The faculty in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering annually recognize outstanding students with Awards of Excellence. These awards honor students who have distinguished themselves by demonstrating greatness in Academic Excellence, Leadership and Engagement, Innovation, and—new in 2022—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The following awards were presented at the 2022 HCDE Graduation & Awards Ceremony on June 8, 2022. View previous Award of Excellence recipients here.

Undergraduate Awards

Richard Lei

Undergraduate award for Academic Excellence

Kunlanit Pao Pongsala

Undergraduate award for Academic Excellence

Edgar Lopez

Undergraduate award for Innovation

Dena Sabha

Undergraduate award for Leadership & Engagement

Alissa Acheson

Undergraduate award for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Dena Sabha

Undergraduate award for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Graduate Awards

Wendy Roldan

Graduate award for Academic Excellence

Kathlyne Taylor

Graduate award for Academic Excellence

Kai Lukoff

Graduate award for Innovation

Ed Paradis

Graduate award for Innovation

Service Design project team
Quilla Valdez Graves, Sean Horita, Honson Ling, Brayan Zavala

Graduate award for Innovation

Jessie Zhang

Graduate award for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Xuny Haley

Graduate award for Leadership & Engagement

Sam Kolovson

Graduate award for Leadership & Engagement

Photos courtesy of Junchao Yang.

View the presentation of the Awards of Excellence in the ceremony recording below.