University of Cincinnati in 2018
This $20,000 Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant is to establish a Cross-disciplinary Architectural Lighting Education by developing and delivering a new architectural lighting course in the three programs of Architecture, Interior Design and Architectural Engineering with Julian Wang as the Principal Investigator. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2022.
The University of Minnesota in 2018
This $20,000 Nuckolls Fund Grant is to assist in the development of a Lighting Design Minor and to develop and deliver a new course in lighting design titled Lighting Design Innovations and Technological Advances with Abimbola Asojo and Mary Guzowski as the Principal Investigators. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2019.
The University of Oregon in 2018
This $20,000 Nuckolls Fund Grant is to develop and deliver a new course in lighting design to be called Virtual Lighting Design with Slobhan Rockcastle as the Principal Investigator and project support by Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, David Grigsby, Zachary Suchara, Nathaniel Jones and Naomi Miller. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2019.
Edison Price Fellowship Grant in 2018
This $10,000 Grant was awarded to Seunghae Lee Ph.D. from Oregon State University who will pursue a summer internship with the lighting design firm of Lam Partners in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jonas Bellovin Scholar Achievement Award in 2018
This $5,000 Award was given to Dixon Stein who is studying lighting the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Stein is graduating in 2018 from the Environmental Design Program with an emphasis in architecture and pursued a lighting design certificate through the architectural engineering program. He will use his award to start his career in lighting and help offset student loans.
Jules Horton International Student Achievement Award in 2018
This $5,000 Award was given to Archanaa Pradhapan, from India, who is studying lighting at Pennsylvania State University. Ms. Pradhapan is pursuing a Master of Science degree in their Architectural Engineering Program excelling in six lighting courses to date. She will use her award to help fund her continued studies and reduce some of her student loans.
Designers Lighting Forum of New York Student Achievement Award in 2018
This $5,000 Award was given to Riley Johnson who is studying lighting at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Mr. Johnson completed his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering with a lighting option and will begin a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering with a lighting option later this year. He will use his award to help pay the tuition to finish his Master’s degree.
Designers Lighting Forum of New York Student Achievement Award in 2018
This $5,000 Award was given to Joanna Filter who is studying lighting at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Ms. Filter held the highest cumulative grade point average across all three Parsons lighting design degree programs. She will use her award to pay for costs related to her thesis research and to pay down a portion of her student loans.
University of Texas at San Antonio in 2017
This $20,000 Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant was given to Jae Yong Suk Ph.D. as the Principal Investigator to develop and deliver a new course in lighting for upper level undergraduate students in both their Architecture and Interior Design Programs. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2021.
University of Idaho in Boise Idaho in 2016
This $20,000 Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant was given to Leyla Sanati Ph.D. as the Principal Investigator to develop and deliver a new course in lighting in the College of Art and Architecture, but the course will also be available to students in interior design. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
Philadelphia University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 2016
This $20,000 Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant was given to James Doerfler, Lyn Godley, Matthew Gindlesparger, and Lauren Baumbach as the Principal Investigators to develop and deliver a new course called “Lighting Design”. This course will be the first of four courses that will create an undergraduate Lighting minor and a graduate Lighting concentration across two colleges at the university. This grant is scheduled to be completed in 2020.