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. Undergraduate students enroll in HCDE 496, while graduate students register for HCDE 596. HCDE MS students are required to register for the PCE section of HCDE 596. For details on how to register, please visit the Variable Credit Registration Policy.
Students are encouraged to check this list frequently as Directed Research Groups are added leading up to the beginning of the quarter.
Winter 2024
- Decolonizing Mental Health and Beyond: Building mental wellness with community assets (Sams, Munson)
- Safe Drinking Water Provision in Public Institutions (Cherukumilli)
- A Systematic Literature Review of Research on Recommender Systems (Ghosh, Aragon)
- Can GPT detect harassment, bullying and hate speech? (Muralikumar, McDonald)
- AI Lab: Remixing Academia (Marks)
- Prompt Surfing: Riding the Generative Waves of Text and Image Creation (Craft, Hyland, Shang)
- Dehumanizing and Problematic Imagery about Latin American* Migration in the 2024 Presidential Election (Lutz, Starbird)
- STEM Outreach: Alternative Spring Break (Arpita)
FULL FOR WINTER; NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
- Everyday Sensor Sharing: Reimagine location sharing/ Speculating about the future of digital technology (Weizenegger, Pierce, Munson)
- From UX to Transitions - Understanding Design Competencies Two-quarter DRG (Fox)
Autumn 2023
FULL FOR AUTUMN; NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
- Designing a Child-Friendly User Interface to Support AI-Bias Education (Dangol, Dasgupta)
- Inclusive Teaching Toolkit DRG (Ghosh, Zavary, Rosner)
- Reimagining Global Health through Reflexivity (Dunbar, Kolko)
- Current Trends in Accessibility Research (McDonnell, Goodman, Findlater)
- HCDE K-12 Outreach Workshops (Arpita, Davidson)
- Water You Drinking? (Cherukumilli)
- Human-Centered Data Science and Large Language Models (Aragon, Ghosh)
- Memes of Production (Peek)
- Workshops for Wicked Problems: Mapping Ethical Relations and Responsibilities in Multidisciplinary Collaborations (Fox, Beach)
- Capstone Formations HCDE Master's students only (Rosner)
- Reading Group for Sensemaking in Organizations (Lee)
- Analyzing the Adult Oncology Patient Experience through Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Engagement (Hsieh, Fleming, Shekhani)
- Mapping Collective Visions for Tech Workers in the aftermath of the 2022-2023 Tech Layoffs (So, Ghoshal, Munson)
- Analyzing TikTok user behavior changes (Schafer, Starbird)
- Prototyping a Community Toolkit for Peer First Response Education (Brown, Coppola)
- Negative Affect Research Group (Beers, Starbird)
- Designing UX Research Studies with Generative AI (Sinlapanuntakul, Zachry)
- Designing Provider-Patient Messaging in Cancer and Depression Care (Hsieh, Jones)