HCDE offers capstone classes to both undergraduate and graduate level students as a culminating experience that synthesizes materials learned across all courses within their degree program.
HCDE Capstone projects provide the opportunity for UW students and industry partners to work together to address real-world issues in human-centered design and engineering. Follow the links below and to the right to see posters and videos of past Capstone projects completed by HCDE undergraduate and graduate students.
2023 Capstone Projects
2022 Capstone Projects
2021 Capstone Projects
2020 Capstone Projects
Recent HCDE Capstone News
HCDE capstone students create a new business providing ready–to–sew clothing kits
For their capstone project, HCDE students create Novoloom: a brand of ready-to-sew clothing kits that empower people to create their own custom clothes.
HCDE students generate winning campaign to bring King County residents back to transit
For their HCDE Capstone project, students teamed with the Mobility Innovation Center to design a campaign to bring metro riders back to transit.
Capstone projects sponsored by Xbox explore the connective power of gaming
With support from Microsoft's gaming division at Xbox, HCDE faculty and students are studying how people connect, form relationships, and bridge divides through gaming.