{"id":7768,"date":"2017-03-28T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2017-03-28T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:28:07","slug":"design-students-recognized-at-2017-graduate-research-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2017\/03\/28\/design-students-recognized-at-2017-graduate-research-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Students Recognized at 2017 Graduate Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three graduate students from the College of Design were recognized for their research projects at the University\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium held at the McKimmon Center on Wednesday, March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. More than 200 participants presented their projects at the event, which is supported by the Graduate School and Graduate Student Association. Judges from each college evaluated students on the quality of their research, the\u00a0information presented, communication skills, and aesthetics. Winners received a plaque and a financial prize.<\/p>\n<h3>From the College of Design:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nancy-Rekhelman_MID-1st-e1490717926161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7769\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nancy-Rekhelman_MID-1st-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>First Place:<\/strong> Nancy Bekhelman, Industrial Design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Companion: Adoption matching for strong life-long bonds between pet and owner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Carolina Gill (ID); Member: Dr. Sharon Joines (ID)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Cochran_MID-2nd-e1490718066161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7772\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Cochran_MID-2nd-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Place:<\/strong> John Cochran, Industrial Design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Slow Design, Smartphones, and Sleep: A Product Intervention to Reduce Screen-time Before Bedtime<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Bryan Laffitte (ID); Members: Helen Armstrong (GD) + Dr. Dough Gillan (PSY)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7773\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Place:<\/strong> April Maclaga, Graphic Design<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Prompting In-Person Conversation Toward Empathy: Interaction Design in a Networked Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Denise Gonzales Crisp (GD); Members: Helen Armstrong (GD), and Deborah Littlejohn, PhD (GD)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Research Posters:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/symposium-poster_Nancy-Rekhelman-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7776\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/symposium-poster_Nancy-Rekhelman-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Clark-Cochran-Thesis-Proposal-Presentation-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7777\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Clark-Cochran-Thesis-Proposal-Presentation-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_-Symposium-Poster.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7793\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_-Symposium-Poster-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"570\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"Three graduate students from the College of Design were recognized for their research projects at the University\u2019s 12<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium held at the McKimmon Center on Wednesday, March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. More than 200 participants presented their projects at the event, which is supported by the Graduate School and Graduate Student Association. Judges from each college evaluated students on the quality of their research, the\u00a0information presented, communication skills, and aesthetics. Winners received a plaque and a financial prize.\n<h3>From the College of Design:<\/h3>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nancy-Rekhelman_MID-1st-e1490717926161.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-7769\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nancy-Rekhelman_MID-1st-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>First Place:<\/strong> Nancy Bekhelman, Industrial Design\n\n<strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Companion: Adoption matching for strong life-long bonds between pet and owner\n\n<strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Carolina Gill (ID); Member: Dr. Sharon Joines (ID)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Cochran_MID-2nd-e1490718066161.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-7772\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Cochran_MID-2nd-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\n\n<strong>Second Place:<\/strong> John Cochran, Industrial Design\n\n<strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Slow Design, Smartphones, and Sleep: A Product Intervention to Reduce Screen-time Before Bedtime\n\n<strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Bryan Laffitte (ID); Members: Helen Armstrong (GD) + Dr. Dough Gillan (PSY)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-7773\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Third Place:<\/strong> April Maclaga, Graphic Design\n\n<strong>Project Title:<\/strong> Prompting In-Person Conversation Toward Empathy: Interaction Design in a Networked Environment\n\n<strong>Advisors:<\/strong> Committee Chair: Denise Gonzales Crisp (GD); Members: Helen Armstrong (GD), and Deborah Littlejohn, PhD (GD)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Research Posters:<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/symposium-poster_Nancy-Rekhelman-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-7776\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/symposium-poster_Nancy-Rekhelman-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Clark-Cochran-Thesis-Proposal-Presentation-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-7777\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Clark-Cochran-Thesis-Proposal-Presentation-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_-Symposium-Poster.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-7793\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/April_-Symposium-Poster-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"570\" \/><\/a>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Design graduate students were recognized at the 2017 Graduate Research Symposium for their research endeavors in industrial design and graphic design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[19,15],"class_list":["post-7768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external-recognition","category-research-innovation","tag-_featured","tag-graphic-design"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}