Sean Kennon, IDSA | Philadelphia University

Jeffrey Greger, IDSA |  San Jose State University

Majid Dadgar, IDSA | Ohio State University

My name is Majid Dadgar. I graduated from the Ohio State University this summer (2011) in Industrial and Product Design Master’s program (MA). My Bachelor’s (BA) is in Industrial Design from University of Tehran. My specialties are designing for disabilities, 3D Modeling, Rendering, and CAD, participatory design, User Experience Design, Ergonomics; I hold a minor in Applied Software Engineering from the Ohio State University too; I am familiar with designing websites, databases, and JAVA programming.

2011 SMA | Leo Chen, IDSA | University of Houston

When 14-year-old Leo Chen began dissecting computers in his native Taiwan, he had only a faint idea of what design was. His Chinese upbringing did predispose him to understanding harmony. With that deep appreciation of how things flow together, he has emerged from the University of Houston (UH) as a certified problem solver.

2011 SMA | John Traub, IDSA | University of Notre Dame

2011 SMA | Trevis Kurz, IDSA | The Ohio State University

2011 SMA | David Fustino, IDSA | Wentworth Institute of Technology

Like any designer, David Fustino has learned to solve problems on the fly, work within a unit, express his individual style and persevere through the worst situations. The difference between him and the rest of us: he began learning those skills on a soccer pitch.

Janna Budge, IDSA | New Deal Design

Student Merit Award: 2011