11/2024. Dr. She made her first presentation at the 43rd Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, together with Ms. Dilge Dilsiz and Dr. Meghan Phadke. We shared insights on alternative assessment methods for deep learning. It was amazing to see a fully packed room and engage in lively discussions.
09/2024. Dr. She presented the project progress at the NSF EEC Grantees Conference in Alexandria, VA, appreciated the opportunity to connect with fellow PIs while learning from program officers about new funding opportunities and grant management strategies.
08/2024. Congratulations to Maddie Weaver for two presentations at her first international conference, ASME IDETC, in Washington, DC. Kudos as well to Marufa Islam for having our paper published at IDETC.
07/2024. Dr. She shared part of Hunter’s thesis work, “Enhancing Novice Engineers’ Design Experience (DX) through Natural Cognitive Flow Functional Analysis,” at the Eleventh International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Montreal, Canada.
04/2024. Dr. She presented specifications grading in engineering design education at the Miami Advanced Teacher Scholars (ATS) Interactive Poster Session.
3/2024. Dr. She attended the panel “Moving Forward a More Inclusive STEM Field: Women’s Voices and Perspectives at Miami.” It was a valuable experience to hear and discuss each panelist’s journeys in STEM careers and students’ insightful questions.
2/2024. Baiji joined the HCD lab as a graduate student. Welcome!
1/2024. Maddie continued as a graduate student after 2-year undergraduate research with the HCD lab. Welcome!
12/2023. Marufa successfully defended her master’s thesis! Congratulations! Wish her all the best with her new journey in healthcare!
11/2023. Dr. She is featured in the November issue of The Miami Pulse, a monthly newsletter produced by the Miami University Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence (OTIE).
11/2023. Dr. She received a new certificate in Fostering A Culture of Belonging offered by ACUE.
8/2023. Maddie was selected to receive the 2023 Provost’s Student Academic Achievement Award (PSAAA)! Congratulations!
8/2023. Dr. She was elected as ASME DTM Secretary (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design Theory and Methodology).
7/2023. Dr. She received an NSF grant!
7/2023. Hunter and Dr. She were invited to present two papers at the 24th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED23) in Bordeaux, France!
Paper 1; Paper 2
7/2023. Hunter successfully defended his master’s thesis and graduated with a university distinction award! Congratulations! He will join The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the Space Exploration Sector in August! Best luck with his new journey!
5/2023. Congratulations to Elise on her graduation! Thanks for her contribution to the HCD research lab in the past three years, and wish her the best for her new start at The Boeing Company!
5/2023. Dr. She received the CFR Faculty Research Award!
5/2023. Very proud to be recognized together with these excellent teacher-scholars at Miami University.
5/2023. Dr. She was named as 2023 CSDI IMPACT Partner by Miami Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion.
5/2023. Dr. She was selected as a member of the Advancing Teacher Scholars (ATS) Community!
5/2023. Congratulations to Hunter Reeling for receiving University Honors with Distinction Award!
4/2023. It is always rewarding to see students make good progress on their research and share findings with broad audience. Congratulations to Maddie Weaver, Elise Belanger, and Hunter Reeling for their excellent presentations at Miami University 29th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum.
4/2023. Congratulations to Elise Belanger for receiving Miami University Senior Service Leadership Award!
3/2023. Hunter presented his thesis research at Annual Student Research Symposium at the Ohio Aerospace Institute in Cleveland, OH. Congratulations!
1/2023. Very excited to receive the Miami Advanced Research Team (ART) Award, together with Drs. Jennifer Kinney and Jim Chagdes. This award aims to address balance issues for seniors with the XR technology.
11/2022. Dr. She received the President’s Creativity and Innovation Award at Miami University.
11/2022. Marufa presented her preliminary work about calibrating trust in pedestrian-automated vehicle interaction at ASME IMECE. Congrats!
10/05/2022. We are glad to have the Astronaut group visited our lab. It is fun for students to present their work, and also listen to the inspiring talk from Christopher Ferguson.
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8/2022. Elise Belanger was awarded a prestigious national scholarship (Astronaut Scholarship) for her research excellence, at the Innovators Week & Gala in Orland, FL. Congratulations!
07/2022. Elise Belanger won the 2022 Provost’s Student Academic Achievement Award (PSAAA)! Congratulations!
5/2022. Thanks for all your hard work at the HCD lab. Also congratulations to Caroline and Hunter for your graduation!
4/2022. Hunter Reeling received Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) graduate fellowship. Congratulations!
3/2022. Tung Ho received Undergraduate Summer Scholar award. Congratulations!
1/2022. Hunter Reeling joined HCD lab as a graduate student. Welcome!
12/2021. Elise Belanger, Caroline Bartels, and Hunter Reeling received Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations!
Elise is a junior double majored in Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Caroline is a senior in Mechanical Engineering, and Hunter is a BS/MS combined student in Mechanical Engineering. They are working on a project that shifting perspectives of functional modeling.
5/2021. Tom Vu and Sam Schloss received Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations!
Tom is a junior in Mechanical Engineering, and Sam is a senior in Biomedical Engineering. They teamed up on a research project about smart material and design.
1/2021. Marufa Islam joined HCD lab as a graduate student. Welcome!
1/2020. Dr. She received the CFR Faculty Research Award.
This project aims to understand and design the communication mechanism in automated vehicle and pedestrian interactions to enhance future traffic safety and efficiency.