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HCDE Capstone Showcase

View final Capstone Projects by HCDE undergraduate and master's students.

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HCDE Graduation & Awards Ceremony

Celebrate the HCDE Class of 2022! View a recording of the 2022 Graduation Ceremony.

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Bug-Centered Design

A new course on Service Design is an opportunity for HCDE graduate students to connect human-centered design principles to large-scale ecosystems. In the Autumn 2021 Service Design course, one team developed BugBox, a concept for a meal delivery subscription service that uses insect protein.

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Dear Design Exhibit in Sieg

In Dear Design, a HCDE Directed Research Group led by Professor Cindy Atman, students explored their design processes by creating postcard representations of their ideal "design signatures." Artifacts created by the students are now on display in a pop-up gallery on the fourth floor of Sieg Building.

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2022 Graduation Ceremony

The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering held its 2022 Graduation & Awards Ceremony on the morning of Wednesday, June 8, in the Husky Union Building Ballroom. In 2022, the Department awarded 92 students Bachelor of Science degrees, 137 with Master of Science degrees, and 7 with doctoral degrees. 

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Graduation Address by Dimeji Onafuwa

Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa delivered the guest Commencement Address for the HCDE 2022 Graduation Ceremony. View the full text of Dr. Onafuwa's address, "Make Space for Others," here.

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