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HCI Graduate Program
1620 Howe Hall
Ames, IA 50010
515-294-2089
• Emerging Technologies Conference 2008
• Virtual Reality Applications Center
• Bernard named interim dean of Iowa State University College of Engineering
— ISU News Service: 07/23/2008
• Car manufacturing: Vehicle makers appreciate the virtues of virtual design
— Financial Times: 05/28/2008
• Top Schools, Top Programs: ISU Human Computer Interaction graduate program ranked #7 among top performing individual Information Science/Information Systems programs.
— Academic Analytics, LLC: 05/02/2008
• The Virtual Becomes Reality at Iowa State University
— Embedded Technology: 05/01/2008
Who we are
With more than 71 faculty members from 31 departments, the HCI Graduate Program is truly an interdisciplinary degree program. Led by James H. Oliver, the Director of Graduate Education, and Derrick Parkhurst, the Associate Director of Graduate Education, graduates of our program are well prepared for careers in business and industry or to continue their studies. Currently, our graduates are employed in companies, including Microsoft, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Deere and Co., Rockwell Collins, EA Interactive, and many others.
The HCI Initiative includes:
- More than 70 graduate students working on a PhD, MS, or Certificate (more than half are working on a PhD)
- More than 71 faculty
- 31 ISU departments represented
Please visit the links to the left to get to know our faculty, staff, and students.