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Degree requirements

Core and thematic courses

DEA has built an international reputation for excellence in design education. Our Core and Thematic courses teach evidence-based design and research skills. Students must move through the curriculum sequentially, completing all pre-requisites prior to enrolling in subsequent numerical courses (i.e. completing all 1000-level courses before enrolling in any 2000-level and above courses). Students may not substitute a non-DEA course for a Core or Thematic course.

Research themes

The DEA curriculum is organized around three research themes: design innovation and strategy, sustainable futures, and health and well-being. Students develop expertise in their chosen area and collaborate with students and faculty in other areas through studios and interdisciplinary projects.

Suggested schedule

To help plan your courses, view a suggested schedule.

Curriculum sheets

Curriculum sheets give an overview of all course requirements and help you chart your path to completing the degree program. View the sheet for the year you entered the program for information on degree requirements.

See all CHE curriculum sheets

Courses you could take

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Making a Difference by Design (DEA 1110)

Learn how leaders in a variety of fields use design as a social change agent, connecting theories of leadership and creative problem-solving through case studies.

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Introduction to Environmental Psychology (DEA 1500) 

Examine how human attitudes and behaviors affect environmental quality, with examinations of environmental justice and culture.

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Human Centered Design Methods (DEA 2730)

Explore the use of design methods to generate ideas and evaluate designed objects, environments and interfaces using hands-on activities provide opportunities for application.

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Career paths

DEA students and alumni are part designer, psychologist, researcher and business strategist. The breadth and depth of their unique education coupled with their practical experiences result in careers that span a range of professional opportunities.

Graduates of the program are highly sought after and valued for their intellectual range, their systems approach to problem identification and solving, and their strong analytical skills. They are collaborative and responsive leaders who bring innovation and social responsibility to practice.

Graduate/professional school

In recent years, graduates have been offered admission to a number of graduate programs including Master of Architecture programs at Columbia University and Cornell University, as well as a Master of Professional Studies in Information Sciences.

Sample career paths

  • Business Analyst, Deloitte
  • Creative Strategist, IA Interior Architects
  • Entrepreneur, Theo Kondos and Associates
  • Ergonomist, Cleveland Clinic, HumanScale
  • Facility Planner, Urban Green Council
  • Furniture Designer, StandAndBuild
  • Interior Designer, Tony Chi + Associates, HOK
  • Lighting Designer, U.S. Green Building Council
  • User Experience Designers/Researcher, Google; IDEO; Facebook
  • Workplace strategists, CBRE; Louis Vuitton; Herman Miller

Designing for

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human thriving

Experiential learning

Awareness of design as a social art is integral to the degree. Multiple courses have engagement and extension components through which students work on real, everyday problems in communities to gain experience creating impact.

Students learn in the classroom, but also through hands-on learning, building and making. Students have access to excellent studio spaces, research labs, computer facilities, and fabrication shops including 3-D printing, laser cutters, and student-work assembly spaces.

DEA students can also take advantage of multiple international exchange study opportunities.

Opportunities to support community organizations and individuals in need of design and research solutions are incorporated through design studio and lecture courses. In past semesters, students have:

  • Partnered with community and corporate contacts on design, wayfinding, and branding projects;
  • Conducted Health Impact Assessments (HIA) to examine potential effects of locally proposed policies, programs, and buildings on human health;
  • Engaged with healthcare clients to apply evidence-based design in care settings;
    Provided design consulting services for local non-profits; and
  • Applied design skills to the adaptive reuse of long-vacant historic buildings.

Many DEA students seek real-world experience in the kinds of work they hope to pursue after graduation through summer internships, both paid and unpaid. These may be with design and architecture firms, major corporations, or specialty consulting firms. 

DEA cannot guarantee any student an internship, but, in conjunction with the Career Development Office, students are provided assistance with internship searches and in developing resumes and preparing for interviews.

Internship examples

  • Design Intern, Stantec Interior
  • Design Strategy Intern, Perkins and Will, HDR
  • Research Intern, Laidlaw Research and Leadership Program
  • Research Intern, Regenerative Andean Agroforestry Landscape
  • User Experience Design Intern, ChaseDesign, Honeywell, Tesla
  • Workplace Design Intern, Gensler

Also, see all Cornell Human Ecology off-campus learning options.

Research themes

Our curriculum is organized around three research themes. Students develop expertise in their chosen area and collaborate with students and faculty in other areas through studios and interdisciplinary projects.

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two pairs of hands holding square, clear, colored, transparent building material samples
  • Brand identity and positioning
  • Creative design process and methods
  • Design with digital media
  • Human-centered design
  • Interactive and adaptable environments
  • Strategic business planning
  • User experience design
  • Workplace strategy
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two people put a bike into a wooden frame rack as others watch
  • Assistive technologies
  • Design across the life-course
  • Design for human potential
  • Environmental justice
  • Human health and wellness
  • Healing and healthcare design
  • Inclusive design
  • Understanding environmental stressors
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two students stand with a white flower in a clear display box talking with a professor
  • Green ergonomics
  • Life-cycle evaluation and LEED
  • Regenerative and resilient design
  • Sustainable building
  • Sustainable materials and processes
  • Triple bottom line: E3

Faculty you'll work with

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Senior Lecturer
Focus areas Architectural Design/Interior Architecture, Research-driven design, Human-centered design
Associate Professor of Practice
Focus areas Spatial material culture, Socially conscious design, Environmentally responsible design
Associate Professor
Focus areas Material culture in the built environment, Ecological literacy in design, Arborworks sculpture
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Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor, Interim Director of Graduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis
Focus areas Children's environments (e.g. schools, housing), Environment of childhood poverty, Development of environmental attitudes/behaviors in children
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Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Focus areas Interior design, Experience + exhibit design, Historic preservation
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Jean and Douglas McLean Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis
 
Focus areas Intersection of design + robotics + psychology, Robot “living rooms” interacting/adapting with inhabitants, Robots that improve community, learning and health
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Professor
Focus areas Practice + approaches to creating optimal work + learning, Research methodology for post-occupancy evaluation (POE), Sustainable and resilience building practices in US + Asia
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Associate Professor
Focus areas Wayfinding + spatial cognition using VR + simulation, Predictive design tools evaluating human responses to design, Human-environment interaction: built and virtual environment
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Associate Professor
Focus areas Wearable technology and on-skin interfaces, Designing skins across scales, Social perceptions towards on-body technologies
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Director of Digital Design and Fabrication Studio (D2FS), Senior Lecturer
Focus areas Design technology + digital media, Computational design, Product design, development and management
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Assistant Professor
Focus areas Accessible interactive technologies, Human-computer interaction, Design innovation – bridging art, technology and UX
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Assistant Professor
Focus areas Design for Indigenous empowerment, Transformational design for societal + environmental change, Intercultural design knowledge
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The Evalyn Edwards Milman Assistant Professor in Child Development
Focus areas children's environments, participatory research & design, behavior mapping
Jung-hye Shin
Professor and Chair
Focus areas Environmental design, Aging in place
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Senior Associate Dean for Research + Graduate Education, Professor
Focus areas Environmental psychology, Effects of the built and natural environment on human health, Environmental design + policy impacts on consumption + reuse
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Associate Professor
Focus areas Experience-driven design, Design for emotion, subjective well-being + behavior change, Product design + development
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Professor
Focus areas Human-computer interaction in virtual environments, Large-scale interface/interaction design, Interior design
Rana Zadeh
Associate Professor
Focus areas User-centered design in healthcare, Systems approach, Healthcare entrepreneurship

Student policies

The following policies apply specifically to undergraduate students enrolled in the Design + Environmental Analysis (DEA) undergraduate degree program. DEA undergraduate students must also adhere to all Cornell Human Ecology policies and requirements.

DEA’s curriculum allows students the opportunity to participate in a study abroad program off-campus while still earning academic credit. To adequately plan for one semester away, students should visit the college’s Career Exploration Center and meet with their DEA academic advisor at the start of their sophomore year. Off-campus experiences should be completed during the student’s junior year at Cornell, preferably the spring of that year.

Courses taken off-campus serve predominately as electives in a student’s academic program. A few courses may be applied to university or college requirements, such as humanities and language. Credits completed through Study Abroad will serve as electives only and may not be accepted as substitutions toward DEA requirements . Academic credits taken through the following programs: Exchange Programs, Capital Semester, Urban Semester, and Cornell in Washington, may be petitioned as substitutions for DEA thematic requirements if they are deemed to be similar in content and contact hours to DEA courses. Off-campus course substitutions are limited to seven credit hours toward DEA thematic requirements, including up to one thematic studio.

It is the students’ responsibility to provide adequate evidence comparing the off- campus course with its counterpart in DEA. Evidence may include syllabi from both courses, examples of student work produced in the off-campus course, etc. A short catalog course description alone is not sufficient evidence to evaluate substitution petitions. Students are encouraged to discuss their course substitution plan with their advisors and the Director of Undergraduate Studies prior to completing their application for an off-campus experience.

Students desiring participation in an off-campus experience for two academic semesters are strongly discouraged by the DEA faculty. Students wanting a prolonged off-campus experience or two different experiences are encouraged to utilize their summer months for these opportunities.

Cornell Human Ecology does not directly award academic credit for internships. However, students may receive credit for academic work completed as a result of an internship. Students should create a work plan and obtain approval from a DEA faculty sponsor prior to the beginning of the internship. The work plan must include learning goals, content of internship, an outline of the follow-up academic work and number of credits to be completed through special study based on the internship work. Students enroll in DEA 4020: Supervised Fieldwork with the same faculty sponsor in the semester following the internship and receive credit upon successfully completing the outlined work.

Special Studies that are taken during the winter and summer sessions will be charged a per credit fee through the Office of Continuing Education.

All drawings, models, and student work completed in the studios and other courses as a part of the DEA instructional program are the property of the department until they have been graded and released by the instructor. Certain student work may be selected by the department for retention for accreditation and archival purposes. Exhibitions of student work are often held in Cornell Human Ecology galleries and smaller display cases throughout the CHE building complex.

DEA Honors Program 

The DEA Honors Program is designed to allow a small number of talented undergraduates the opportunity to formulate and carry out an independent research investigation under the supervision of a member of the DEA departmental faculty. The DEA Undergraduate Honors program is for students who want to prepare themselves for future graduate work. Students who successfully complete the program will graduate with Honors in DEA. The Honors designation is recorded on the student's official Cornell University academic record. The following provides important information about the Honors Program, including eligibility, the application procedure, and requirements. The Honors Program is a rigorous and rewarding endeavor. Though the application process begins in the student's junior year, in order to be successful it is important that the curriculum is planned carefully.

In order to graduate with Honors students must be in residence for eight semesters (students can still opt for study abroad programs, etc., because these programs require registration as a Cornell student). Transfer students are eligible for the Honors Program as long as they remain in residence for all semesters after they transfer. Students must achieve a GPA of at least 3.3 to be eligible for the Honors Program, and the 3.3 GPA minimum must be maintained after being admitted into the Honors Program. Students whose GPA drops below 3.3 will be dropped from the Honors Program (these students can register for special studies in order to complete their research).

Students should apply for acceptance into the DEA Honors Program during the first semester of their junior year. DEA students who intend to apply for the honors program should contact the undergraduate program coordinator at dea-dus [at] cornell.edu

The following is a description of the faculty and staff associated with the honors thesis:

  • Committee chair — This person must be a faculty member (professorial rank) in DEA who works with the student on a commonly agreed topic of study for their thesis.
  • External examiner (also referred to as reader) — This person must be an outside faculty member with whom student will work with during their honors thesis. The external examiner should be a faculty from a non DEA department. A DEA faculty member with expertise in a different concentration may be accepted if recommended by the chair. The student will work with their committee chair to select an external examiner.
  • DEA "at-large" honors representative — This person is a pre-selected DEA faculty member whose role is to provide comparability of standards across student theses at the department. The current "at-large" honors representative for DEA is Prof. So-Yeon Yoon.
  • Academic programs coordinator — This person is a designated staff member in the department who provides academic support to students. The academic programs coordinator for DEA isdjg326 [at] cornell.edu ( Darin Gillenwater).

The major component of the Honors Program is the honors thesis. The student's original research must be written up in a formal scientific manner, or a manner appropriate to the major, following the advice of the DEA faculty committee chair. If the topic requires approval by the University Committee on Human Subjects, this must be obtained prior to commencing the research.

DEA 4990 Senior Honors Thesis is the official course title for the Honors Program research. Students must register (for six credits) in DEA 4990 Senior Honors Thesis starting in the fall (or first) semester of their senior year, by adding the course officially through the Registrar's Office. (See timeline for details.) 

Research will be supervised by the honors thesis committee members. The student will write their thesis under the direct supervision of the committee chair. The actual submission date and defense will be agreed by the committee chair and the external examiner and planned ahead by the student in collaboration with the committee chair and the external examiner. The committee chair and the external examiner must receive the thesis at least one week prior to the defense, and either committee member may request revisions, which must be incorporated into the final version of the written thesis that is due by the last day of classes. The final research will be graded based on the thesis and the oral thesis defense given by the student to their committee chair and the external examiner.

August-September of your junior year

  • Submit your DEA Honors Program application.

August-September of your senior year

  • You and your HCD faculty committee chair will need to develop the specifics of your research and determine whether or not your studies/thesis will require approval by the University Committee on Human Subjects. If so, you will need to pass the University Human Subjects Committee training before any submission is made. Note that the approval process can take from two to six weeks depending on the nature of the research, so plan your timeline accordingly. The process can take longer if revisions and resubmission is required. It is recommended that you seek Human Subjects approval for your thesis during the spring semester of your junior year, as approvals last for 12 months.
  • You will need to meet with your committee chair to determine how many credits you will register for when signing up for DEA 4990. It is usually 3 credits per semester for the maximum of 6 credits in total (3 per semester). Enrollment occurs during the first three weeks of each semester.
  • You must make sure you are enrolled in DEA 4990 (enrollment is done using an add/drop slip).
  • You and your committee chair can add other special members to the committee as appropriate.
  • You and your committee chair should agree on a schedule for the thesis research to ensure that everything is completed on time.

January-March of your senior year

  • January-February: You and your committee chair should invite an external examiner (also referred as reader) to examine the thesis research and ensure the willingness and availability of this person for the oral defense. This person must be an outside faculty member with whom the student will work during their honors thesis. The external examiner should be a faculty from a non-HCD department. An HCD faculty member with expertise in a different concentration may be accepted if recommended by the committee chair.
  • By March 15 (or a date agreed by your committee chair and external examiner): Submit a full draft to your committee chair and external examiner.

April-May of your senior year

  • April 1-14: Schedule your honors thesis defense. This must be agreed by your committee chair and external examiner.
  • April 15-May 4: Time period for a date for the defense of your honors thesis. The committee chair and external examiner must be at the defense. Others can also be invited. The defense will consist of an oral presentation of the thesis research, typically 15-30 minutes, followed by questions and answers. The committee chair and external examiner will discuss your performance and the research thesis in private. You then will be informed of the evaluation of your oral defense and any necessary revisions required to your thesis to constitute successful completion of your honors program.
  • After the thesis defense: Complete any required revisions to your thesis and send a digital final copy (pdf) to the DEA academic programs coordinator, your committee chair and external examiner. The DEA academic programs coordinator will either upload the final copy (if you choose) to eCommons, Cornell’s Digital Repository or will submit a hard copy to the University Archives. Please note that you will need to sign a FERPA release form for digital or hard copy and fill out a proxy form, so that the DEA academic programs coordinator can submit to eCommons on your behalf.
  • Once the honors defense and thesis has been satisfactorily completed, the DEA “at-large” honors representative and the DEA academic programs coordinator must be notified by your committee chair.
  • Honors students are encouraged to present a poster describing their research at a time and place to be announced by the college.
    The DEA academic programs coordinator will submit the names of successful honors students to the College Registrar’s Office no later than May 15 of the student’s senior year. 

Beginning of your junior year

  • Submit your DEA Honors Program application.

Beginning of your senior year

  • You and your HCD faculty committee chair will need to develop the specifics of your research and determine whether or not your studies/thesis will require approval by the University Committee on Human Subjects. If so, you will need to pass the University Human Subjects Committee training before any submission is made. Note that the approval process can take from two to six weeks depending on the nature of the research, so plan your timeline accordingly. The process can take longer if revisions and resubmission is required. It is recommended that you seek Human Subjects approval for your thesis during the spring semester of your junior year, as approvals last for 12 months.
  • You will need to meet with your committee chair to determine how many credits you will register for when signing up for DEA 4990. It is usually 3 credits per semester for the maximum of 6 credits in total (3 per semester). Enrollment occurs during the first three weeks of each semester.
  • You must make sure you are enrolled in DEA 4990 (enrollment is done using an add/drop slip).
  • You and your committee chair can add other special members to the committee as appropriate.
  • You and your committee chair should agree on a schedule for the thesis research to ensure that everything is completed on time.

August-October of your senior year

  • August-September: You and your committee chair should invite an external examiner (also referred as reader) to examine the thesis research and ensure the willingness and availability of this person for the oral defense. This person must be an outside faculty member with whom the student will work during their honors thesis. The external examiner should be a faculty from a non-HCD department. An HCD faculty member with expertise in different concentration may be accepted if recommended by the committee chair.
  • By October 15 (or a date agreed by your committee chair and external examiner): Submit a full draft to your committee chair and external examiner.

November-December of your senior year

  • November 1-14: Schedule your honors thesis defense. This must be agreed by your committee chair and external examiner.
  • November 15-December 3: Time period for a date for the defense of your honors thesis. The committee chair and external examiner must be at the defense. Others can also be invited. The defense will consist of an oral presentation of the thesis research, typically 15-30 minutes, followed by questions and answers. The committee chair and external examiner will discuss your performance and the research thesis in private. You then will be informed of the evaluation of your oral defense and any necessary revisions required to your thesis to constitute successful completion of your honors program.
  • After the thesis defense: Complete any required revisions to your thesis and send a digital final copy (pdf) to the DEA academic programs coordinator, your committee chair and external examiner. The DEA academic programs coordinator will either upload the final copy (if you choose) to eCommons, Cornell’s Digital Repository or will submit a hard copy to the University Archives. Please note that you will need to sign a FERPA release form for digital or hard copy and fill out a proxy form, so that the DEA academic programs coordinator can submit to eCommons on your behalf.
  • Once the honors defense and thesis has been satisfactorily completed, the DEA “at-large” honors representative and the DEA academic programs coordinator must be notified by your committee chair.
  • Honors students are encouraged to present a poster describing their research at a time and place to be announced by the college.
  • The DEA academic programs coordinator will submit the names of successful honors students to the College Registrar’s Office no later than December 7 of the student’s senior year.

If you have additional questions, please contact So-Yeon Yoon, DEA's "at-large" Honors Program representative.

Student awards

Department of Human Centered Design students regularly enter, and are honored, in local, national and international competitions. Below are examples of recent student awards.

NameAward
Mahmoud Aboelkheir, FSAD Graduate StudentCornell Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship, and the AATCC Student Research Grant
Maya Abrol, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Jess Agran, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Claire Ahn, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior
Ellie Altman-Sagan, FSAD SeniorFSAD Honors Thesis
Zoe Alvarez, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Raquel Coren, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Emily Fan, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Ting Fei, DEA JuniorDEA Study Abroad Award 
Lila Frost, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Kylie Gillen, FSAD JuniorKuhlman Foundation Scholarship 
Jiayi Guo, DEA JuniorDEA Honors Thesis
Iasia Henderson, FSAD SeniorFSAD Honors Thesis
Grace Honeyman, FSAD SeniorHEAA Alan D. Mathios Research & Service Grant, the Florence Halpern Award, Cornell MSE MEng Tuition Fellowship
Samantha Li, DEA SeniorDEA Service Award 
Marcus McDermott, FSAD JuniorFSAD Honors Thesis, Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship  
Gabrielle Moore, FSAD SeniorKuhlman Foundation Scholarship
Tabith Mueller-Schrader, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Liriana Nezaj, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Mattie Nguyen, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Sofia Ortiz, DEA SeniorBeyer Award 
Kyuin Park, FSAD Graduate StudentGrant recipient from The 2030 Project by Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Yoorim Park, DEA SeniorHillier Award
Tara Pearson, DEA Graduate StudentGraduate Summer Archival Research Fellowship
Julia Roos, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Isabel Schorn, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junio
Maria Fernanda Serra Almedia Leite, FSAD SeniorKuhlman Foundation Scholarship 
Yucheng Shu, FSAD SeniorDEA Honors Thesis
Kate Stiens, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Zada Stuart, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior, FSAD Honors Thesis
Margaret Tsai, FSAD SophomoreKuhlman Foundation Scholarship
Margaret Watkins, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore, Kuhlman Foundation scholarship 
Gabriel Ruben Wolf-Velarde, FSAD JuniorKuhlman Foundation Scholarship
Danqing Xie, DEA Graduate StudentCornell University CCSS QuIRI Small Grant
Joanna Yoo, DEA Graduate Student1st Place, Human-Centered Design Graduate Student Poster Contest, Recipient, Alan D. Mathios Research and Service Grant
Hemchee Zhong, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Jingwen Zhu, DEA Graduate Student2024 Rising Stars in EECS, CHI 2025 Best Paper Award, Association for Computing Machinery
NameAward
Maya Abrol, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Zoe Alvarez, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Grace Amigh, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Abigail Brown, DEA Graduate StudentJohn S. Knight Award 
Caleb Cambron, DEA SeniorThe Hillier Award
Ivy Cao, DEA Junior; Karen Mendoza DEA Senior; Jason Zhou; DEA SeniorEast region finalist of IDEC Student Design competition 2024 
Raquel Coren, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Aidan Collins, Graduate Student, Materials Science and EngineeringBarbara L. Kuhlman Scholar
Jane Dexter, FSAD JuniorBarbara L. Kuhlman Scholar
Madison Feely, FSAD JuniordHive Naming Contest
Lila Frost, FSAD Junior FSAD Outstanding Junior, Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholar
Kylie Gillen, FSAD SophomoreBarbara L. Kuhlman Scholar
Anna Gyenge, FSAD Graduate StudentRosztoczy Scholarship 
Karen Joyce, DEA Graduate StudentEnvironmental Design Research Association – Nana Kirk Scholarship, 2023, Weill Cornell Medicine Center on Aging and Behavioral Research – Design Thinking Contest - 1st place, 2023, Cornell DEA – Grad Pro Seminar Poster Contest - 1st place, 2024, Johns Hopkins/Cornell Safety by Design Charrette - 2nd place, 2024
Shuwen Jiang, DEA Graduate StudentECSkin: Tessellating Electrochromic Films for Reconfigurable On-skin Displays selected to appear in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Showcase on Kudos.
Doyeon Kong, FSAD Graduate StudentGraduate School Recruitment Fellowship, ITAA Student Best Paper Award (Master's Level)
Angela Lan, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Ashlyn Lee, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Maria Leite, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Ashley Liaw, FSAD SeniorGrand prize winning team 2023 Entrepreneurship Food Hackathon 
Zeyu Liu, DEA Graduate StudentSecond prize in the Communications Society 2023 Student Competition
Iris Luo, FSAD Graduate Student2024 Einaudi Center International Research Travel Awards for Graduate Students, Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection's Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship, Summer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities from Olin Library/Society for the Humanities.
Nik Martin, FSAD JuniorCornell Council for the Arts grant, Alpha Phi Alpha Memorial Scholarship
Dyese Matthews, FSAD Graduate StudentMarilyn DeLong Curatorial Exhibition Scholarship University Excellence Award, International Textile and Apparel Association, Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Social Justice Award, Cornell University, Costume Society of America Stella Blum Student Research Grant, Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection
Marcus McDermott, FSAD SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Ana Mocklar, FSAD Outstanding SophomoreFSAD Outstanding Sophomore
Mattie Nguyen, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Jack Nieberg, DEA SeniorThe Beyer Award
Nina Pofcher, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Kat Roberts, FSAD Graduate StudentInternational Textile and Apparel Association's Sara Douglas Fellowship for Professional Promise: Doctoral Student Award, International Textile and Apparel Association's Marilyn DeLong Curatorial Exhibition Scholarship University Excellence Award, Costume Society of America's Richard Martin Exhibition Excellence Award 
Julia Roos, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior
Leah Rosenkranz, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior, Fashion Scholarship Fund recipient
Christina Simon, FSAD SeniorCornell Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Tuition Fellowship
Lily Stern, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior
Zada Stuart, FSAD JuniorFSAD Outstanding Junior, Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholar
Dorota Szlek, FSAD Graduate StudentWinner, Human-Centered Technology Poster Competition 
Yada (Neen) Tangcharoenmonkong, DEA JuniorDEA Study Abroad Award
Paige Tomfohrde, FSAD Graduate StudentKnight Institute’s 2024 Summer Training Program, Adele Filene Student Presenter Grant, Costume Society of America, President’s Council of Cornell Women Frank H.T. Rhodes Leadership Grant 
Arden Van Hollebeke, DEA JuniorDEA Study Abroad Award
Ruth Wang, DEA Graduate StudentGrad Pro Seminar Poster Contest 3rd Place
Lily Winagle DEA Junior and Jingwen Zhu, DEA Graduate StudentProject of the year - Cornell Student Sustainability Awards Gala & Special Recognition for Sustainability at CHI 2024
Jingwen Zhu, DEA Graduate Student2024 CHI’24 Special Recognition for Sustainable Practices Runner-Up, 2024 Cornell University Student Sustainability Award Project of the Year, 2024 CCSS Qualitative and Interpretive Research Institute Small Research Grant, 2023 AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Grant, 2023 The ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) Design Exhibition Aesthetic Award
NameAward
Caleb Cambron, DEA JuniorStudy Abroad Award
Aidan Collins, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Nadine El Nesr, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Ryan Greene, FSAD SeniorSUNY Chancellor's award for student excellence, FSAD Outstanding Senior
Yuexing Hao, DEA Graduate StudentSIG CHI Gary Marsden Travel Awards, Nana Kirk Travel Scholarship, and Women Entrepreneurship (W.E) Cornell Summer Fund for Spring 2023.
Debbie Jung, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior
Min Jae Kim, DEA SeniorHillier Award
Yelin Ko, FSAD Graduate StudentFirst Place in The Fiber Society’s Graduate Student Paper Competition 
Michael Kowalski, DEA Graduate StudentHonorable Mention , James F. Slevin Assignment Sequence Prize, John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University
Kyra Kozin, DEA Senior and Sylvie LanePresented Senior Thesis work at the 2023 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Annual Meeting
Mona Maher, FSAD Graduate Student2022 Paper of Distinction Award; Design/ Product Development Track, International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA)
Maisie McDonald, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Ana Mocklar, FSAD FreshmanRecipient of funding from The Contribution Project
Sofia Ortiz, DEA JuniorStudy Abroad Award
Kyuin Park, FSAD Graduate StudentRecipient of grant from The 2030 Project by Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a Best Poster Award from New York Nanotechnology Network (NNN) Symposium at CNF, Cornell
Aliza Saunders, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior, Best Poster at the BCTR Undergraduate Research Symposium
Devin Schneider, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Dorota Szlek, FSAD Graduate StudentParticipant in the Advanced Graduate Teaching Cohort
Emme Wong, DEA SeniorBeyer Award
Heley Yang, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior
Nina Yang, DEA SeniorHillier Award
NameAward
Rebeca Boudet, FSAD SeniorFSAD Honors Thesis
Matthew Canabarro, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior Award
Caleb Cambron, DEA JuniorIIDA Hazel Siegel Scholarship, IIDA First Place Material Bank Palette Competition, IIDA Third Place SHIFT Student Conference Charrette
Juliana DaRoza, FSAD SeniorFSAD Honors Thesis
Annabelle Davy, DEA SeniorHillier Award
Quinn Guthrie, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior Award
Nicholas He, DEA SeniorDEA Honors Thesis
Connie Hui, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior Award
Youngsook Kim, FSAD PhD CandidateAlan D. Mathios Research and Service Grant Award
Jackson Kwon, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior Award
Jeyeon Jo, FSAD PhD CandidateWinner, 2022 FSAD Graduate Student Speaking Competition
Best Brief, 2021 International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC '21), Association for Computing Machinery
Lauren Lee, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior Award, Barbara L. Kuhlman Fiber Arts and Wearable Arts Scholarship 2021, TRASH. Solo Exhibition, 
FSAD Honors Thesis
Andrew Melissas, FSAD MADesign for Society/Design for Social Impact European Product Design award, Human Ecology Alumni Grant
Kyuin Park, FSAD MSBest Poster Award, New York State Nanotechnology Network Symposium (NNN)
Alena Reed, FSAD SeniorFSAD Honors Thesis
Kat Roberts, FSAD PhD studentCharlotte Jirousek Fellowship, Rural Humanities Microgrant, American Studies Research Grant
Meghna Shroff, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior Award
Simone White, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior Award, FSAD Honors Thesis
Bonny Wong, DEA SeniorBeyer Award
Lynda Xepoleas, FSAD PhD CandidateCollege of Human Ecology Graduate Summer Archival Research Fellowship, Richard Martin Exhibition Commendation Award, Costume Society of America (with Emily Hayflick), Stella Blum Student Research Grant, Costume Society of America, Intellect Books Research Award, International Textile and Apparel Association (with Denise Green), Rutherford Teaching Innovation Award, International Textile and Apparel Association (with Huiju Park)
Yan Yan, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior Award
Wenjia Zong, FSAD MACCA Exhibition Grant, Indigo Design Award / Independent Designer / Gold & Silver , Indigo Design Award / Team project / Gold & Silver, Cornell Elevator Art Contest / Design
Matthew Canabarro, Nayeon Kwon, Heley Yang, & Nina Yang, DEA Seniors and Juniors Third place in 2022 IIDA (International Interior Design Association) student design competition
Sylvia Lane, Emme Wong, & Kyra Kozin, DEA JuniorsFirst 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, DEA Seniors and JuniorsSecond place in the East Region in IDEC (Interior Design Educators' Council) competition
Seh Eun Hong & Chloe Chen, DEA JuniorsHonorable mention, 2022 IIDA (International Interior Design Association) student design competition
NameAward
Abby Brown, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior, SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
Livia Caligor, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Lauren Forstenhausler, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Olivia Heim, DEA SeniorHillier Award
Brandon Hoak, DEA SeniorBeyer Award
Min Jae Kim, DEA Sophomore1st Place, Futuristic Gas Station Development Hackathon, 2021 Seoul Smart Mobility Expo sponsored by Doosan & GS Caltex
Annice Lee, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior, DEA Honors Thesis, KON Honor Society
Abby Lerner, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior 
Antonio Martinez, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Lili Minerva, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Audrey Perlman, FSAD SeniorFSAD Outstanding Senior
Vivian Shiu, DEA SeniorDEA Outstanding Senior