Current Directed Research Groups
Faculty in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) run directed research groups, which offer students a wide range of opportunities to do hands-on work, from conducting usability tests for local companies all the way to collecting data on communication issues internationally.
Students interested in participating in directed research must get permission directly from the faculty member leading the group. For details on how to register, please visit the Variable Credit Registration Policy.
Fall 2013
- What can schools learn from Harry Potter and World of Warcraft? Investigating informal learning in online fan communities (Aragon)
- Analyzing Emotional Content of Text-Based Communication (Aragon)
- Games for Good: Designing and Building Collaborative Games for Engineering and Science (Aragon)
- Physical Computing Projects (Davidson)
- Languages Through an Eye Tracking System (Kato)
- Assessing the User Experience Remotely / Open WebLabUX Group (Spyridakis)
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning for the Reinforcement of Correct Forms (Tsutsui)
Spring 2013
- Analyzing Emotional Content of Text-Based Communication (Aragon)
- Games for Good: Designing and Building Collaborative Games for Engineering and Science (Aragon)
- Physical Computing: Pedagogy and Practice (Davidson)
- Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Health Care (Haselkorn)
- Systems Studies of Humanitarian Response and Logistics (Haselkorn)
- XBox Research: Entertainment trends, learning curves and improving the online game user experience (Haselkorn)
- Exploring Association Between Reading Strategies and Reading Comprehension in Foreign Languages Through an Eye Tracking System (Kato)
- Using Social Media to Encourage Developmental Milestone Tracking in Young Children (Kientz)
- Conducting a User Study of Farmer's Markets (Lee)
- Designing and Studying Better Tools for Presenting Political Diversity Online (Munson)
- Social Applications to Support Health & Wellness (Munson)
- Assessing the User Experience Remotely / Open WebLabUX Group--FULL (Spyridakis)
- Computer-Assisted Language Learning for the Reinforcement of Correct Forms (Tsutsui)
- Investigating the socio systems side of HCDE (Turns)
- Design and Development for Social Translucence: the Re:Flex Project (Zachry)
- Current Research in Social Computing (Zachry)
I Chose Human Centered Design & Engineering
"Directed research groups in HCDE provide students with opportunities to engage in a wide variety of real world topics. Since students are able to choose a group that relates with their own interests, there's something for everyone."
—Julius Magsino,
BS Class of 2012,
MS Class of 2014