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. |
February 14, 2020
In early February 2020, 27 HCDE PhD students participated in a weekend-long PhD student retreat aimed at connecting students across cohorts, sharing stories about their HCDE experience so far, and spurring inspiration for their academic journeys ahead. |
January 29, 2020
Several faculty and PhD students from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering are selected to present their latest research at this year's ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2020). Find our accepted papers and abstracts here. |
January 3, 2020
HCDE PhD student Rafal Kocielnik reports on attending and presenting at the 2019 AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Annual Symposium in Washington DC. |
December 10, 2019
HCDE Professor Cynthia Atman published “Design timelines: Concrete and sticky representations of design process expertise,” in November 2019 issue of Design Studies. Atman's article overviews her 25 years of research on design processes. |
December 6, 2019 UW iSchool
The Center for an Informed Public officially launched on Dec. 3, 2019, with more than 400 people attending an event on the UW campus. The launch event featured the announcement of a partnership between the UW and Washington State University to join together to battle misinformation. |
December 6, 2019
HCDE Emeritus Professor Judy Ramey recently visited several alumni working at Seattle's Indeed office, and nearby at Zillow. Over lunch, Professor Ramey discussed the history of the department, and everyone shared their experiences that highlight the department's evolution. |
November 25, 2019
In a half-day Design Jam sponsored by STMicroelectronics, HCDE students brainstorm, design, and prototype new applications for using XR to solve real-world problems. |
November 25, 2019
HCDE PhD student Dawn Sakaguchi-Tang reports on attending and presenting at the 2019 AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Annual Symposium in Washington DC. |
November 14, 2019
HCDE PhD student Michael Beach reports on attending the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, hosted by the University of California, Irvine. |
November 8, 2019
Beth Kolko, HCDE Professor and CEO of Shift Labs, attended the 2019 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 27, 2019. There she presented recent work looking at how Shift Labs' DripAssist Infusion Rate Monitor can improve maternal health. |
November 5, 2019
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for special presentations from HCDE PhD students in their second year in the program. Students will describe a research project, including methods and any results thus far, and how this research contributes to the field. Individual presentations will be 16 minutes with time for a brief Q & A after each talk. |
October 28, 2019
The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and Microsoft are in the second year of a new partnership designed to pair students with a professional mentor to ease the transition from school to the workforce. |
October 22, 2019
"I thoroughly enjoyed the whole program from the professors to the team projects and everything in-between," writes Amy Racher, a 2014 graduate of HCDE's User-Centered Design Certificate. Read more about Amy's experience in HCDE and her advice for future students in a new alumni Q&A. |
October 15, 2019
The annual Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) brings together top researchers and practitioners who study technologies that support collaboration and new ways of living and working together. Several HCDE students, alumni, and faculty are presenting their latest research and discoveries at CSCW 2019 – learn more about these projects here. |
October 10, 2019
The HCDE strategic plan was developed over the past year and a half by a committee of HCDE faculty, staff, and students, with broad input from the community. Our goals represent our commitment to expanding awareness of our research and academic programs, advancing diversity and equity across our work and communities, and ensuring that we maintain a world-class educational experience. |
October 10, 2019
In September 2019, a team of UW students and faculty took a deep dive into experience design in one of the world's most vibrant design capitals, with the Human Centered Design & Engineering Study Abroad in London program. View our recap of the experience here. |
October 8, 2019
"I've always considered myself someone who loves being interdisciplinary, and I felt that HCDE was one of the programs that gave me a chance to still seek an interdisciplinary education," writes Brynn Tweeddale (BS '18). Read more about Brynn's experience in HCDE and her advice for future students in a new alumni Q&A. |
October 2, 2019
HCDE is pleased to announce that Dr. Kristin Dew is joining the faculty as a Lecturer, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. Dew is a recent graduate of HCDE’s PhD program, where her research focused on ethics and sustainability in technology production practices. |
September 25, 2019
"My capstone project gave me a taste of true product design from a blue sky," writes Dorothy Wong (MS '17). "Seeing the impact we’ve made from that project serves as my main motivation for continuing as a product designer today as well as a guide to what I look for in a design job." Read more about Dorothy's experience in the HCDE master's program in a new alumni Q&A.
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September 20, 2019
Alison Buchanan, a Master's student in HCDE, is wrapping up a summer Internship on the user research team at Twitter. She recently used a Twitter takeover of the @TwitterResearch handle to walk us through a day-in-the-life of a Twitter intern, or Tern. |
September 16, 2019
HCDE is pleased to announce that Dr. Julie Kientz is stepping into the role of Department Interim Chair, effective September 16, 2019. Dr. Kientz, a Professor in HCDE, is succeeding Dr. David McDonald, who has completed his 5-year term as Chair and is returning to the faculty as a Professor. |
