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Quick Questions Drop-In Advising: Current HCDE BS Students
Quick questions drop-in advising with our HCDE BS adviser.
Note: These drop-in advising sessions are intended for quick questions and for current HCDE BS students only. Current HCDE BS students seeking a more in-depth advising conversation or prospective HCDE BS students should instead book an advising appointment.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98076420726. Campus room: Virtual; login with UWNetID required. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Current HCDE undergraduates only.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.
UX Speaker Series: Carolyn Wei, UX Research Lead, Instagram, Meta
Each winter, the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering welcomes designers, researchers, and technology leaders to campus for a 10-week UX Speaker Series. Join us on Thursday afternoons to hear how industry experts are shaping the future of user experience across sectors.
All events are free and open to the public.
Talk titles and descriptions will be added as they become available.
MARCH 5
Carolyn Wei
UX Research Lead, Instagram, Meta
Navigating Cross-Generational Research
How do researchers surface authentic insights from a population whose lived experiences differ from their own? This talk explores practical methods for studying Gen Z with rigor and reflexivity—distinguishing life stage effects from true generational differences, designing research that minimizes projection, and translating findings for teams building products and experiences. Attendees will leave with frameworks applicable to any cross-cohort research context.
Carolyn Wei is a user experience research lead at Instagram…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: mewing3@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Dissertation Proposal: Tricia Aung, "Readiness for Design: Adapting human-centered design approaches for complex health services to promote individual and community agency"
The HCDE and DUB communities are invited to attend a dissertation proposal defense by PhD candidate Tricia Aung.
Readiness for Design: Adapting human-centered design approaches for complex health services to promote individual and community agency, Proposal Abstract:Promoting a vision of health and well-being that addresses complex health inequities and prioritizes agency highlights an obligation to give a voice to individuals and communities in their own care. Improving the quality of health services and person-centered care has fueled interest in using HCD approaches for health service research, with an intention to disrupt the top-down manner that has historically characterized traditional health research. However, such projects can fall short at demonstrating health impact and increasing users’ agency over their health, and reproduce structural inequalities (Ackermann, 2023; Baca, 2019; Costanza-Chock, 2020; Escobar, 2018; Fayard & Fathallah, 2024; Göttgens & Oertelt-Prigione, 2021; Gram, 2019). Projects…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/my/triciaaung. Campus room: Sieg 429. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Information Session: Bachelor of Science in HCDE
Are you a prospective student interested in learning about the undergraduate program in Human Centered Design & Engineering? Join our undergraduate peer advisors for an overview of the program, curriculum, and application process.
Bring your questions and join us!
Note: You will need to be logged into a Zoom account and will need to register using the Zoom URL above to join this event.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvd-6urT0jHNwzjbN_jm9hpd1vsimEebEoa. Campus room: Virtual. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Student Activities. Target Audience: Prospective students interested in learning more about applying to the HCDE BS program.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
CREATE Accessibility Seminar - Winter 26
The CREATE Accessibility Seminar, CSE 590w - Accessibility Research, brings students and faculty together to explore a variety of topics relating to accessibility and technology.
In Winter 2026, we will continue the Art x Accessibility theme, featuring guest presenters each week. Please join us!
, Presenter schedule, Jan 12: Welcome session for folks to socialize and discuss their interests related to art and accessibility
Jan 26: Speaker and title to be announced
Feb 2: Lucy Jiang — Unseen City Canvases: Exploring Blind and Low Vision People’s Perspectives on Urban and Public Art Accessibility
Feb 9: Tony Fast — What you is what you hear (and feel): Art as a descriptive Sensory Framework for Accessibility Technologies
Feb 16: Dillon Simeone — Haptic Interfaces for Sonic Accessibility
Feb 23: Miriam Brody — Advancing Access Through Highlighting Crip Technoscience in the Arts
Mar 2: Patty Liang — Deaf Spotlight
Mar 9: Puneet Jain — DJ enters the mouth. Swallows it. Spits it back: What can HCI learn…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96652460861. Campus room: 271. Accessibility Contact: aashakad@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Target Audience: Grad students and faculty working on accessibility and accessible technology.
Monday, March 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. HCDE Course Showcase: Service Design (HCDE 529)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Service Design (HCDE 529), Instructor: Tyler Fox
Five student teams will share proposals for services that strengthen social infrastructure, addressing community needs through research-driven design. This is a great opportunity to see how HCDE students apply service design methods to real-world challenges.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: SIG 232. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
HCDE Course Showcase: Foundations of Human Centered AI (HCDE 560)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Foundations of Human Centered AI (HCDE 560), Instructor: Sourojit Ghosh
Get a look inside HCDE’s Foundations of Human-Centered AI course. Student teams will present projects demonstrating how they use AI as part of the design process while applying human-centered approaches to ensure these technologies support real user needs.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Odegaard Library (OUG). Campus room: OUG 141. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
HCDE Course Showcase: User Experience Prototyping (HCDE 351)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: User Experience Prototyping (HCDE 351), Instructor: Brock Craft
HCDE's User Experience Prototyping class opens their doors for a market-bazaar style showcase of student project concepts and prototype videos. Drop in, explore, and engage with student teams.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB). Campus room: IEB 201. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM.
HCDE Course Showcase: Physical Computing (HCDE 439)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Physical Computing (HCDE 439), Instructor: Paula Te
View final presentations from students in HCDE's Physical Computing course. Students will first present their individual projects, followed by an open showcase during the final half hour.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: McMahon Hall (MCM). Campus room: DXARTS Gallery. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:20 PM.
HCDE Course Showcase: Usability Research (HCDE 417)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Usability Research (HCDE 417), Instructor: Mina Zavary
In HCDE's Usability Research course, student teams will present final projects based on quarter-long studies of products including Apple Photos, Apple FindMy, RyanAir, and OBS Streaming, and HeyTEA. See how students plan studies, gather user data, and turn insights into design recommendations.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: SIG 329. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Quick Questions Drop-In Advising: Current HCDE BS Students
Quick questions drop-in advising with our HCDE BS adviser.
Note: These drop-in advising sessions are intended for quick questions and for current HCDE BS students only. Current HCDE BS students seeking a more in-depth advising conversation or prospective HCDE BS students should instead book an advising appointment.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98076420726. Campus room: Virtual; login with UWNetID required. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Current HCDE undergraduates only.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.
UX Speaker Series: Jess Hollbrook & Mike Davidson, Microsoft AI
Each winter, the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering welcomes designers, researchers, and technology leaders to campus for a 10-week UX Speaker Series. Join us on Thursday afternoons to hear how industry experts are shaping the future of user experience across sectors.
All events are free and open to the public.
Talk titles and descriptions will be added as they become available.
MARCH 12
Jess Hollbrook & Mike Davidson
Head of UX Research for Microsoft AI (Jess Hollbrook)
Corporate Vice President, Design & User Research, Microsoft AI (Mike Davidson), About the presenters, Jess Holbrook has spent the last 12 years researching how people's lives can be meaningfully improved with AI at Google, Meta, and now Microsoft where he leads UX Research for the Microsoft AI team. Prior to that, he was Director of UX Research for Generative AI and Responsible AI at Meta. He got his start in human-AI research at Google where he was a founder and lead of Google’s People + AI Research group (PAIR). His…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: mewing3@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Course Showcase: Designing a Human Centered Venture (HCDE 534)
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Designing a Human Centered Venture (HCDE 534), Instructor: Sheryl Cababa
Get a look inside HCDE’s Designing a Human-Centered Venture course. Student teams will present final pitches for ventures they have developed over the quarter, applying human-centered research, design, and business strategy to address real user needs.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Odegaard Library (OUG). Campus room: OUG 136. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
HCDE Course Showcase: Directed Research Group - Co-Creating Solutions for FIFA World Cup Transportation Challenges
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our end-of-quarter course showcases and view projects by current students. Light refreshments will be provided.
Find additional Winter 2026 Course Showcases on the HCDE calendar. Course Showcase: Co-Creation for Enhanced Collaborative Operations of Diverse Stakeholders Addressing Large, Complex Problems | an HCDE Directed Research Group, Instructor: Mark Haselkorn
Join HCDE for final presentations from this Directed Research Group, where two student teams will share proposals developed for Sound Transit to address transportation challenges during the FIFA World Cup. See how students collaborate with external partners and stakeholders to co-create solutions for large-scale, real-world infrastructure needs.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: SIG 420. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE community, prospective students, and friends of the department.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Information Session: Bachelor of Science in HCDE
Are you a prospective student interested in learning about the undergraduate program in Human Centered Design & Engineering? Join our undergraduate peer advisors for an overview of the program, curriculum, and application process.
Bring your questions and join us!
Note: You will need to be logged into a Zoom account and will need to register using the Zoom URL above to join this event.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/upZjzxYbR9aW3sUBmaXIQA. Campus room: Virtual. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Student Activities. Target Audience: Prospective students interested in learning more about applying to the HCDE BS program.
Monday, March 30, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Nominations due: HCDE Outstanding Alumni Award
The Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) Outstanding Alumni Award recognizes alumni whose professional achievements, leadership, innovation, and service reflect the mission and values of the department.
Nominations are open to HCDE alumni (BS, MS, and PhD graduates), including self-nominations, and may be submitted by alumni, faculty, staff, or instructors.
Nominations are accepted through April 1, 2026. Details and nomination form ».
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lepisto@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE PhD Preliminary Exam Presentations
Join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for PhD Preliminary Exam Presentations. These are 25-minute public research presentations by HCDE PhD students in the first and second year of their program.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: SIEG 134. Accessibility Contact: Kathleen Rascon, khorenst@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Human Centered Design & Engineering Research Showcase
The HCDE Research Showcase highlights ongoing work by faculty, research scientists, postdocs, PhD students, and undergraduates. The event is designed to build community around HCDE research and create space for conversation across our community of students, alumni, friends, and the broader UW community.
Attendees will explore posters and interactive project demos and have the opportunity to speak directly with researchers across HCDE’s research clusters and topic areas.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: University of Washington Club (Faculty Center) (FAC). Accessibility Contact: welliver@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit hcde.uw.edu. HCDE Distinguished Lecture: Laura Forlano
The Judith Ramey and Stephanie Rosenbaum Distinguished Lecture Series at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering brings leading experts in the fields of human-centered design to the University of Washington to spark new ideas and innovative conversations.
Join us as we welcome Laura Forlano, a Fulbright award-winning and National Science Foundation funded social scientist and design researcher.
Dr. Forlano is Professor in the departments of Art + Design and Communication Studies in the College of Arts, Media, and Design and Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University.
This event is free and open to the public, as well as University of Washington faculty, students, and staff.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 334. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Monday, May 11, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon
GitHub will celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) by hosting the Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon focused on empowering participants to build skills and make real contributions to the assistive technology tools people rely on every day. Free to participate , Sign up, Who Should Attend People with lived experience who want to innovate on assistive technology , Developers with disabilities , Developers with a desire to help improve and customize assistive technologies , Professionals working in the field of special education, rehabilitation engineering, biomedical engineering, and other fields that can benefit from free open source assistive technology , Open source AT maintainers, New to open source? No problem!
We’ll walk through core GitHub contribution workflows (including NVDA and keyboard-only navigation), so you can practice navigating repositories, issues, pull requests, and code reviews with confidence. Whether you’re new to contributing or ready to level up, you’ll leave with…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: mlama007@github.com. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: Innovators in assistive tech, developers w/ disabilities, pros in special ed, rehab, biomed, ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 – Friday, May 22, 2026.
GitHub headquarters, 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107.
For more info visit www.eventbrite.com. HCDE Alumni Social
Join fellow alumni from the University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a relaxed evening of connection and community. Reconnect with classmates, meet graduates from across cohorts and industries, and learn about the latest updates from HCDE.
Questions? Contact Melissa Ewing at mewing3@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mewing3@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Target Audience: HCDE alumni (all programs), faculty, staff.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Gasworks Brewing, Seattle.
CREATE Community Day
CREATE Community Day is an annual half-day forum for discussing the concerns about and approaches to sustainable accessibility research and a showcase of research led by CREATE and HuskyADAPT. Student researchers highlight their work and showcase a variety of individual and team projects.
We are currently making plans for Community Day 2026. Details available in spring.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Campus room: Zillow Commons. Accessibility Contact: oliviapb@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Exhibits. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Target Audience: Anyone interested in research on accessible technology & making the world accessible through tech.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit create.uw.edu. HCDE Capstone Showcase
Join the University of Washington's Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for our 2026 Capstone Showcase.
Student teams solve real-world problems through a human-centered lens. Projects are proposed by industry sponsors or driven by an interest from the students on the team. Details about projects will be added as the showcase nears.
Questions? Contact Melissa Ewing at mewing3@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: mewing3@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Special Events.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu.