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Study Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Socio-Technical Systems, User Experience (UX) Research & Design, and Engineering Education in the internationally recognized department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.
Work with award-winning faculty, participate in interdisciplinary research, and gain cutting-edge, real world experience at international companies. MORE »
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HCDE's Corporate Affiliates Program is a great success, with both affiliate members and HCDE benefiting from new connections, technical exchanges, and collaborations. Member companies enjoy a package of benefits that includes exclusive access to recruiting HCDE students and alumni at our annual Corporate Affiliates Day.
News »
>> Alumni, Students Connect at Mentor Event. Current and past students from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) met at HCDE's Third Annual Mentor Event, sponsored by Boeing, a Corporate Affiliate of the department.
>> Human-Centered Infrastructure?. Dharma Dailey, HCDE Master's student, participated in a response panel at the conference "Defining and Measuring Meaningful Broadband Adoption" on April 11, 2012, in Washington, DC.
>> Kolko and Hope Travel to Kenya. Professor Beth Kolko and Master's student Alexis Hope traveled to Kenya earlier this spring to expand on the work they did for the 2012 Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) conference.
>> Kate Starbird Quoted in New York Times. 
Incoming Assistant Professor Kate Starbird was recently quoted in an article about the Collective Intelligence 2012 conference that took place at MIT this April and was the first-ever interdisciplinary research conference on the subject.