Department of Applied Design

Awards & Recognition

Global Innovation Awards (gia) Excellence in Student Design

2023 - Austin Liebgott - Second Place

Mockett Design Competition - Each individual is recognized as a first place winner

39th (2024) - Nathan Gates
38th (2023) - Ben Pipitone, Jacob Thompson, and Saa Kothamasu
37th (2022) - Amelia Bullins
36th (2021) - Jacob Gillespie and Sebastian Bartlett
35th (2020) - Kaitlin Sides and Walter Lang
33rd (2018) - Hannah Eckersley and Michael Nelson
32nd (2017) - Colter Swan and Peter Clare
31st (2016) - Myers Welborn, Nathan Haeme, and Richard Bell

Pinnacle Award (ISFD)

2023 - Vic Stocker
2021 - Landon Lane
2019 - Emily Miller
2018 - Ryan Decker
2017 - Walter Mingledorff
2014 - Rebecca Goddard

Global Footwear Awards

2024 - Jay Bartoli - Winner in Sports/Performance Category

Robert Bruce Thompson Lighting Design Competition

2023 - Ben Pipitone - First Place
2023 - Tyler Cook - Second Place
2017 - Brady Corum - Citation for Technical Achievement
2015 - Christian Mauzy - Citation for Technical Proof of Concept

Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship - Big Idea Pitch Competition

2025 - Luke Damiri, Alexander DiBella, and Connor Hill - Finalists
2023 - Austin Liebgott - Second Place
2022 - Taylor Pitt - First Place; River Smith and Addison Meink - Second Place; Jacob Kidd - Finalist
2021 - Joshua Morrow - First Place; Alora Popish - Finalist; Olivia Bargoil - Finalist
2017 - Lauren Chesnet and Robert Harris - Second Place
2016 - Lauren Chesnet and Curtis Compton - Third Place

Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition (Texas Christian Univesity)

2014 - Bailey Williams - Second Place

Retail and Health Innovation Challenge (Wake Forest University)

2014 - Sean-Michael Smith and Zach Starin - Second Place; Austin Waggoner - Third Place; Sheilla Sanon and Kaitlin Williard - Finalist
2013 - Riley Keen and Nathan McCracken - Third Place

PAVE Global

2022 - Alli Lackey and Jasmine Wood - 1st Place - Frito-Lay P.O.P. Competition
2022 - Breece Sleeper and Ian Gray - 2nd Place - Frito-Lay P.O.P. Competition

Paperboard Packaging Alliance Design Competition

2018 - Cameron Mauldin, Eric Antolic, Jason Palermo, and Robert Hawes - Honorable Mention
2017 - Liz Waters - Runner-Up

Nimble Bee Competition

2015 - Adam Westfall and Matthew Estes - Finalist
2014 - Elizabeth Foster and Garrett Peebles - 2nd Place

Spring Greening Design Competition

2010 - Joe Palmer - Second Place