Faculty and research scientists in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering run directed research groups, which offer students a wide range of opportunities to do hands-on work, from conducting usability tests for local companies all the way to collecting data on communication issues internationally.

Students interested in participating in directed research must get permission directly from the faculty member leading the group. Students enroll in course HCDE 496/596. For details on how to register, please visit the Variable Credit Registration Policy. Check this webpage frequently as Directed Research Groups are added leading up to the beginning of the quarter.

Winter 2020 Research Groups

• Human Centered Natural Language Processing (Aragon)
• The Internet of Light (Craft)
• Exploring the Impact of Outreach in Engineering Education (Davidson, Bipat, Roldan)
• HCD charrette for K-12 outreach (Davidson, Bhattacharya, Bipat)
• Memes of Production (Peek)
• Fabricatable machines: rapid prototyping of rapid prototyping machines (Peek)
• Data Then and Now Speaker Series & Reading Group (Ribes, Finn, Tanweer)

No longer accepting applicants for Winter 2020

• Project EMAR (Björling, Cakmak)
• Project RESeT: Relaxation Environment for Stress in Teens (Björling, Sonney)