May 21, 2020
During a time of physical-distancing, what can we do to promote meaningful and productive civic engagement? This was the inquiry at the heart of HCDE's Democracy Design Jam, held May 16-17, 2020. View videos of the plenary session with industry experts and elected leaders, and discover the future civic engagement opportunities prototyped by HCDE students. |
May 19, 2020
Video: Human Centered Design & Engineering alumna Rebecca Destello discusses mentorship, getting involved with professional organizations, and tips for networking outside of your comfort zone. |
May 15, 2020
Taryn Bipat, a PhD student in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, announced UW Provost Mark Richards at the 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium. |
May 13, 2020
HCDE PhD student Dawn Sakaguchi-Tang, together with a multidisciplinary team of researchers, has published "The Essential Guide to Older Adult-Centered Design" for designers, researchers, and developers interested in developing health information management technologies for an aging population: |
May 8, 2020
On May 7, HCDE Associate Professor Kate Starbird joined iSchool Associate Professor Jevin West and Hanson Hosein, director of the Communication Leadership program, for a discussion about how we can be best informed in the face of conflicting information about the pandemic. |
May 4, 2020
HCDE students Arpita B, Ashley Boone, Saralyn Hormachuelos Santos, and Catherine Zeng are among the 100 University of Washington students named to the 2020 Husky 100 cohort, an honor given to just 100 students across all UW's degree programs and 3 campuses annually. |
May 4, 2020
Sucheta Ghoshal is a community organizer and researcher who studies how grassroots social movements use technology. She will join the department's faculty as an assistant professor in January 2021. |
April 24, 2020
Instructors and students are adapting courses for online learning, and HCDE researchers and are applying their expertise to a variety of topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
April 14, 2020 UW News
HCDE researchers Julie Kientz, Sean Munson, and Rebecca Michelson, with UW iSchool professors Alexis Hiniker and Jason Yip, are conducting a national study to help families discover technology to navigate home-based learning and combat social isolation. |
April 13, 2020
HCDE Associate Professor Kate Starbird, together with researchers from University of Washington and Washington State University, held a virtual panel to discuss the rampant spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find the full video here.
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April 10, 2020
HCDE Master's student Elisabeth Dunn and her teammates at the IXDA Student Design Charrette develop a winning solution for a voice technology product to help families and caregivers care for neurodiverse children during meltdowns.
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April 9, 2020
On April 17, the HCDE Alumni Leadership Board welcomed industry veterans and newly graduated alumni for a panel discussion about the latest industry hiring practices for UX roles. |
April 7, 2020 The Daily
Cecilia Aragon is typically found reading a pile of books in her Sieg Hall office, but 35 years ago, the HCDE professor was flying upside down in an aerobatic aircraft. The Daily UW catches up with Professor Aragon about her new memoir, Flying Free. |
April 6, 2020
HCDE PhD student Steven Goodman and BS alumna Sharon Heung were recently awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. Burren Peil and Andrew Beers, both HCDE PhD students, were also honored with Honorable Mentions. |
April 6, 2020
Julie A. Kientz, Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, has been named the next Department Chair by Nancy Allbritton, Dean of the College of Engineering, through March 2025. |
April 3, 2020
In HCDE's Physical Computing and Prototyping course, students design and build interactive prototypes of physical computing concept projects. In View the projects from the Winter 2020 course here. |
April 2, 2020
HCDE Master’s students Jeff Matarrese and Eliza Li recently joined developers, coders, builders, and technology enthusiasts for an elite competition to advance the potential of virtual and augmented reality technologies.
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March 30, 2020
Leah Findlater and Sean Munson, both associate professors in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, have received Google Faculty Research Awards for their work in human-computer interaction. |
March 25, 2020
Engineering Dean Nancy Allbritton announced that two HCDE instructors received the 2020 College of Engineering Awards for teaching: Lecturer Dianne Hendricks received the faculty award and PhD student Elena Agapie received the student award. |
March 18, 2020
A new article in PCMag, "This Robot Wants to Help Stressed-Out Teens" features a Q&A with Dr. Elin Björling, senior research scientist in Human Centered Design & Engineering, about her work on Project EMAR (Ecological Momentary Assessment Robot). |
March 10, 2020
HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon, Director of the Human-Centered Data Science Lab, is also a record-holding stunt pilot who has flown with the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team. Dr. Aragon sits down with KUOW's Bill Radke to discuss her forthcoming memoir, and how she overcame her fears to become one of the best pilots in the world. |
March 9, 2020
On March 3, 2020, HCDE hosted XR Day, a day-long symposium exploring the evolving potential in XR design and technologies. The event was presented by STMicroelectronics, a strategic partner member of HCDE's Corporate Affiliates Program. Review highlights and photos from the event here. |
March 6, 2020 UW News
Sam Kolovson, a doctoral student in HCDE, together with study co-authors Calvin Liang, Sean Munson, and Kate Starbird, recently published a study about how collecting data from college athletes might encroach on their autonomy. |
February 26, 2020 The Daily
Directed Research Groups (DRGs) offer an incredibly unique hands-on research opportunity for UW students and faculty through the human centered design and engineering (HCDE) program. The UW Daily newspaper highlights several of HCDE's current research groups. |
February 18, 2020
Three years in, Meal Matchup has rescued 1,300 pounds of food from UW dining halls and delivered roughly 1,500 meals to local shelters in need since its first regular deliveries in fall quarter 2018. |
