Major Design Awards 2007-2008 ::

Exhibition and Display Design students were invited to present concepts for an exhibition space to Exhibit Group Giltspur in New York.
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UB Design students placed winning entries in national competitions.

Alex Ananin :: Industrial Design

• Alex Ananin won first prize at the the 2008 GNYDA Auto Safety Show in New York.
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Michael Samaan :: Industrial Design

• Michael Samaan won first prize at the the 2008 Fashion in Motion Show in Las Vegas.
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UB Design Juniors :: Graphic Design

• Graphic Design students built a winning poster campaign for UB Health Services. Two of the poster series, by Cecilia (CC) Jacobsen and Kathie Cote, won in Advertising Club of Connecticut's 2008 54th Annual Awards Competition.
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Scott Gotheil-Yelle :: Industrial Design

• Scott Gotheil-Yelle won first prize (and the Big Check!) athe the 2007 GNYDA Auto Safety Show in New York.
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Jacob Herman II :: Interior Design

• Jacob Herman II was awarded Honorable Mention in the PAVE (Planning and Visual Education's Partnerships) National Retail Design Store Competition, sponsored by Sony Electronics. The competition was geared towards the four year college level design programs and this year there were over 240 entries nationwide. The Awards will be given at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel NYC, during the Pave Annual Gala on December 5.
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Major Design Awards 2006-2007 ::

Fumiyoshi Onishi :: Graphic Design

• Exhibited his painting, Pray, in the student exhibition of the New York Society of Illustrators Spring 2007.
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Scott Gotheil-Yelle :: Industrial Design

• GNYDA (Greater New York Auto Dealers Association) held its World Traffic Safety Symposium Competition, and again a UB Design Industrial Design student won the top prize with his entry, Grid Works, a system for tracking driver attention and alerting when that attention strays.
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Vicki Kohanek :: Industrial Design

• Second place, Extrutuded Aluminum Competition, for her extruded aluminum kitchen fire extinguisher emergency cabinet, housing an extinguisher, flashlight, and first aid kit.
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Kurt Weseman :: Industrial Design

• Kurt's design for a folding cellphone won in the CTIA Fashion in Motion competition.
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Double Win

Two UB Design students won top honors in the annual Student Design Competition of rotationally molded products held by the Asociation of Rotational Molders International and sponsored by NOVA Chemicals Corporation. The design projects submitted by three students out of an impressive field of more than 40 entrants were selected as the best in this year's Student Design Competition of rotationally molded products.

William Gaston :: Industrial Design

• Second place, for Puddle Jumper, a bumper car for children's use in the water

Aaron Trocola :: Industrial Design

• Third place, for Pull-Ski, which is a craft for children that would be pulled behind a boat.

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UB Student Design Awards 2005-2006 ::

Phi Kappa Phi Nominations, 2005-2006 ::

Phi Kappa Phi honors students with exceptionally high academic achievement.

• Jessica Bornack :: Graphic Design
• Jessica Thomas :: Illustration
• Kurt Weseman :: Industrial Design
• Connor Glass :: Interior Design

Major National Awards, 2005-2006 ::

Sal Pietrzyk :: Industrial Design

• 2006 Aluminum Extrusion Technology Foundation — Student Design Competition
  Second Place for his Vertical Heater entry.
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Raymond Ayoub :: Industrial Design

• First Place in the 2006 Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA) Auto Safety Competition for his Emergency Vehicle Attenuation System.

Scott Marrone :: Industrial Design

• Second Place in the 2006 Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA) Auto Safety Competition for his Side Mirror Detection System.

Manon Mananweena :: Industrial Design

• First Place in the 2006 Las Vegas Consumer Products Competition for his Wristwatch Cellphone design
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David Salonen :: Industrial Dedsign

• Noted for his "Multimedia headset with attitude"
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Luke Johnson and Jonathan Walsh :: Industrial Design

• First Place in the 2006 Luraline Products Company's fifth annual "It's Your Light" student design competition for their RhythmiGlow entry.

Major National Awards, 2002-2003 ::

Daniel Mung and Orlando Nunes :: Industrial Design

• Ian Tesar Scholarship for Outstanding Sophomore ($500 each)

Daisuke Sawaki :: Industrial Design

• Award of Distinction, form•Z Competition (form•Z software $2000)

Lina Liesmanaite :: Interior Design

• First Place, National Kitchen and Bath Association, Regional Kitchen Competition ($800)

Jeff Becker :: Industrial Design

• Third Place, Aluminum Extruders Council 2003 ($1,000)

Ryan Wilson :: Industrial Design

• Third Place, GNYADA Automobile Safety Competition ($1,000)

Anna Sidrova :: Interior Design

• Fourth Place, National Kitchen and Bath Association, Regional Kitchen Competition ($200)

Kiichi Suzuki :: Industrial Design

• Fourth Place, GNYADA Automobile Safety Competition ($1,000)

Hitomi Hayashi :: Interior Design

• Honorable Mention, Cooper Lighting Competition 2003 ($500)

Katsuaki Ikeda :: Interior Design

• Honorable Mention, National Kitchen and Bath Association, Regional Kitchen Competition

Jerusha Michael :: Graphic Design

• Honorable Mention, Samsung Crosscultural Communications Design (MP3 Player)

Awards 2001-2002 ::

Anna Mastriano

• First Place, Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, Automobile Safety Design Competition, 2002

Maria Interlandi and Dan Sterling (team)

• Second Place, GNYADA Automobile Safety Design, 2002

Peter Klutch

• Fifth Place, GNYADA Automobile Safety Design, 2002

Maiko Tanaka

• Second Place, Kitchen and Bath competition, 2002

Lachezar Tsvetanov

• First Place, IDSA/National Library Services for the Blind and Handicapped Talking Book Competition, 2002

Anna Mastriano

• Second Place, IDSA/National Library Services for the Blind and Handicapped Talking Book Competition, 2002

Hillary Sanderlin

• First Place, Lightolier Competition, 2002

1999-2001 ::

Manuel Saez

• Grand Prize, GNYADA Automobile Safety Design 1999 $4,000
• Second Place, GNYADA Automobile Safety Design 2000 $2,000
• First Place, National Housewares Competition $3,000
• Third Place, Samsung Camera Design Competition $5,000
• Third Place, SMAU Milan Electronics Competition $900
• First Place, form·Z Product Design Competition $2,000
• Honorable, Mention National Housewares Competition
• Academic Excellence Award University of Bridgeport

Adrian Teschemaker

• First Place, Aluminum Extrusion Competition $3,000

Anna Zimnoch

• Second Place, Aluminum Extrusion Competition $2,000
• Scholarship GNYADA Automobile Safety Design 2000 $1,000
• Scholarship Ian Tessar Outstanding Sophomore 2000 $1,000

Hyunchul Kim

• First Place, Samsung Camera Design Competition $10,000
• Scholarship GNYADA Automobile Safety Design 1999 $1,000
• Scholarship GNYADA Automobile Safety Design 2000 $1,000
• Honorable Mention form·Z Product Design Competition
• IDSA Merit Award Winner