Integrating Human-Centered Approaches into Engineering Classrooms

Faculty and Teaching Assistants Support

We partner with the Grainger College of Engineering (GCOE) to advance two of the college’s core goals: building leaders with the skills, know-how, and aptitude to tackle 21st-century challenges and driving innovation in engineering education.

We support faculty and teaching assistants by providing research-supported instructional tools that foster the integration of Human-Centered Design practices in engineering courses and prepare students to lead in a rapidly changing world.  

We Offer:

Affiliates Program

Opportunity to collaborate with UIUC faculty members from GCOE and other departments on campus on projects related to Human-Centered Design

TA training

60-minute session that introduces TA to the role of Human-Centered Design in engineering and ways to integrate it in courses

Curriculum Design Tools

Departmental design learning progression mapping via our Human-Centered Engineering Design Mapping Tool

Instructional Tools

A set of tools that faculty and TAs can use when teaching students about Human-Centered Engineering

To learn more about SCD’s Affiliates Program, Click here.

To learn more about our Curriculum Design and Instructional Tools, Click Here.