The department of Human Centered Design & Engineering annually recognizes outstanding students with Awards of Excellence. These awards honor students who have distinguished themselves by demonstrating greatness in Academic Excellence, Leadership and Engagement, and Innovation.
Award Descriptions
Innovation
The HCDE award for Excellence in Innovation recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence through the design and development of novel engineering and technology artifacts or practices that exemplify human-centered design principles.
Academic Excellence
The HCDE award for Academic Excellence recognizes students who have excelled academically. Throughout their coursework and their involvement with faculty, these students demonstrate intellectual inquisitiveness, insight, and growth. Often the students receiving this award have been top academic performers in their respective degree programs.
Leadership & Engagement
The HCDE award for Excellence in Leadership and Engagement recognizes students who have made a significant contribution to the HCDE community through their involvement and leadership. These students have taken key leadership roles, inspired others to contribute, developed new programs to support students, and built relations that enable and grow the broader HCDE community.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (New for 2022!)
The HCDE award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion recognizes students who have made significant commitments to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice either through outreach, research, or course work.
2022
- Edgar Lopez, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Kai Lukoff, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Ed Paradis, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Quilla Valdez Graves, Sean Horita, Honson Ling, Brayan Zavala (Service Design project team), HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Dena Sabha, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Xuny Haley, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Sam Kolovson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Richard Lei, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Kunlanit Pao Pongsala, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Wendy Roldan, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
- Kathlyne Taylor, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
- Alissa Acheson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion undergraduate
- Dena Sabha, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion undergraduate
- Jessie Zhang, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion graduate
2021
- Jordan Yoon-Buck, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Lucas Colusso, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Shelby Zink, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Lexi Leo Rohrer, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Vishaka Nirmal, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Arpita, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Honson Ling, Ethel Xu, Patriya Wiesmann, Xuan Song, Shelby Zink, Taylor Honda, Jay Cunningham, Susanne Kirchner, and Neilly Herrera Tan (2020-2021 Graduate Student Association Officer Team), HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Kay Waller, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Kari Bergstedt, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Jazz Ang, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
2020
- Anna Schmitz, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Mitchell Fajardo, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Ashley Boone, Jamie Vanderwall, and Maya Klitsner, HCDE Team Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Nicole Washington, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Khyree Watson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Elena Agapie, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Angel Vuong, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Nikita Kovalovs, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- David Rappaport, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
2019
- Alaa Amed, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Cynthia Bennett, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Blake Tsuzaki, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Emily Wong, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- D’Marcus Butler, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Kiley Sobel, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Ritika Gupta, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Hayley Bierbaum, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
2018
- Bonnie Tran, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Sarah Fox, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Madison Holbrook, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Yuliana Flores, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Josh Baker, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Kate Cowley, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Tess Wolfe-Stelzer, HCDE Student Award for Academic Excellence graduate
2017
- Aaron Joya, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Sahil Ahmed Yousif Anand, John A. Luetke, Nikhil Venkatesh, Dorothy M. Wong, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Sara Elizabeth Jennings, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Joseph P. Bernstein, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Taylor Scott, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Kyle Aidan Musselwhite, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Sol Choi, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Alexis Hiniker, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Lydia Davison, Michael Ian Fernandes, Leyla M. Ibrahim, Valerie Najera, Karin Kendall Vaughan, Samantha Gil Vargas, Special Recognition for Community Engagement
2016
- Ankur Agrawl, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Michael Gilbert, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Daniel Rowland, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Terri Lovins, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Toni Ferro, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Samantha West, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Gary Anderson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Yoanna De La Caridad Dosouto Guerra, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
2015
- Daniel Perry, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Mark Stamnes, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Gabrielle Mehlman, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Gail Thynes, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Michael Brooks, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Emily Greenberg, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Ron Piell, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Megan Taylor, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
2014
- Henrik Christensen, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Sheena Kapur, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- John Robinson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Michael Sinkula, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Megan Torkildson, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Julie Campbell, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Janelle Van Hofwegen, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
- Christopher Rovillos, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
2013
- Dharma Dailey, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Josie Nutter, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Darivanh Vlachos, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Amado Guillermo Robancho, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Jonathan Morgan, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Thuy Than Duong, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
2012
- Kristina Krause, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- William Brian Espinosa, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Alexis Hope, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Julius Caesar S. Magsino, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Natasha Jones, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Rachel W. Reynard, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate
2011
- Emma Rose, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation graduate
- Steven Naranjo, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Innovation undergraduate
- Robert Racadio, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement graduate
- Darivanh Vlachos, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Leadership & Engagement undergraduate
- Rebecca Walton, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- Doug Divine, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence graduate
- John Porter III, HCDE Student Award of Excellence for Academic Excellence undergraduate