What is HCDE? ​

We put people first.

In the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE), students and faculty focus on understanding human needs and interests as they research, design, and build interactions between people and technology.

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HCDE is designing the future by:

• Considering the role of technology in human activity.

• Prioritizing the needs, desires, and behaviors of people and communities who interact through sociotechnical systems.

• Addressing the specifics of design by working with interdisciplinary communities of researchers to build the technologies of tomorrow.

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