The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) welcomed students, future students, alumni, Corporate Affiliates Program members, and friends for our annual Open House on Friday, June 7, 2019, at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture.

Undergraduate and graduate students presented their Capstone projects and attendees cast votes in the People’s Choice Awards. Guest judges spent the evening meeting with capstone teams about their projects and awarded prizes for the best undergraduate project, best graduate project, and honorable mentions in the categories of communication, technology, research, and design.

Open House photos on flickr

View a list of all 33 presenting projects in our event program »

Best in Show: Undergraduate Nordstrom Find In-Store Personalized in-store shopping Stefanie Choi, Kotoko Yamada, Kaitlyn He, Inhae Kim

Best in Show: Graduate Building Care Positive distraction from life with cancer Alice Lin, Anthony Ugas, Hannah Nursalim, Sonnet Lauberth

People's Choice Award The Next Generation of Orca Reimagining Seattle Public Transportation Sierramatice Karras, Zach Thomas, Zoe Escalona, Ryan Zuzelski

People's Choice Award Runner Up Go Seattle Encouraging public transportation mobile ticketing usage among tourists in the Seattle Area Madisen Arurang, Aylee Neff, Michael Palomo, Scott Tan

Judge's Honorable Mention: Technology Competency Assessment Tool Reach the Next Level in Your Career Nathan Han, Jang Soo Lim, Monica Posluszny, Helena Shea

Judge's Honorable Mention: Communication Econsent Management System Digitizing a consent management system for Alzheimer's research Daiana Kaplan, Madeleine Le, Akshaya Venkat

Judge's Honorable Mention: Research Improving Efficiency of Anesthesiologists through App Redesign Prepare for Better Care Amanda Shen, Angela Li Shuo, Mimi Peach, Steven Yong

Judge's Honorable Mention: Design A Strategy Toolkit for Seattle Area Homeless Organizations Workshop activities designed to engage shelters in discussion and strategy development for solutions to complex problems. Christopher “Kit” Collins, Ross Abplanalp, Danny Macdonald, Galen Lieberworth

HCDE Open House Photos

Click through to find the full album on Flickr. All photos by Matt Hagan.

Thank you to the below Corporate Affiliates Program members and capstone sponsors for their generous contributions.