In the Human Centered Design & Engineering two-quarter capstone course, graduating students put into practice all they have gained throughout their coursework and apply it to an identified problem—either proposed by an industry affiliate or discovered by the students themselves.
All master's and bachelor's HCDE students presented their work at the 2019 HCDE Open House on June 7, 2019. View posters and available videos of the 2019 Master's capstone projects, below.
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A Strategy Toolkit for Seattle Area Homeless Organizations
Workshop activities designed to engage shelters in discussion and strategy development for solutions to complex problems.
Christopher "Kit" Collins, Ross Abplanalp, Danny Macdonald, Galen Lieberworth 
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Bridging the Gap
Understanding and Reimaging Bridge Study Manager
Sponsor: Sage Bionetworks
Chris Hussein, Michelle Yu, Amy Zhong 
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Building Care
Positive distraction from life with cancer
Sponsor: Seattle Children's Hospital
Alice Lin, Anthony Ugas, Hannah Nursalim, Sonnet Lauberth 
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Crescendo
Unlocking music for all
Bhakti Bathia, Meghna Bhairappa, D'Marcus Butler, Bill Marshall 
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DiscovAR
How might we use mobile technology to educate visitors about the park without drawing them away from nature?
Tien Ngoc Do, Ping-Kwan Lai, Chun-Fang Yang, Manuel Zetino 
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Favorite Uber Driver
An Uber experience created for you, by you
Sponsor: Uber
Rachael Cicero, Hyewon Son, Vera Chen 
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Fognet
A mesh networking based toolkit for enabling mutual aid via peer to peer communication after a disaster
Eric Zelna, Josephine Hoy, Dave Molinero, Evan Feenstra 
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From Strangers to Partners: The Relationship Between Gestational Surrogates and Intended Parents
An exploration of intimacy and communication in distanceseparated surrogacy partnerships
Jen Rapp, Kate Schenot, Nicole VanMeter 
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Global Security Academy Online Portal Redesign
Design for Scalability
Sponsor: Amazon Global Security Operations (GSO)
Natalie Huang, Dong Li, Meng Wang 
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Group Travel with Alaska Airlines
Fly Solo, Discover Together
Sponsor: Alaska Airlines
Hayley Bierbaum, Andrea Sequeira, Sandy Tsai, Jian Li Zheng 
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Improving the Flight Transferring Experience
Connecting experiences from sky to sky
Sponsor: Alaska Airlines
Sijin Chen, Yahui Ma, Samantha West, Mandy Xu 
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Learning from Play at Work
The Art of Kahoot!ing in the Office
Sponsor: Office 365 & Kahoot!
Zimu Guo, Veronika Hanson, Corynne Umeda, Emily Zeng 
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Making an Approachable Museum
Please
don’ttouch the art
Jenna James, José Lara Silva, Peter Cutler, Wamwitha Love 
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Major Explorer
Kick start your major exploration
Sponsor: UWIT
Honggang Lai, Roy Luo, Zirui Wang, Dawen Zheng 
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Project EMAR
Creating a gift-giving experience that reduces teen stress
Anting Chen, Alanté Fields, Stefanie Funtsch, Yoonbo Shim 
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Pulse.
Monitor. Troubleshoot. Stay on top.
Sponsor: Dell EMC
Mike Harwell, Greg Martin, Jon Newth 
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Reclaiming Identity
Know your data
Sponsor: nFocus Solutions
Kira Awadalla, Elizabeth Quepons, Toni Saylor, Omari Stringer 
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Rewizit
Make the most out of your saved articles
Charlie Huo, Yi Tang, Ziyan Yang 
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Shine
Improving Health Care for All
Sponsor: Virginia Mason
Kristen Demarjian, Kris Everson, David Kennedy, Kyle Witt 
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Snap Stax
Helping nonprofit staff connect with their clients
Sponsor: nFocus Solutions
Kathryn Brookshier, Nitya Nambisan, Tucker Standlee, Tyson Zevenbergen 
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Surfboard
A digital message board for retirement home residents that improves daily lives and social interactions
Kairavi Chahal, Samantha Muscat-Scherr, Sandra Rathman 
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Tallulah
Virtual Relaxation Environment for Teens
Sponsor: Project EMAR
Adrian Che, Kartika Rathee, Sonam Samel 
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Vooey
Better understand and take charge of your mental health through recommendations and insights based on patterns in your dialogue
Sponsor: Google
Haley Rohl, Ben Galassi, Blake Tsuaki, Juliette Weiss