News
Mon, 06/17/2024
PhD Candidate Sourojit Ghosh receives Presidential Dissertation Fellowship
HCDE PhD candidate Sourojit Ghosh has received a prestigious UW Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. In his dissertation work, Ghosh is studying the harms created by generative AI tools, particularly towards traditionally marginalized populations. Ghosh is researching text-to-image generators and examining how human-centered approaches can influence the design of generative AI tools.
Thu, 06/13/2024
Recording: Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop with Sarah Coppola and Sourojit Ghosh
In April 2024, HCDE instructors Sarah Coppola and Sourojit Ghosh led a community workshop on adapting visually-based courses for blind and low-vision students. View a recording of the workshop here.
Tue, 06/11/2024
2024 Graduation & Awards Ceremony
The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering held its 2024 Graduation & Awards Ceremony on the morning of Friday, June 7, in the Husky Union Building Ballroom. In 2024, HCDE awarded 79 students Bachelor of Science degrees, 125 with Master of Science degrees, and 11 with doctoral degrees.
Tue, 06/11/2024
Graduation Address to the class of 2024 by Trish Millines Dziko
Trish Millines Dziko, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Technology Access Foundation, delivered the 2024 graduation address for the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. View the address here.
Wed, 05/22/2024
Designing for 21st century challenges: Microsoft support drives HCDE innovation in design education
In a world facing complex challenges like climate change, how can design and engineering education evolve to meet these demands? This question lies at the heart of a pioneering partnership between Microsoft and HCDE. Together, they are reimagining design education to prepare the next generation of designers to tackle the greatest challenges of our time.
Tue, 05/21/2024
Shana Hirsch, Cayla Key, and Emily Tseng join the HCDE Faculty
HCDE is pleased to announce the addition of three new faculty members: Dr. Shana Lee Hirsch, Cayla Key, and Emily Tseng. Together, their expertise enhances the department's focus in strategic areas such as environmental science and sociotechnical change, inclusive design and ethics, and equitable computing and social responsibility
Tue, 05/14/2024
HCDE Professor Kate Starbird receives UW Faculty Lecture Award
HCDE Associate Professor Kate Starbird is recognized in the 54th annual University of Washington Awards of Excellence with the University Faculty Lecture Award. As part of this honor, Professor Starbird will deliver a campus-wide lecture about her research in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Tue, 05/14/2024
HCDE design jam explores the future of AI-powered design work
In an HCDE Design Jam led by PhD student Pitch Sinlapanuntakul and Professor Mark Zachry, students and mentors from Adobe explored AI-powered tools to support design work.
Wed, 05/01/2024
Virtual reality environment for teens may offer an accessible, affordable way to reduce stress
Working with teens, UW researchers, including HCDE's Elin Björling and Jennifer Sonney from UW Nursing, have designed RESeT: a snowy virtual world with six activities intended to improve mood. In a 3-week study of 44 Seattle-area teens, researchers found that most used the technology about twice a week without being prompted and reported lower stress levels after using the environment.
Wed, 05/01/2024
HCDE at CHI 2024
UW HCDE has strong presence at the 2024 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the premier international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. HCDE researchers contributed to 20 papers, including one selected for the Best Paper Award recognition and two selected for Best Paper Honorable Mention recognition.