MDes Student Cohorts
“The cohort and the group of people we have put together is dynamite and I expect it will be like a chemical reaction. It will be exciting to see what happens when you get together!”
Kyle Steinfeld, Associate Director, MDes.
MDes2024 Cohort
Our accomplished fourth MDes cohort includes three Arcus Social Justice Corps Fellows, one Mastercard Foundation Scholar, and a deep experience across diverse design and technology disciplines.
Abigail Chen
Ankur Kela
Baurzhan Abenov
Chia-Jung Kuo (Charon Kuo)
Ching Wen Lee
Christine Marcelino
Divya Srinivasan
Eliza Gonzales
Emily Lee
Fanxuan (Adorey) Shen
Fareha Khan
Gia Kirk
Hyeryeong Kim
Jingyi Guo
Junjie Li
Junyan Du (Jenny)
Kanchan Pathak
Katherine Liu
Kirk Mendoza
Liam Hatakenaka
Lingxiu
Maria-Teresa Carmier Villalobos
Marissa Maldonado
Matthew Schmitz
Mingchen Lu (Charlene)
Mingzhou Gu
Qingzhu Zhang (Rachel)
Roshan Mohan
Sara Zaki
Shameemah Fuseini-Codjoe
Shayne Shen
Siyuan Zhang (Seren)
Stephanie He
Tianqi (Bob) Wei
Vidit Bhargava
Wanlun Ding
Weilong Gao
Xiangruo (Reina) Li
Xinyu Qu
Xue Han (Yuki)
Yang Cen
Yani Shi
Yanru Qian
Yoojin Leem
Yuhe Niu
Yunting Zhao
Zhequn Wu (Cynthia)
MDes2023 Cohort
Our third cohort of 47 students joins the program in Fall 2022 and will graduate in December 2023. They are 57% female and 43% male. 77% of the class are international students and represent 6 different countries and locations from around the world – including Canada, China, Colombia, Ghana, India, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. 6% of the class identify as underrepresented minority (URM).The backgrounds and experiences of the third cohort span many fields and practices from industrial design, architecture and engineering to computer science, cognitive science, art, history, integrated design, textile technology, business and innovation and advertising.
Albert Hodo (Senyo)
Amanda McGraw
Ananth Nayak
Ashwan Kadam (Ash)
Bao Qiancheng (Bao Bao)
Carmela Wilkins
Chenglin Li (Clover)
David Duarte
Dongho Shin
Elena Hoshizaki (Ellie)
Grace Thompson
Gracy Kureel
Haesung Park
Helena Kent
Heteng Li (Aaron)
Jin Yutao
John Brechbill
Justin Trainor
Kabeer Andrabi
Karthika Baiju
Lingke Song
Neel Shah
Nian Tong (Anthony)
Nuoran Chen (Ronan)
Peiyao Wang (Winny)
Samriddho Ghosh
Shikha Shah
Simian He (Lenox)
Siming Jin (Susie)
Tianshu Zhang (Shirley)
Tomas Garcia
Wonjoon Oh
Yanyi Mai
Yao Yao (YY)
Yemoon Cho (Moon)
Yidie Ling (Neo)
Yue Fan (Erin)
Yue Wu (Yola)
Zach Dive
Zeping Fei (Phyllis)
Zixun Huang (Sean)
Ziyi Zhou