HCDE News Archive

Friday, April 5, 2013
Charlotte Lee Promoted to Associate Professor.
HCDE is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Charlotte Lee to Associate Professor, effective September 2013. Read more.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Darivanh Vlachos and Jabili Kaza Represent HCDE at Science and Engineering Festival.
HCDE student Darivanh Vlachos and alumna Jabili Kaza spent part of their spring break representing HCDE at the 2nd Annual Yakima Valley Science and Engineering Festival. Read more.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Gian Bruno Nominated for Distinguished Staff Award.
HCDE Director of Student Services Gian Bruno has been nominated for the UW Distinguished Staff Award, the UW's highest honor for staff. Read more.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Gary Hsieh Joins HCDE Faculty.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Hsieh as an Assistant Professor in HCDE. Read more.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Students Represent HCDE at CSCW 2013.
Several HCDE students and faculty represented the department at the 2013 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) in San Antonio, Texas. Six students and alumni wrote about their experiences. Read more.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Third Annual Corporate Affiliates Day a Success.
HCDE held its third annual Corporate Affiliates Day on March 5, 2013. Industry partners attended and met with HCDE faculty and students. Read more.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Alumni Profile: Matt Shobe (MS 1996).
Matt Shobe received his Master of Science from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in 1996. He founded the department’s Shobe Prize in 2010. Read more.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Alumni Profile: Chelsey Glasson (MS 2011).
Chelsey Glasson graduated with a Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in 2011. She recently moved to Udacity as their lead user researcher. Read more.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Seattle Times on Kate Starbird.
Seattle Times journalist Jayda Evans recently wrote about HCDE Professor Kate Starbird's work at the University of Washington. Read more.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Daniel Perry Presents at 2013 iConference.
HCDE PhD student Daniel Perry attended the 2013 iConference in Fort Worth, Texas. He recently wrote about his experiences. Read more.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Beth Kolko on Open Source Hardware in India.
HCDE Professor Beth Kolko has been in India running a two-day workshop on open source hardware. Indian newspapers The Hindu and The New Indian Express recently reported on her visit. Read more.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
UW Daily Profiles Judy Ramey.
The UW Daily recently wrote about HCDE Professor and College of Engineering Interim Dean Judy Ramey. Read more.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Kate Starbird Receives Best Paper Award at CSCW.
HCDE Professor Kate Starbird and University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor Leysia Palen have received a Best Paper award at the 2013 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) conference. Read more.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Lilly Irani on Hacking Politics in India: Understanding Design Methods as a Cultural Process.
Lilly Irani will present on the case of a "hackathon" convened to build software for participatory governance. Read more.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
HCDE Innovator Awards Announced.
HCDE is pleased to announce the 2013 HCDE Innovator Awards. The HCDE Innovator Awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of the department's faculty and staff. Read more.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Cecilia Aragon Receives the Distinguished Alumni Award from Berkeley.
HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Read more.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Francis Quek on Interacting with the Embodied Mind.
Francis Quek will present on how language, as a core human capacity, is rooted in embodied function. Read more.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
HCDE Alumni Celebrate Aeronautics and Astronautics Renaming.
Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) has more than 30 alumni who currently work at Boeing, and several of them were able to attend the event celebrating the renaming of the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Read more.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Shobe Prize Winners Announced.
The winners of the third Shobe Prize competition have been announced: Go Go Games by HCDE PhD student Alexis Hiniker with Stanford University colleagues Joy Wong Daniels and Heidi Williamson; and Feedback Sandwich by CSE PhD student Katie Kuksenok and HCDE PhD student Michael Brooks. Read more.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Gary Hsieh on Studying and Designing Motivators for Prosocial Computing.
Gary Hsieh will present both his past and current projects on the study and design of technology-mediated motivators to support prosocial behaviors. Read more.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Eric Baumer on Computational Supports for Frame Reflection.
Eric Baumer will discuss his current work and the use of computational text analysis to identify, draw attention to, and promote critical thinking about linguistic patterns relevant to the framing of political issues. Read more.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Using Technology to Monitor Safe Breast Milk Pasteurization.
The UW Daily recently covered research by HCDE MS student Darivanh Vlachos on using technology to monitor safe breast milk pasteurization, in collaboration with CSE PhD candidate Rohit Chaudhri and local nonprofit PATH. Read more.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Alex Games on Transforming Learning and Society Through Digital Play Technologies.
Alex Games will discuss the research and development efforts he has conducted around the role that play enhanced by digital technologies that bring together gaming, social media, television, and performance. Read more.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Crowdsourcing Change by Hari Sundaram.
Hari Sundaram will speak about the pressing challenges facing contemporary society concerning sustainability and public health in a guest lecture. Read more.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Designing to Delight.
HCDE students in the MS program participated in a pilot capstone class last spring, instructed by alumni Rebecca Destello (MS 2011) and Ario Jafarzadeh (MS 2006). Read more.

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