Two students and a professor look on as a student touches a screen as part of an interactive exhibit.

Students from Assistant Professor Kevin Patton's Interaction Design class examining their project "HeartArt," which visualizes a user's heartbeat in real-time. Students designed and implemented a custom application, running on a microcomputer. Interaction design, a new undergraduate degree at the Corcoran, seeks solutions to complex human and environmental challenges?from designing smart devices to reimagining educational environments.