2023 Student Design Competition Winners

Graduate Winners

First Place 

Celia Armstrong, Julia Huhnh, and Andrew Sheetz
Instructor: Ada Tremante
Drexel University
East Region
Project Oasis

Second Place 

Dongniya Xu
Instructor: Gabriela Fonseca Pereira
Illinois State University
Midwest Region
H3

Undergraduate Winners

First Place

Samantha Kubiak and Deja Carter
Instructor: Mary Ellen Fritz
Ferris State University
Midwest Region
Yeni Bir Hayat- A New Life

Second Place

Elyse Rutherford and Corah Miller
Instructor: Treva Sprout Ahrenholtz
University of Wyoming
Pacific West Region
Fallout

Second Place

Katlyn Pham, Hotian Wang, and Maddi Green
Instructor: Barbara Young and Hannah Bulow
Purdue University
Midwest Region
Bayt to Heimat

Honorable Mention

Samantha James and Matthew Dalthrop
Instructor: Amy Edwards
Maryville University
Midwest Region
Mosaic Refugee Shelter

Emily Chen, Vicky Trinh, and Jessica Chu
Instructor: Tiia Manson, Sharon Hollingsworth, and Robin Bailey
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Pacific West Region
Sakha’

Ana Gabriela Rueda Gomez, Andres Federico Gutierrez Duran, Ana Sofia Lopez, and Mariana Aguilera
Instructor: Daniel Ronderos
University of Andes
South Region
Wera

Tzu-hui Chen, Aleana Oataluna, and Kathryn Feeney
Instructor: Tharique De Silva and Miranda Anderson
University of Idaho
Pacific West Region
Finding Adey Abeba: Hope and New Beginnings

Macy Hubbard, Jimmy Day III, and Elena Trage
Instructor: Laura Cole
Colorado State University
Southwest Region
Essence Alaska

Autumn McFarland and Rebecca Calzada Herrera
Instructor: Jeannine Vail
University of North Texas
Southwest Region
Shifting Permanence

Jasmine Davalos and Claire Bright
Instructor: Ela Tekkaya Parsani
The Art Institutes
Southwest Region
Fleeing War in a Wheelchair The Struggle of Disabled Refugees