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Research Open House Awards

Congratulations to this year’s in-person Research Open House award winners. We celebrate you, your accomplishments, and the future of your achievements.

Please click here to vote for the People’s Choice Award! Voting will end April 12, 2024 at 5pm.

Sustainability Award – The research that best represents the importance, possibilities, or the future of sustainability.

  • Awarded to: Helio Takai, Cindie Kehlet, Anna Collette, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Karol Murlak, School of Design, for Aqua-Steady
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Anna Collette, Karol Murlak and Cindie Kehlet receive the Sustainability Award at the 2024 Research Open House. Photo Courtesy of Pratt Communications and Marketing.

Innovation Award – The research that offers the most unique approach to the research/creative process or the most unique outcome.

  • Awarded to: Moein Shashaei, School of Design, for the SCOBY Project
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Moein Shashaei wins the Innovation Award at the 2024 Research Open House. Photo Courtesy of Pratt Communications and Marketing.

Impact Award – The research that shows the greatest impact in the local community, and/or national community, and/or in the scholarly community, and/or in business or government.

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three faculty members, smiling, standing with president Bronet, with offices in background
President Frances Bronet and Vice Provost Allison Druin present Mark Rosin and Leanne Bowler with the Impact Award at the 2024 Research Open House. Photo Courtesy of Pratt Communications and Marketing.

Start-Up Power Award –  The research that suggests the great possibility to become a for-profit start-up or a non-profit organization. 

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President Frances Bronet presents Michael Ortiz Jiménez and Paula Stoddard Sotomayor with the Start-Up Power Award at the 2024 Research Open House. Photo Courtesy of Pratt Communications and Marketing.
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Michael Ortiz Jiménez and Paula Stoddard Sotomayor win the Start-Up Power Award at the 2024 Research Open House. Photo Courtesy of Pratt Communications and Marketing.