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.

Spring 2023

• Human-Centered Dialogue on experiences being a person of color in design (Ghosh, Zavary)
• Developing Accessible Workflows for Making Tactile Graphics DRG (Coppola, Peek, Whiting, Stangl)
• TB-TST HIV/PrEP Adaptation DRG (Iribarren, Kientz)
• Co-Designing an Inclusive Teaching Toolkit (Ghosh, Zavary, Ello)
• Co-designing Breast Cancer Screening Outreach Tool for and with Black/African American women (Langevin, Hsieh, Hempstead, Marcotte)
• CRIBS: Community-Clinician Relationship Impact on Black Birthing Success (Coney, Kientz)
• Human Centered Design in London Preparatory Seminar (Craft, Fox)

FULL FOR SPRING; NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

• Designing with Polyamory (Kinnee, Rosner, Desjardins)
• A Critical Examination of Psychometrics in (Algorithmic) Hiring (Lustig, Rosner)
• Elevating Black Corpus and UX in Speech & Language Systems (ASR/NLP) (Cunningham, Rosner, Kientz)
• Cross-platform influencers research group (Engel, Wack, Starbird, Spiro)
• Augmented Reality Avatars in Online Group Interactions (Sinlapanuntakul, Zachry)
• Negative Affect Research Group (Beers, Starbird)
• Understanding TikTok User Behavioral Changes After Sudden Bursts of Increased Attention (Schafer, Starbird)
• Evaluating Live Stream Chatbot (Mallari, Hsieh)
• Understanding the Black User Experience with using AI-Supported Text Technology (Basoah, Rosner, Reinecke)
• Examining the Spread of Election Rumors Online (Venkatagiri, Spiro, Starbird)