Sieg MakeLab: Redesigning for Community Building and Inclusive STEM Education

🏆 2026 CAPSTONE AWARD: CREATIVITY 🏆

Sponsor: UW HCDE
HCDE Bachelor's Team
Team: Darby Moore, Sehrish Daud, Jordyn Padzensky, Rhiannon Hayes-McQueen
Theme: Infrastructure, Society & Community

The HCDE MakeLab is a makerspace located in Sieg Building. Historically, the space was restricted to certain members of the community, and lacked organization and direction. To counter this, we posed the question: How might we redesign the Sieg MakeLab to better support the HCDE community?