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 2021 Research Groups

• Human Centered Natural Language Processing on Fanfiction Reviews (Ghosh, Aragon)
• Tracking The Rise and Fall of Mask-Related COVID-19 Theories (Beers, Nguyen, Starbird)
• Understanding the collaborative behaviors of Spanish Wikipedia editors (Bipat, McDonald, Zachry)
• Human-Centered Design to Eliminate Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening (Langevin, Hsieh)
• Understanding Stakeholder Negotiation of Socio-Ethical Requirements within Humanitarian ICTs. (Mays, Haselkorn)
• Exploring Power Dynamics in Co-Design for Engineering Education Research (Mejia, Turns)
• Participatory Design for Family-Centered Innovation (Michelson, DeWitt, Kientz)
• Design Considerations for tools Supporting Individuals to Cope with Shame (Orand, Kientz)
• Creative Automation (Peek)
• Memes of Production (Peek)
• Understanding the digital health landscape for older adults (Wang, Kolko)

Winter 2021: no longer accepting applicants

• Human Centered Natural Language Processing and Text Visualization (Aragon)
• Design Awareness App: Research and Testing (Barar, Sweem, Yoon-Buck, Anem, Jordan, Washington, Atman)
• The UX of Climate Change: Western Red Cedar Dieback (Beach, Fox)
• Project RESeT: Relaxation Environment for Stress in Teens (Björling, Sonney, Rodriguez)
• Project EMAR (Björling, Cakmak)
• Developing mapping tools for community-driven recognition & remediation (Dew)
• Community, Capacity, and Collective Care in Practice (Hoy, Rosner)
• Speculating the Future of Sports Technology (Winter-Spring 2021) (Kolovson, Munson)