Congratulations to this year’s in-person Research Open House award winners. We celebrate you, your accomplishments, and the future of your achievements.
People’s Choice Award –
- Awarded to: Greg Sheward and Jason Vigneri-Beane, School of Architecture, for Cephalic Structures: Robotically Printed Eco-Composites
![two people, in gallery room, discussing in front of oval vase sculptures in various materials](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image1.jpg)
Sustainability Award – The research that best represents the importance, possibilities, or the future of sustainability.
- Awarded to: Helio Takai and Cindie Kehlet, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Karol Murlak, School of Design, for Aqua-Sacs
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Innovation Award – The research that offers the most unique approach to the research/creative process or the most unique outcome.
- Awarded to: Meta Brunzema, School of Architecture, for The River Pool at Beacon and Its Civil Rights and Environmental Movement Origins
![multiple people in a computer lab, working on screens, very happy and enthusiastic about what is being worked on](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image5.jpg)
![man, standing in front of graphic detailing research open house, smiling, wearing patterned shirt with fish](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image3.jpg)
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.
- Awarded to: Anthony Cocciolo, School of Information, for Introducing the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N)
Start-Up Power Award – The research that suggests the great possibility to become a for-profit start-up or a non-profit organization. Awarded to: Lawrence Blough, David Burney, and Deborah Gans, School of Architecture, for the Co-Housing Center
![professor and student, in lab, speaking](https://www.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image2.jpg)