Design for Innovation: Workshop on Human-Centered Design
Join us in-person on Monday, March 21st from 2:30PM - 4:30PM as part of our UPstarters Innovation Series!
About this Event:
Effective design doesn't happen in a lab or an office; it happens in the real world, focusing on the people and gathering information about their experience and perspective.
Human-Centered design (HCD) is an approach to problem-solving that considers what matters most to people, explores their behaviors and needs in an attempt to design solutions that can positively impact their lives and experiences.
In this hands-on workshop, you will be introduced to the tools, tactics, and frameworks used by innovators, engineers, entrepreneurs, and artists as they work to transform peoples’ lives for good, also known as human-centered design (HCD).
About Dr. Strong
Dr. Alexandra Coso Strong is an Assistant Professor of Education and the Graduate Program Director for the Engineering and Computing Education Program at FIU. She holds degrees in aerospace and systems engineering, with specialties in human factors and engineering education. Her research and teaching are at the intersection of complex systems design, human factors, and engineering education. Human-centered design, then, is at the core of this work. Through her research, she aims to collaborate with others to design supportive and transformation educational systems that prepare students to have a positive impact on the world.
Objectives:
Explore ways human-centered design can be used to solve complex real-life problems
Engage with design methodologies that can be helpful for aiding teams and projects
Explain how human-centered design can be used to improve organizations, social systems, and business models.
Who should attend?
Open to all FIU students seeking to become more knowledgeable regardless of their major, year, or level of expertise.
When?
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM on Monday, March 21tst
11200 SW 8th Street, MARC Building 3rd Floor, Miami, FL 33174
About StartUP FIU
StartUP FIU is a university-wide initiative that fosters and develops entrepreneurship and innovation to help our students, researchers, and community connect, contribute to, and thrive in today’s fast-changing world. We create and run programs based on two foundational beliefs: that the skills and principles of entrepreneurship are essential to navigate and harness the opportunities of our disruptive age, and that universities can play a unique role in unlocking opportunity and unleashing the potential to shape a better, more inclusive, and more innovative future.
Questions?
Daniela Rodriguez - StartUP FIU Student Leader - drodr532@fiu.edu
Gustavo Grande - Director, Venture Ready Programs - ggrande@fiu.edu