Master's Thesis/Capstone Project Graduation Awards
Master's Student Award
Zhixin (Felicia) Luo (MSCD '24), Thesis: A 4D Diary Co-authored by Human and Machine: Interactively Visualize, Control, and Understand Data Collection and ML Computation within Built Environments
The Master's Thesis/Capstone Project Graduation Awards recognize exceptional design research through a thesis or capstone project within Carnegie Mellon Architecture's master's programs.
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Students are automatically considered by completing a thesis or capstone project within their master's program. Up to one (1) winner will be selected from each master's program each year.
Mission
Carnegie Mellon Architecture's Master's Thesis/Capstone Project Graduation Awards recognize excellence in design research that holds promise to shape the future of the built environment and to better understand how the built environment collectively shapes us in return. The award celebrates student work that contributes new knowledge with disciplinary and societal impact, particularly related to the school's mission-defining challenges of climate change, artificial intelligence and social justice.
Evaluation Criteria
Students are automatically considered by completing a thesis or capstone project within their master's program.
Reviewers: Track Chairs and associated faculty of each master's program
Award Amount: $1,000 (one (1) available per master's program)
Eligibility & Schedule
Up to one (1) winner will be selected from each master's program. The winner is announced at the annual diploma ceremony.
Award Recipients
- 2024: Kui-Yang Yang (MAAD '24), Thesis: Addressing Material Uncertainty: A Methodology for Repurposing Waste and Reclaimed Materials in Architecture
Autumn Dsouza (M.Arch '24), Thesis: Sympoetic shores: an intercalar architecture for Sri Lanka's coastal futures
Team D.O.W.J.anes: Deepanshi Jaiswal (MSAECM '23), Yunxiao Jin (MSAECM '23), Wei-Ni Ting (MSAECM '23) & Junqi Wang (MSAECM '23), Project: Social Impacts of Adaptive Reuse in the Conversion of Vacant Office Buildings to Residential in Downtown Pittsburgh
Laura Lasariia (MSBPD '24), Thesis: A Toolkit of Sustainable Surfaces for Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience
Zhixin (Felicia) Luo (MSCD '24), Thesis: A 4D Diary Co-authored by Human and Machine: Interactively Visualize, Control, and Understand Data Collection and ML Computation within Built Environments
Nandan Bhusry (MSSD '24), Thesis: Facades as passive dehumidifiers
Koushik Srinath (MUD '24), Thesis: Reclaiming Platform Futures: Towards Alternative Models of Cities and Data