Directed Research Groups
Faculty 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.
Autumn 2018 Research Groups
- Distributed Mentoring and Fanfiction Data Analytics (Aragon)
- Introduction to Science and Technology Studies (Ribes)
Summer 2018 Research Groups
- Child-Computer Interaction and Participatory Design (Kientz, Hinicker, Yip)
Spring 2018 Research Groups
- CoDesign of Introductory Sewing Project for CoMotion MakerSpace (Atman, Shroyer)
- Robot Designer (Virtual Reality Game) DRG Team (Björling, Kim)
- Problematic Futures (Craft, Fox)
- Augmented Reality to Address Physical World Accessibility Problems (Findlater)
- Reading Group: Changing commuter behavior to address traffic congestion (Haselkorn, Savelli)
- Design and Development for Crowdsourcing Physical Activity Advice (Hsieh, Munson, Agapie)
- Time Management Strategies for Ph.D. Students (Kientz)
- Do conflicts make Wikipedia better? (McDonald, Zachry, Bipat)
- How Do People Architect their Environment to Manage (Addictive) Smartphone Use? (Munson, Lukoff)
- Reimagining Design through a Disability Studies Lens (Rosner, Bennett)
- Designing a Radical Module for Engineering Education (Rosner, Peek)
- Intersectional Theory and Applications in Human Centered Work (Turns, Keyes, Roldan)
- A Human Centered Design Approach to Reflection in Engineering Education (Turns)
No Longer Accepting Students
- Human-Robotic Interaction DRG Team (Björling, Cakmak, Kalegina)
- Virtual Relaxation Environment for Teens (Björling, Sonney)
- UCD Charette for K-12 Outreach (Davidson, Agapie)
- Conversational Agent for Collecting Patient Information in Hospital Waiting Rooms (Hsieh)
- Supporting Collaborative Search with ComeTogether (Zachry, Hong, Suh)
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