Current Directed Research Groups
Students interested in participating in directed research must get permission directly from the faculty member leading the group. For details on how to register, please visit the Variable Credit Registration Policy.
Autumn 2012 (please check back for additional groups closer to the start of the quarter)
- Analyzing Emotional Content of Text-Based Communication (Aragon)
- Web Design and the Future of Reading (Farkas)
- The Internet and the 2012 Election (Munson)
Summer 2012 (please check back for additional summer groups)
Spring 2012
- Analyzing Emotional Content of Text-Based Communication (Aragon)
- Teaching and Learning Engineering Design Reading Seminar (Atman)
- Improving Information, Communication and Coordination Systems for Emergency Response and Management (Haselkorn)
- Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Health Care (Haselkorn)
- Designing Computing Technology for Tracking Children’s Developmental Progress (Kientz)
- Hackademia Spring Code Jam (Kolko)
- Creating a Resource to Map the HCDE Design Theory Landscape (Lee)
- Assessing The User Experience Remotely / Open WebLabUX Group(Spyridakis)
- Supporting User Research at Microsoft (Berg/Spyridakis)--Full for Spring
- Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces (CPVW) (Zachry)
- Haystack Exchange: Designing a Technology to Support New Forms of Social Interaction (Zachry)
I Chose Human Centered Design & Engineering
"Directed research groups in HCDE provide students with opportunities to engage in a wide variety of real world topics. Since students are able to choose a group that relates with their own interests, there's something for everyone."
—Julius Magsino,
BS Class of 2012,
MS Class of 2014