HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN & ENGINEERING
CAPSTONE SHOWCASE
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The following projects were presented at the 2026 Human Centered Design & Engineering Capstone Showcase.
HCDE Capstone projects bring together student teams and industry, nonprofit, government, and research partners to address real-world challenges through human-centered design and engineering. Over two quarters, students lead substantial projects that apply the skills and perspectives developed throughout their degree programs.
Explore the projects below to see how HCDE students are designing technologies, services, and experiences that improve people's lives while creating meaningful impact for partner organizations.
2026 HCDE Capstone Projects
2026 HCDE Capstone Projects
Air & Space, Travelย
Air & Space, Travelย
Sponsor: Jeppesen ForeFlight
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Natalie Enman, Emma Robins, Sophie Messer, Siya Mistry
Sponsor: Blue Origin
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Chaelynn Lim, Christian Chung, Lorelai Harris, Naomi Huang
Sponsor: Jeppesen ForeFlight
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Hannah Huang, Sophia Mai, Erika Ni, Elle Yamamoto
Sponsor: Uber
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Yiyang Li, Jessica Hsu, Nayoung Lee, Bingchan Zhao
Sponsor: Uber
HCDE Masters's Team
Team: Lester Dery, Sanchita Shetty, Yasmin Salih, Damini Sheth
Computing, Data, & Digital Technologies
Computing, Data, & Digital Technologies
Sponsor: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Jessica Cao, Logan Tuttle, Pimnipa Thawai, Tegan Holt
Sponsor: Volley
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Devon Castillo, Kai Atalig, Madeline Clinton, Samuel Chen
Sponsor: Corresi
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Jade Tran, Gwyneth Balite, May Sy, Seungyeon Noh
Sponsor: Corresi
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Sushma Shankar, Deveshi Modi, Madison McLean, Athena Ortega
Sponsor: Auburn Adventist Academy
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Ayesha Khan, Brianna Smith, Simone Chadha, Zahra Hassan
Sponsor: Amazon
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Amy La, Trushaa Ramanan, Zainab Tanveer, Seamus McPeake, Bri Tran
Sponsor: Latch (fka Super Labs)
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Manya Singh, Reshma Lokanathan, Sarika Oberoi
Sponsor: Student-led
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Asim Sayed
Sponsor: Microsoft
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Chonnipa Kanapornchai, Han Khuong, Ayumi Oishi, Tsai-Ping Kuo
Sponsor: Google Cloud
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Viridiana De La O, Earl Kim, Jimin Kim, Yechan Choi
Witness: A Context-Aware, Traceable Platform for Procurement and 3-Way Matching
Witness: A Context-Aware, Traceable Platform for Procurement and 3-Way Matching
Sponsor: Amazon Business
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Apoorva Goyal, Lori Cai, Shreya Saxena, Xiaokun Lu
UW Research Budgeting Simplification
UW Research Budgeting Simplification
Sponsor: UW Office of Research Information Services
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Jiyae Choi, Shivangi, Nirmal Nayade, Oey Chang
Recruit Smarter: Search Like You Think, Hire Who Fits
Recruit Smarter: Search Like You Think, Hire Who Fits
Sponsor: Lumeir Jobs
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Amanda Ong, Ariel Yu, Ruoqing Cheng, Ting Cheng
Smart Researcher Hub: Helping Researchers Discover and Be Discovered
Smart Researcher Hub: Helping Researchers Discover and Be Discovered
Sponsor: UW Office of Research Information Services
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Yit Chung, Gloria Guo, Ko Motonaga, Shay Duan
Sponsor: UW Office of Research Information Services
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Inika Gupta, Sharayu Kute, Kayda Norman, Rupal Patel
Sponsor: CoMotion at the University of Washington
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Jieqiong Ding, Xinyu Guo, Yuchen Yao, Zhuoyi Zhang
Sponsor: Liner AI
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Jen Chenyu Zhang, Jenn Koh, Yuan Fang, Monica Zhang
Sponsor: Study.com
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Apoorva Hurakadli, Dina Chawla, and Heru Wang, Cathy Ma
PactPath - Unifying UW Research Agreement Triage
PactPath - Unifying UW Research Agreement Triage
Sponsor: CoMotion at the University of Washington
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Tingwei Shen, Ruiqi Chen, Will Yuan
Sponsor: Akkadian
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Minji Han, Avleen Kaur, Jacqueline Yan, Sweta. B
Sponsor: Lumeir Jobs
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Anoushka Halder, Christie Lee, Maggie Zhang, Ria Vijay, Yehyun Kim
Sponsor: Salesforce AI Research
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Alex Chung, Gahui Yun, Soyun Moon, Mingjin Zhang
Entertainment
Entertainment
Sponsor: Seattle Art Museum
HCDE Master's Team
Team: TingYin Kuo, Celia Tsao, Pooja Narain, Kinjal Vora
Sponsor: Sony
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Luciana Cheung, Zack Wang, Wei Hu, Maggie Lu
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: CREATIVITY ๐
Sponsor: Sony
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Courtney Mills, Sal Abdm, Vinh Trinh, Leah Chen
Sponsor: CoMotion
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Peter Yang, Siheng Li, Varun Hariharan, Oliver Chen
Sponsor: Edmonds Historical Society and Museum
HCDE Master's Team
Team: George Zhang, Brendan Sallee, Conor Miles, Sonali Arbune
Sponsor: EA Games
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Yuri Yang, Sue Jo, Sam Lopez, Annie Chang
Sponsor: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Maya Gillaspy, Stephen Lines, Jessica Forcucci, Meredith Winiarski
Fandango at Home: The Integrated Streaming Experience
Fandango at Home: The Integrated Streaming Experience
Sponsor: Versant Media
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Savannah Buchanan, Saatvik Agrawal, Shanna King, Ishita Kohli
Environment, Sustainability & Energy
Environment, Sustainability & Energy
Sponsor: Bellevue Botanical Garden
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: You Wu, Irene Huang, Heidi Wang, Kristian Mingoy
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: LEADERSHIP ๐
Sponsor: Acting Globally
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Cara Huynh, Kristine Cho, Joey Choi, Katherine Kang
Sponsor: Seattle Streets Alliance (formerly known as Seattle Neighborhood Greenways)
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Anita Nwude-Chenge, Ben Zheng, Itzel Alonzo, Sara Alvarado
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: LEADERSHIP ๐
Sponsor: Building H
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Inhauck Choi, Ruthvik Panchakshari, Jesse Yu, Ambika Ramesh Menon
Sponsor: Seattle REconomy
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Jane Pietsch, Olivia Stovall, Jack Strickland, Theo Tzankov
Health & Medicine
Health & Medicine
Sponsor: Tmind AI
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Valentina Filizola, Jordyn Vo, Anita Daniel, Khamesh Mittal
Sponsor: Tmind AI
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Kristi Kim, Richard Zhang, Erzhen Wei, Aniyah Chau
Sponsor: UW Department of Urology
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Shiori Pathak, Jessica Wysor, Jessica Applegate, Rachel Griffing
Sponsor: Fred Hutch Cancer Center
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Michelle Northfield, Kalei Munsell, Lin Huang, Alice Lee
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: ENGAGEMENT ๐
Sponsor: Shades of Divinity
HCDE Master's Team
Team: M'Nya Preston
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: ENGAGEMENT ๐
Sponsor: Student-led Speculative Project
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Katherine Hess, Jackie Greisen, Samantha Uppalapati, Julie Wang
Sponsor: Bloodworks Northwest
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Chang Zeng, Janet Chen, Gily Yu, Yuri Kawada
Sponsor: Bloodworks Northwest
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Jeff Hendrickson, Anna Choi, William King, Sam Xiao
Infrastructure, Society & Community
Infrastructure, Society & Community
Sponsor: Sound Transit
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Aashika Ashok, Jane Guo, Catherine Pan, Amy Lee
Sponsor: Spilt Milk Nannies
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Sophia Tang, Zoe Martin, Anushka Sharma, Spriha Sahni
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: ENGAGEMENT ๐
Sponsor: Rainer Valley Food Bank
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Michelle Nguyen, Wenyi Tsai, Justis Peppin, Angel Torres
Sponsor: Student-led
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Saumik Shashwat, Xiaoyi Xue
Sponsor: King County Parks
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Alisha Bose, Nupur Gorkar, Lena Trieu, Kiefer Law
Sponsor: Kitsap Create
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Haneen El-haj, Sarah Moon, Maza Hailu, Tobias Brown
๐ 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: CREATIVITY ๐
Sponsor: UW HCDE
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Darby Moore, Sehrish Daud, Jordyn Padzensky, Rhiannon Hayes-McQueen
Sponsor: Corresi
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Ally Dang, Carson Nakagawara, Emi Nakata, Sofia Walton
Sponsor: 350 Seattle
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Olivia Cowan, Cody Trinkaus, Ruby Steiner, Tucker Swarens
Huddl: Designing the Intangible - A Team Chemistry Tool for Collegiate Sportย
Huddl: Designing the Intangible - A Team Chemistry Tool for Collegiate Sportย
Sponsor: Team Chemistry Design
HCDE Master's Team
Team: Siddharth Hardikar, Sahini Komandla, Ralph Chang, Signe Slater
Thank you to all our sponsors, faculty, and students!
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