a device’s history without leaving the overview.
Parallel views: station environment · slope monitoring · pump control boxes. Drone views provide another monitoring entry.
Monitoring and response are related workspaces; this example does not imply an automatic jump into a work order.
Dispatch work and review its completion
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Review a report, choose who handles it and check the returned work.
Find the report that needs attention
The report list lets staff check status and open a specific record. Pending is the selected queue in this example.
Review the evidence and choose a handling action
Evidence stays beside the handling controls so staff can choose responsibility against the same report. Assign, Lead team and Push remain parallel options.
Choose the relevant action
Assign
Name the person or team handling the report.
Lead team
Set departmental responsibility.
Push
Inspect acceptance and departmental handovers.
Review returned work before closure
After work progresses, staff use Closure review to inspect the returned record.
Separate entry: Closure / Review
WEB / CONTROL CENTRE
Review reports · Assign responsibility · Coordinate teams
Connecting reports, decisions and response
05 / KEY INTERFACES
A report brings the response into focus
Shared report context · Choose the parallel workspace the task needs.
Dispatch
Choose who handles the report and follow the team handover.
Assessment
Review severity and confirm the responsible departments.
Coordination
Connect plans, incident tasks and team progress.
Field updates and returned evidence support progress review.
Read conditions before choosing a response
Monitoring provides context for response work. Staff can inspect a device’s history without leaving the overview.
Parallel views: station environment · slope monitoring · pump control boxes. Drone views provide another monitoring entry.
Monitoring and response are related workspaces; this example does not imply an automatic jump into a work order.
Dispatch work and review its completion
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Review a report, choose who handles it and check the returned work.
Find the report that needs attention
The report list lets staff check status and open a specific record. Pending is the selected queue in this example.
Review the evidence and choose a handling action
Evidence stays beside the handling controls so staff can choose responsibility against the same report. Assign, Lead team and Push remain parallel options.
Choose the relevant action
Assign
Name the person or team handling the report.
Lead team
Set departmental responsibility.
Push
Inspect acceptance and departmental handovers.
Review returned work before closure
After work progresses, staff use Closure review to inspect the returned record.
Separate entry: Closure / Review
WEB / CONTROL CENTRE
Review reports · Assign responsibility · Coordinate teams
Connecting reports, decisions and response
05 / KEY INTERFACES
A report brings the response into focus
Shared report context · Choose the parallel workspace the task needs.
Dispatch
Choose who handles the report and follow the team handover.
Assessment
Review severity and confirm the responsible departments.
Coordination
Connect plans, incident tasks and team progress.
Field updates and returned evidence support progress review.
Read conditions before choosing a response
Read status in the overview; open history to inspect a device’s trends.
Parallel views: station · slope · pumps · drones.
History opens within monitoring; response tasks use their own entries.
Dispatch work and review its completion
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Review a report, choose who handles it and check the returned work.
Find the report that needs attention
The report list lets staff check status and open a specific record. Pending is the selected queue in this example.
Review the evidence and choose a handling action
Evidence stays beside the handling controls so staff can choose responsibility against the same report. Assign, Lead team and Push remain parallel options.
Choose the relevant action
Assign
Name the person or team handling the report.
Lead team
Set departmental responsibility.
Push
Inspect acceptance and departmental handovers.
Review returned work before closure
After work progresses, staff use Closure review to inspect the returned record.
Separate entry: Closure / Review
Assess issues and confirm responsibility
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
When severity or ownership needs review, staff use issue assessment. AI suggestions stay inside that review.
Choose an issue for assessment
Open Assess on a pending issue to review its severity and departmental responsibility.
Assess opens the selected issue’s panel; Close returns to this list.
Menu: Issue management / Handling / Pending
Review the issue within its assessment form
AI advice sits within the assessment so staff can compare it with the issue context before deciding.
Related views · separate menu entries
Assess issues and confirm responsibility
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
When severity or ownership needs review, staff use issue assessment. AI suggestions stay inside that review.
Choose an issue for assessment
Open Assess on a pending issue to review its severity and departmental responsibility.
Assess opens the selected issue’s panel; Close returns to this list.
Menu: Issue management / Handling / Pending
Review the issue within its assessment form
AI advice sits within the assessment so staff can compare it with the issue context before deciding.
Two points within this page
1 / Review the AI proposal
2 / Apply if useful, then confirm. Staff can edit the proposal before submitting their decision.
Optional AI path
Review
Apply if useful
Staff confirm
Related views · separate menu entries
Assess issues and confirm responsibility
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
When severity or ownership needs review, staff use issue assessment. AI suggestions stay inside that review.
Choose an issue for assessment
Open Assess on a pending issue to review its severity and departmental responsibility.
Assess opens the selected issue’s panel; Close returns to this list.
Menu: Issue management / Handling / Pending
Review the issue within its assessment form
AI advice sits within the assessment so staff can compare it with the issue context before deciding.
Related views · separate menu entries
Coordinate plans, teams and incident progress
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Operations, resources and drills are parallel menu areas. Plans and Live response are sibling destinations inside Emergency operations.
Three parallel menu areas and their child entries
Emergency operations
Plans
Inspect a plan’s tasks
Live response
Coordinate one incident
Emergency resources
Equipment inventory
Equipment records for response planning.
Emergency drills
Drill plans
Practice and plan checking.
Plans → selected plan’s task overlay
View tasks opens an overlay within Plans. Close returns to the same library.
Live response → incident workspace
Read incident context, team responsibilities and task progress together.
Menu: Emergency operations / Live response
Three regions in the same workspace
1
Choose the incident
The selector sets the event context for this workspace.
2
Follow the team branches
Linked nodes show the responsible team and its tasks.
3
Read each task’s progress
Progress bars and percentages sit inside the task cards.
Other menu branches: resources and drills
FURTHER WEB INTERFACES
AI agent
Placeholder · Source screens pending
Training
Placeholder · Source screens pending
Coordinate plans, teams and incident progress
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Operations, resources and drills are parallel menu areas. Plans and Live response are sibling destinations inside Emergency operations.
Three parallel menu areas and their child entries
Emergency operations
Plans
Inspect a plan’s tasks
Live response
Coordinate one incident
Emergency resources
Equipment inventory
Equipment records for response planning.
Emergency drills
Drill plans
Practice and plan checking.
Plans → selected plan’s task overlay
View tasks opens an overlay within Plans. Close returns to the same library.
Live response → incident workspace
Read incident context, team responsibilities and task progress together.
Menu: Emergency operations / Live response
Three regions in the same workspace
1
Choose the incident
The selector sets the event context for this workspace.
2
Follow the team branches
Linked nodes show the responsible team and its tasks.
3
Read each task’s progress
Progress bars and percentages sit inside the task cards.
Other menu branches: resources and drills
FURTHER WEB INTERFACES
AI agent
Placeholder · Source screens pending
Training
Placeholder · Source screens pending
Coordinate plans, teams and incident progress
WEB
Dispatch
Assessment
Coordination
Operations, resources and drills are parallel menu areas. Plans and Live response are sibling destinations inside Emergency operations.
Three parallel menu areas and their child entries
Emergency operations
Plans
Inspect a plan’s tasks
Live response
Coordinate one incident
Emergency resources
Equipment inventory
Equipment records for response planning.
Emergency drills
Drill plans
Practice and plan checking.
Plans → selected plan’s task overlay
View tasks opens an overlay within Plans. Close returns to the same library.
Live response → incident workspace
Read incident context, team responsibilities and task progress together.
Menu: Emergency operations / Live response
Three regions in the same workspace
1
Choose the incident
The selector sets the event context for this workspace.
2
Follow the team branches
Linked nodes show the responsible team and its tasks.
3
Read each task’s progress
Progress bars and percentages sit inside the task cards.
Other menu branches: resources and drills
FURTHER WEB INTERFACES
AI agent
Placeholder · Source screens pending
Training
Placeholder · Source screens pending
MOBILE / FIELD APP
On-site execution
Carry the response into the field
06 / MOBILE EXECUTION
Web → Field App
Assigned tasks and event context
Field App → Shared event
Site evidence, progress and updates
Receive tasks and return site evidence
Field teams open received tasks, inspect event details and return site information. Coordination, reporting and assessment have their own entries.
Tasks → event details → selected action
The example opens Assign; it is one option in the event’s action bar, rather than the next screen for every task.
Parallel actions in event details
Event action bar
Assign · selected example
Report
Copy recipients
Push
Review / transfer to lead team
Read before assigning
The same event retains its report and evidence across these actions.
Make ownership explicit
Assign opens the assignment page; Return brings staff back to the event.
Same parent context
Other event actions are alternatives, not later steps in the assignment path.
Emergency event → Coordination
Open team coordination from the event’s task area.
Open coordination; Return keeps the same event.
Let the warning’s state guide the next action
One shared list · two actions determined by confirmation state.
Pending / overdue
Add a handling note and site evidence.
Confirmed
Read the returned note, photos and video.
Handling note
Describe the handling action in the note field.
Photo & video
Add photographs and video in their upload fields.
Submit feedback
Submit from the same form. The event context and deadline remain in the full record.
Screen excerpts · repeated event details omitted. Open either image for the full record.
Assessment entry → AI suggestion sheet
A separate prototype route: request advice, apply it to the form, then confirm the staff decision.
What the AI proposes
PROTOTYPE SCHEMATIC · ASSESSMENT FIELDS
Issue type
Suggested category
Severity
Proposed risk level
Rectification team
Suggested department
Control team
Suggested department
For staff review before applying.
Nested sheet, then return to the form
Form
AI sheet
Apply to form
Review the proposal
Review the proposed type, severity and departments before applying.
Apply, then confirm
Apply returns the suggestion to the form; staff confirm the final decision.
Assessment prototype; coordination chat remains a placeholder.
PROJECT TAKEAWAY
Connecting decisions across a large platform
The design work focused on keeping evidence, responsibility and status connected across web and field tasks. Cross-team discussions helped clarify client requirements and where AI assistance could fit.
NEXT ITERATION
Extend the case study with the large-screen view, dashboard and AI agent as their designs become available.
MOBILE / FIELD APP
On-site execution
Carry the response into the field
06 / MOBILE EXECUTION
Web → Field App
Assigned tasks and event context
Field App → Shared event
Site evidence, progress and updates
Receive tasks and return site evidence
Field teams open received tasks, inspect event details and return site information. Coordination, reporting and assessment have their own entries.
Tasks → event details → selected action
The example opens Assign; it is one option in the event’s action bar, rather than the next screen for every task.
Parallel actions in event details
Event action bar
Assign · selected example
Report
Copy recipients
Push
Review / transfer to lead team
Read before assigning
The same event retains its report and evidence across these actions.
Make ownership explicit
Assign opens the assignment page; Return brings staff back to the event.
Emergency event → Coordination
Open team coordination from the event’s task area.
Open coordination; Return keeps the same event.
Let the warning’s state guide the next action
State determines the relevant action. Pending warnings collect feedback, while confirmed records expose returned evidence.
Pending / overdue
Add a handling note and site evidence.
Confirmed
Read the returned note, photos and video.
Handling note
Describe the handling action in the note field.
Photo & video
Add photographs and video in their upload fields.
Submit feedback
Submit from the same form. The event context and deadline remain in the full record.
Screen excerpts · open either image for the full record.
Assessment entry → AI suggestion sheet
A separate prototype route: request advice, apply it to the form, then confirm the staff decision.
What the AI proposes
PROTOTYPE SCHEMATIC · ASSESSMENT FIELDS
Issue type
Suggested category
Severity
Proposed risk level
Rectification team
Suggested department
Control team
Suggested department
For staff review before applying.
Nested sheet, then return to the form
Form
AI sheet
Apply to form
Review the proposal
Review the proposed type, severity and departments before applying.
Apply, then confirm
Apply returns the suggestion to the form; staff confirm the final decision.
Assessment prototype; coordination chat remains a placeholder.
PROJECT TAKEAWAY
Connecting decisions across a large platform
The design work focused on keeping evidence, responsibility and status connected across web and field tasks. Cross-team discussions helped clarify client requirements and where AI assistance could fit.
NEXT ITERATION
Extend the case study with the large-screen view, dashboard and AI agent as their designs become available.
MOBILE / FIELD APP
On-site execution
Carry the response into the field
06 / MOBILE EXECUTION
Tasks out · Evidence and progress back
Receive tasks and return site evidence
Field teams open received tasks, inspect event details and return site information. Coordination, reporting and assessment have their own entries.
Tasks → event details → selected action
The example opens Assign; it is one option in the event’s action bar, rather than the next screen for every task.
Parallel actions in event details
Event action bar
Assign · selected example
Report
Copy recipients
Push
Review / transfer to lead team
Read before assigning
The same event retains its report and evidence across these actions.
Make ownership explicit
Assign opens the assignment page; Return brings staff back to the event.
Same parent context
Other event actions are alternatives, not later steps in the assignment path.
Emergency event → Coordination
Open team coordination from the event’s task area.
Open coordination; Return keeps the same event.
Choose the action by warning state
Pending / overdue
Add a handling note and site evidence.
Confirmed
Read the returned note, photos and video.
Handling note
Describe the on-site response.
Photo & video
Add photographs and video in their upload fields.
Submit feedback
Submit from the same form. The event context and deadline remain in the full record.
Screen excerpts · open either image for the full record.
Assessment entry → AI suggestion sheet
A separate prototype route: request advice, apply it to the form, then confirm the staff decision.
Nested sheet, then return to the form
Form
AI sheet
Apply to form
Review the proposal
Review the proposed type, severity and departments before applying.
Apply, then confirm
Apply returns the suggestion to the form; staff confirm the final decision.
AI review opens the sheet; Apply returns to the form.
Assessment prototype; coordination chat remains a placeholder.
PROJECT TAKEAWAY
Connecting decisions across a large platform
The design work focused on keeping evidence, responsibility and status connected across web and field tasks. Cross-team discussions helped clarify client requirements and where AI assistance could fit.
NEXT ITERATION
Extend the case study with the large-screen view, dashboard and AI agent as their designs become available.

































