D+EA Student Awards

2021-2022

Matthew Canabarro, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior Award
Caleb Cambron,  Junior IIDA Hazel Siegel Scholarship, IIDA First Place Material Bank Palette Competition, IIDA Third Place SHIFT Student Conference Charrette
Annabelle Davy, Senior Hillier Award 1)
Nicholas He, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Creative Collaboration in the Metaverse: The Development of a Framework for Assessing Workspace Autonomy in Virtual Reality Team Brainstorming’
Connie Hui, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior Award
Bonny Wong, Senior Beyer Award 2)
Yan Yan, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior Award
Matthew Canabarro, Nayeon Kwon, Heley Yang, & Nina Yang, Seniors and Juniors Third place in 2022 IIDA (International Interior Design Association) student design competition
Sylvie Lane, Emme Wong, & Kyra Kozin, Juniors First place in the East Region in IDEC (Interior Design Educators’ Council) competition, honorable mention in the National IDEC competition
Min Jae Kim, Karina Guo, Ha-Young Jessica Shin, Seniors and Juniors Second place in the East Region in IDEC competition
Seh Eun Hong and Chloe Chen,  Juniors Honorable mention, 2022 IIDA (International Interior Design Association) student design competition

2020-2021

Abby Brown, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Olivia Heim, Senior Hillier Award 1)
Brandon Hoak, Senior Beyer Award 2)
Min Jae Kim, Sophomore 1st Place, Futuristic Gas Station Development Hackathon, 2021 Seoul Smart Mobility Expo sponsored by Doosan & GS Caltex.
Annice Lee, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior
D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Can stance on Sustainability influence hotel choice? A study of ecological awareness on guest repatronage intention?’
Abby Lerner, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior
Vivian Shiu, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior
Alice Rhim, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Re-designing virtual work: The effect of virtual environment design on affect and user behavior
Joanna Luh, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Cycling in a Virtual Maze Test: A Proposed System to Measure Navigational Ability

2019-2020

Emily Chen, Senior Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Council
Jasmine Chow, Senior SOURCE Lighting Competition, Award of Recognition
Alexina Federhen, Senior SOURCE Lighting Competition, Honorable Mention
Hannah Harvey, Jewel Ingram, Erika Kane, Juniors IDEC Student Design Competition Regional Finalist
Jialin Ke, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Design for breathtaking experiences: An exploration of design strategies to evoke awe in human–product interactions’
Hillier Award1)
Koloina Rasamoely,  Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Immersive Conditioning: Concept Development & Experimentation on How Virtual Reality Can Bridge Language Barrier Gaps in Disaster Preparedness Training’
D+EA Outstanding Senior
Siyu Shen, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior
Xin Wen, Senior Beyer Award 2)

2018-2019

Lauren Charpentier, Senior The Hillier Award1)  
Bailey Herbstreit, Senior The Beyer Award 2)
Y Pham, Senior D+EA Outstanding Senior Award
Jiachen (Jeffrey) Ding, Senior DEA Outstanding Senior Award
Alexina Federhen, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis
Zachary Kaan, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘ Evaluating Consumer Outcomes of Biophilic, Experiential Retail Design through Virtual Reality Future Occupancy Evaluation: A Pilot Study with Automobile Showrooms’
Study Abroad Award-semester Delft University of Technology (Fall 2018)
Y Pham, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis
Bailey Herbstreit, Senior D+EA Honors Thesis, ‘Place-Making: Place Attachment Evaluation of Student Union Design Intervention Using Participatory Design’
Jacky Lin, Sophomore Best Color Prize, 2018 Contemporary Concept Photography Exhibition
Erika Kane, Sophomore Study Abroad Award-semester Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milan    (Spring 2019)
Abby Lerner, Senior 2nd Place, Elsie Van Buren Rice Award in Public Speaking
Jonathan Pao, Senior Finalist, Aging Innovation Challenge, NYS Department of Health
Jialin Ke, Senior Finalist, Aging Innovation Challenge, NYS Department of Health
Honorable Mention, What is a Hotel? Idea Competition, SWITCH Architecture
Honorable Mention 2018 Healthcare Environment Awards, Contract Magazine
3rd Place, BIG Idea Competition
1st Place, DEA Explorative Environments Competition

1)      DEA Hillier Award: Provide evidence of demonstrated commitment and leadership to the design profession (project work, leadership in professional organizations, etc).
2)      DEA Beyer Award: Provide evidence of demonstrated commitment to and an understanding of sustainable design issues (project work, community service, campus leadership, etc).  

Human Centered Design Student Awards (D+EA & FSAD)