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.
MDes Student Cohort Fall 2023
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.
Abigail Chen
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
MDes Student Cohort Fall 2022
Our second cohort of 37 students joined the program in Fall 2021 and will graduate 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