The department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) welcomed nearly 500 students, future students, alumni, Corporate Affiliates Program members, and friends for our annual Open House on May 29, 2018.

Undergraduate and graduate students presented their Capstone projects and attendees cast votes in the People’s Choice Awards. Guest judges spent the evening meeting with capstone teams about their projects and awarded prizes for best undergraduate project, best graduate project, and honorable mentions in the categories of communication, technology, research, and design.

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Best in Show: Undergraduate Amazon Security Support System Digital support system that helps employees understand and complete tasks, reducing non-productive time Kate Cowley, Eduardo Rojas, Edgar Onofre, Ted McDonald View project

Best in Show: Graduate Direct Pass Eliminating emotional baggage in the self check-in process Clara Jauquet, Sang-Wha Sien, Diana Oviedo View project

People's Choice Award City Eye Mobile app to help people with vision impairments explore the city and find places around them Emily Uthoff, Celina Hipolito, May Zhao, Lulu Sun View project

People's Choice Award Runner Up nFocus TraxSolutions Data Reporting Redesigning a reporting tool for non-profits to communicate and measure their impact Gabby Bilka, Becky Baron, Tressa Coultard, Aleah Young View project

Judge's Honorable Mention: Technology ALRITE Mobile Application Diagnose quickly, breathe easy Gero Bergk, Kaitlyn Zhou, Emma Faubion, Daniel Scheid View project

Judge's Honorable Mention: Communication Improving Communication in Public Housing Enhancing communication, one community at a time Samantha Gil Vargas, Madison Holbrook, Yuliana Flores, Rabea Baroudi View project

Judge's Honorable Mention: Research Breasy Child Asthma Management Breathing easy. Together. Danielle Teska, Lulu Xiao, Erika Langhauser, Morgan Duffy View project

Judge's Honorable Mention: Design Yesler Central Designing to cultivate and activate community Josephine Le, Gina Lee, Bonnie Tran, Emily Wong View project

HCDE Open House Photos

Click through to find the full album on Flickr. All photos by Kerry Dahlen.

Thanks to our 2017–2018 Strategic Partner Capstone Sponsors