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The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering's faculty and students are advancing design knowledge by using innovative techniques to study human activity and then translating that knowledge into meaningful information and system designs. Join us at the forefront of the field and help us design the future.

During the most recent year, the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering received gifts totaling nearly $100,000. These gifts ranged in size from $10 to over $15,000.

The only way that we can maintain and continue to offer such excellent programming is through the generosity of our friends and alumni.

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The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) would like to highlight the following funds, which support all aspects of HCDE's mission and priority areas:

• Spyridakis Leadership Fund: Creating the next generation of leaders in HCDE by building industry connections, supporting mentoring programs, and fostering student and faculty leadership through participation in regional, national, and international events. Make a gift to this fund.
• Human Centered Design & Engineering Fund for Excellence: Fostering excellence and vision for students, faculty, and curricular programs in HCDE. Make a gift to this fund.
• Human Centered Design & Engineering Excellence through Diversity Fund: Enhancing diversity initiatives in HCDE with a focus on recruiting, mentoring, and partnership-building. Make a gift to this fund.

Your gift to the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering through the University of Washington Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is tax deductible. The Foundation's Federal EIN is 94-3079432.

In addition to the above-mentioned funds, the following funds and endowments are administered by the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.

To make a gift to any of the funds below, visit the Giving site, select "Search," and type "Human Centered Design & Engineering" in the Keyword box.

• Human Centered Design & Engineering Development Fund: Advancing the mission of the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) within the College of Engineering.
• Human Centered Design & Engineering Usability Lab Fund: Supports excellence in usability education by offering hands-on user-research experience with state-of-the-art technologies in the HCDE Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluation (LUTE).
• Donna M. Sakson Endowed Scholarship for Excellence through Diversity: Provides financial assistance to Technical Communication students with a focus on students from underrepresented populations or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Administered by the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• HCDE Undergraduate Scholarships: Supports scholarships to undergraduate students in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• HCDE Graduate Fellowships: Supports fellowships to graduate students in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• Humanitarian Relief Systems (Professor Mark Haselkorn): Supports interdisciplinary research and education in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) through the application of information and communication systems to aid international humanitarian relief.
• HCDE Research Support (Professor Julie Kientz): Provides unrestricted support for the research activities of Professor Julie Kientz in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• HCDE Research Support (Professor Beth Kolko): Provides unrestricted support for the research activities of Professor Beth Kolko in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• Portable Maternal Ultrasound Initiative Fund (Professor Beth Kolko): Provides support for the research activities of Professor Beth Kolko in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) to help improve the Midwife's Ultrasound, a low-cost, user-centered maternal ultrasound system that allows people with limited training to use ultrasound technology to identify pregnancy risks.
• HCDE Research Support (Professor Charlotte Lee): Provides unrestricted support for the research activities of Professor Charlotte Lee in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• The Shobe Prize for DUB Entrepreneurs: The Shobe Prize encourages student teams in interdisciplinary departments in dub, including the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) to submit competing proposals for a tech-focused or software-based design project in order to pursue an entrepreneurial development of a promising technology idea.
• HCDE-CAP: To support the programs and activities of the HCDE Corporate Affiliates Program and facilitate the cultivation of relationships between industry and the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• Japanese American Engineering Exchange Program Fund: Supports the Japanese American Engineering Exchange Program. Administered by the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in the College of Engineering.
• Mary B. Coney Endowed Fund: Supports activities of students in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE), including travel to conferences and international workshops.
• Sakson & Taylor, Inc., Endowed Fund in Technical Communication: Supports activities of Technical Communication students, including travel to conferences and international workshops. Administered by the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• Technical Communication Student Research Fund: Provides funding to assist students in research activities within the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• James W. Souther Endowed Fund: Honors the co-founder of the Technical Communication Department, now the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE). Enriches education by supporting travel to conferences, guest lectures, and special projects beyond the classroom.
• Myron L. White Endowment Fund: Honors the co-founder of the Technical Communication Department, now the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE). Enriches education by supporting travel to conferences, guest lectures, and special projects beyond the classroom.
• Stephanie Rosenbaum and Judith Ramey Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series in Usability: Brings distinguished speakers/scholars working in the broad area of usability and user-centered design, as it is practiced in human centered design & engineering, technical communication, computer science, information science, information design, and related disciplines. Administered by the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).
• Prekeges Endowment for Technical Communication: Supports the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in the College of Engineering.

Your gift to the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering through the University of Washington Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is tax deductible. The Foundation's Federal EIN is 94-3079432.