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The Center for Socially Engaged Design provides students the necessary space and tools to think more critically about design. Whether you’re currently in a course, working solo, or on a co-curricular team — or you have an idea you’d like to explore, C-SED can help…

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Online Learning Opportunities

The Center for Socially Engaged Engineering and Design offers several opportunities to learn and practice the skills of socially engaged design. Check out our Socially Engaged Design Academy (SEDA) or “Introduction to Socially Engaged Design” online course hosted on Coursera.

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DESIGN SKILL SESSIONS

Join us for our next Design Skill Session or request one. C-SED offers sessions on a variety of topics throughout the year. We also work with faculty to facilitate sessions tailored to align with coursework or support learning in specific areas. We’re ready to help broaden understanding on everything from community engagement to best practices for eliciting user requirements and specifications.

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The C-SED Lab

The Center for Socially Engaged Engineering & Design (C-SED) Lab is a collaborative design and project laboratory where students convene to learn, make, and build community. We are committed to maintaining an open community space for independent student projects, student teams, and faculty-led courses through the values of C-SED and the process of socially engaged engineering and design.

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