Product Design Awards 2010/2011

• Red Bull Rubber and Soul Shoe Design Competition, Top Honor: Guercy Eugene
• World Design Impact Prize, Finalist: Veronika Scott, “Element S Coat”
• World Design Impact Prize, Finalist: Athony Reale, “Strait Power”
• Shades Optical Eyeglass Competition, 1st Place Winner: Derek Binnion
• Shades Optical Eyeglass Competition, 2nd Place Winner: David Nickles
• Shades Optical Eyeglass Competition, 3rd Place Winner: Ivan Jaddou

Past Awards

• Trey Vann, Nick Lesniak, Edmund Holmes, Kyle Spieker and Terry Carr, were selected by NIKE Corporation to display their shoe design concepts and models at the NIKE Global Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.


• Erin Lavigne was selected as the 2008 Industrial Design Society of America Merit Award Winner. This honor is awarded to one graduating senior from each of the IDSA accredited schools in the Mideast district.


• Fadi Betak won the Young Designer of the Year Award for the World Super Yacht Awards and participated in the award ceremony in Venice, Italy on April 18.


• Delroy Dennisur was a Notable Entry at the Core 77/Greener Gadget Design Competition 2008. Dennisur entered “Conscience,” an in-home electric meter.


• Jacob Vanderheyden was a semifinalist in the Ruckus Nation Competition. Vanderheyden entered a design for an MP3 player geared toward promoting physical activity and responsible energy consumption via thermoelectric generators.


• Carlos Suarez won the bronze prize in the International Design Competition 2007/JDF with his project, a Rescue Robot. The competition was held under the joint auspices of the Japan Design Foundation (JDF) and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). He was invited to the award ceremony in Japan where he also made a presentation to the judging committee.


• Kimberly Hewlitt is a recipient of the Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation Scholarship Program.


• Songho Lee is among the finalists in the Next Gen PC Design Competition endorsed by Microsoft and IDSA for his project called "CLEF" an Electronic Music Note Stand.