Students completing honors in undergraduate thesis work are required to seek out an Environmental Design faculty member to chair their thesis committee. On Monday, Oct. 4, ENVD honors students switched it up. During a chair mixer, hosted in third-floor studio space, each student rotated between other chairs from different disciplines to gain interdisciplinary perspectives on their research question and methods. 

Given constraints of five minutes using five slides, students had to convey their entire process to an outside faculty professional. Honors thesis students will integrate the feedback into their work, which they'll continue to revise until the final presentation is due in early December. In the spring, students will present their concluded research at the Honors Symposium in March. 

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Last month, the Environmental Design honors thesis students took part in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Sidewalk Symposium. The Sidewalk Symposium encourages undergraduates to create and share their research and creative presentations with chalk on campus walkways. 

Passerbys could view the honors thesis sidewalk chalk art and graphics in the Visual Arts Plaza, an area tucked between the ENVD building and the UMC. 

"This was a great opportunity to display some of the novel undergraduate research in ENVD to the greater CU Community," ENVD Instructor Danielle Bilot said.

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Next Friday, March 8, 2019, Environmental Design will host its annual Honors Symposium. This event gives ENVD honors students the opportunity to present their honors projects to an audience, and open the floor for questions and discussions. 

This year, ten students will be presenting honors projects. See them present on March 8, from 12 - 1:30 p.m. in ENVD 134. Learn more about their topics below.

Adam Bunce
A Retrofit Design that Hybridizes Conventional and Low Impact Stormwater Infrastructure

Stella Coble
Fascist Icon to Fashion Headquarters: An Examination of the Palazzo della Civiltá Italiana

Abe Proffitt
Patterns of Disparity in Cycling Infrastructure: A Comparison of Neighborhood Access in Denver

Winter Roybal
Engaging Youth in Interpretive Education at Historic Sites in Â鶹ӰԺ

Kate Sector
Inspired by Nature: Mutually Beneficial Design Metrics for Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado

Emily Sherman
Increasing Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change Through Design

Erick Sherwood
Achieving a Successful Olympic Games and an Enduring Host City Legacy through Architecture and Planning

Sara Taketatsu
Initiating Affordable Housing Design through a Community Based Process

Cale Wagner
Denver’s Waiting Spaces: Designing Data-Responsive and Modular Public Spaces

Brooke Williams
Innovation Districts: Evaluating Equity within the Knowledge Economy Paradigm

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