Elle Troeger is a Human Factors researcher. is a spatial thinker at every scale. thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and still finds new paths. is 23 years deep in electronic music radio. studies what happens when systems meet real people. finds the person inside the pattern.

Range and rigor. That's the throughline.

I've spent years working at every scale of designed experience — from building facades modeled in Rhino3D to ethnographic research on how people navigate cities. Before that, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and spent three summers building trail infrastructure in Vermont. What connects all of it is curiosity about how systems work and what happens when real people meet them.

I'm completing my MS in Human Factors in Information Design at Bentley University, where I pair rigorous research methods with the kind of spatial thinking that comes from years of solving design problems under real-world constraints. My work focuses on safety-critical systems, medical devices, and environments where design decisions affect wellbeing — not just usability.

I also host Radio Ninja, an electronic music show on WMBR Cambridge — 23 years and counting. It's a weekly practice in curation, live production, and showing up for a community.

• Truth-seeking through research — Friction points exist for a reason. I find the reason.
• Lived experience as a lens — Careers in construction, 3D design, environmental science, and trail infrastructure inform how I see problems.
• Helping real people — Not abstract "users," but humans navigating systems that weren't built for them.
• Ethical technology — A deep concern for how designed systems shape behavior, addiction, equity, and access.
• Spatial thinking at every scale — From building envelopes to urban wayfinding to digital interfaces.