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2021 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

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.

HCDE students presented the below capstone projects at the 2021 HCDE Open House on June 9, 2021. View videos of the 2021 Bachelor's capstone projects below.

Using Uber for COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing

Project sponsor: Uber
Team: Jacob Laxton, April Ye, Ben Olson, Colleen Park
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Let’s Roll: Mobilizing a Return to Transit

2021 Capstone Award Recipient: Undergraduate award for excellence in communication
Project sponsor: Mobility Innovation Center
Team: Lexi Rohrer, Lena Tran, Theresa Tran, Kari Bergstedt
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3D Printed Footwear Component Perception

Project sponsor: Adidas
Team: *Interdisciplinary Capstone project with Mechanical Engineering. Rylie Sweem (HCDE), Nigel Fernandes (HCDE), Jessi Lelas (ME), Jarrett Siler (ME), Andrew Ba (ME)
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Mosaic

2021 Capstone Award Recipient: Undergraduate award for excellence in engineering
Teaching young creatives to sew on their own with made to measure custom clothing
Project sponsor: Novoloom
Team: Sabreen Mohammed, Grace Barar, Nadir Tareen, Kevin Kuo
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Numi by Expedia: Supporting safe, spontaneous post-pandemic travel

2021 Capstone Award Recipient: Undergraduate award for excellence in design
It's time to explore again
Project sponsor: Expedia
Team: Cameron Wood, Kathy Nguyen, Sara Behbakht, Sara Gustafson
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Making Public Health Data More Accessible

Project sponsor: IHME - Institute for health metrics and evaluation
Team: Maya Sioson, Linda Lai, Jesse Du, Isabel Klein
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Helping Cancer Survivors Improve Nutrition

Empowering Cancer Survivors Through Meal-Planning
Project sponsor: Fred Hutch
Team: Kara Cox, Sarah Le, Jeremy Lin, Saraphina Wang
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Understanding Mental Health Among Youths

Project sponsor: Headspace
Team: Derick Yap, Victoria Teng, Jung Eun Choi, Stephanie Wong
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Improving Microsoft's Online Support Services

2021 Capstone Award Recipient: Undergraduate award for excellence in technology
Project sponsor: Microsoft
Team: Brian Do, Niamh Froelich, Travis Neils, Siddhant Jain
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Reimagining PNNL's New Hire Onboarding

Project sponsor: Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)
Team: Kay Waller, Lia Johansen, Tiffany Truong, Jordan Yoon-Buck
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Designing Mobile Mixed Reality Solutions for Field Service Technicians

Empowering the Future of Field Service
Project sponsor: Microsoft Dynamics 365
Team: Vishaka Nirmal, Kailey Terracciano, Alli Hishikawa, Avery Wolf
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Streamlining Personal File Organization on Mobile

2021 Capstone Award Recipient: Undergraduate award for excellence in research
O-Space, organizing on the fly!
Project sponsor: Dropbox, Inc
Team: Ziva Xu, Jennifer Lukban, Sharon Wong, Mahlet Tiruneh
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Connecting Social Gamers

Project sponsor: Microsoft Xbox
Team: Emily Readey, Alex Argyle, Taylor Toman, Hannah Mei
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Web Consolidation for Inclusive Home Loans

Project sponsor: Credit Human Federal Credit Union
Team: Sandra Li, Yilin (Catherine) Zeng, Malik Haythorne, Miguel Wong
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