MDes Student Cohort Fall 2022
Our second cohort of 37 students joined the program in Fall 2021 and graduated in Fall 2022. They are 72% female and 28% male. 49% of the class are international students and represent 8 different countries and locations from around the world – including Argentina, China, Hong Kong S.A.R., India, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey. 21% of the class identify as underrepresented minority (URM) and the ethnic diversity among the US students is African American/Black (5%); American Indian (3%), Chinese/Chinese American (16%), Japanese/Japanese American (3%), Latin American/Latino (3%), Mexican/Mexican American (5%), Turkish (3%), and White/European descent (11%).
The backgrounds and experiences of the second cohort span many fields and practices from design, architecture and engineering to anthropology, cognitive science, art, physics, interdisciplinary studies, textiles, business and innovation.
- Akash Mahajan
- Benal Johnson
- Bennett Ngan
- Can Ge
- Carolyn Nguyen
- Celia Diaz
- Chialing Chen
- Debbie Yuen
- Denise Heredia
- Dongho Koo
- Eleanor Mayes
- Emily Joens
- Felicia Renelus
- Hannah Bartolomea
- Haoyang Chen (Thomas)
- Billy Kwok
- Jacob Kritzinger
- Jaesuk Huh
- Jennifer Wong
- Jessica (Jess) Kim
- Kaila Lee Negrón
- Lucila A Duloup (Lula)
- Maya Chen
- Ming Gong (Aria)
- Qianyi Chen (Daisy)
- Ramyani Roy
- Roland Saekow
- Salih Berk Dincer (Berk)
- Sara Friend
- Sora Kang
- Tania O’Neill (Tee)
- Taylor Speed
- Yilin Niu (Evelyn)
- Yiyao Yang (Amanda)
- Yuting Wang (Kathy)
- Zhipeng Pan (Rustin)
- Zoe Ingram