Human Centered Design & Engineering

Laura Forlano's headshot over a gold background with a grid pattern.

Distinguished Lecture with Laura Forlano

"Designing Consequences: On Living Well with Machines." Monday, May 11, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Open to the public.

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A group of alumni stand in the sun at the 2022 HCDE Alumni BBQ

Alumni Social is May 21

All alumni are invited to join HCDE's annual alumni event, May 21, from 4 - 7 p.m. at Gasworks Brewing Co.

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Zahra Jamal Hassan in Husky 100

HCDE undergraduate Zahra Jamal Hassan has been named to the 2026 Husky 100, a UW recognition honoring students who demonstrate leadership, service, and meaningful impact. Hassan’s work centers on expanding access to engineering and supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion through community-centered outreach.

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PhD students awarded NSF Fellowships

First-year HCDE PhD students Hanna Barakat, Matthew Bilik, and Jessica Jarratt have been awarded prestigious fellowships through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Their work explores topics ranging from AI policy and technology infrastructure to environmental contaminants and community-driven science. 

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HCDE at CHI 2026

HCDE researchers contributed 23 papers to the 2026 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), including two Best Paper Award and two Honorable Mentions.

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Closing the research–practice gap

Professor Gary Hsieh’s Prosocial Computing Group is building tools that make academic research easier for practitioners to use. From AI-powered design cards to short-form science videos, their work helps close the research–practice gap.

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