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Ames, IA 50011

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The HCI program is well represented in the list of award finalists announced by the Technology Association of Iowa. Faculty members Debra Satterfield and Eve Wurtele, PhD candidate Sondra Ashmore, and MS student Bethany Juhnke are all finalists.
posted: November 03, 2011

The HCI Graduate Program will host their annual HCI Recruiting Open House on Friday, February 24, 2012 from 10 am to 5 pm in Howe Hall. Please contact Pam Shill if you would like to attend.
posted: November 01, 2011

News

A video game developed at Iowa State University is helping students understand biology better
  — WHO TV: 02/22/2012

Sondra Ashmore, PhD student in human computer interaction (HCI), is part of the Business Record’s Forty under 40 Business Leaders Class of 2012.
  — ISU CoE News: 02/10/2012

Meta!Blast wins Honorable Mention in the 2011 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge sposored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  — Science: 02/03/2012

Eve Syrkin Wurtele decided the best way to get the attention of the science-deprived, gamer generation is to take the information out of a textbook and put it in a medium that kids crave - video games. Eve and her team developed Meta!Blast.
  — ISU News Service: 02/02/2012

Claver Hategekimana, HCI PhD, Fall 2008, designs a solar kit to light African homes and brighten lives
  — The Wenatchee World: 10/27/2011

Iowa State alumna Daniela Faas has had an enthralling journey that began with a move from Germany to the US as a teen, beginning what she calls her own version of the “American Dream.”
  — INNOVATEonline: 09/22/2011


HCI Handbook

The HCI Handbook is a must read for all HCI students. It has information about the academic requirements, program milestones, campus resources, financial matters, administrative matters, paperwork and forms, and contact information.

Current HCI Graduate Handbook
Updated Spring 2012
 
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