MDes Student Cohort Spring 2022

We are pleased to highlight the profiles of the MDes Spring 22 Student Cohort and share our excitement for the diverse backgrounds and dynamic experiences each student brought to the MDes program. 

As an overview, this cohort was 50% men and 50% women with experience in a diverse range of fields and practices including architecture, cognitive science, design, economics, engineering, entrepreneurship, information management, interdisciplinary studies and mathematics. With an international population of 64%, this cohort represented five different countries including China, Germany, India, Greece, and Mexico. Ethnic diversity among the US students is Black/African American (5%), Chinese/Chinese-American (14%), Korean/Korean American (9%), and White (9%). 

• Abhijeet Ghavalkar (Abhi)
• Adam Huth
• David Zhou
• Effie Jia
• Elijah Lee (Eli)
• Franklyn Bucknor
• Georgios Grigoriadis (George)
• Jan-Simon Veicht (Jan)
• Jiaxuan Ren (Xuan)
• Kailin Li
• Mercedes Saldana
• Peipei Lin (Penny)
• Shuyang Yu
• Susanne Pierce Maddux
• Titus Ebbecke
• Xiaobai Ji
• Xingtai Huang (Ted)
• Xinyi Zhu
• Yiying Wu (Mata)
• Yu Cheng
• Zhiyue Wang (Luna)