E&PDE Awards

E&PDE 2026

Best Paper: From Beats to Blueprints: Rethinking Creativity in Engineering Education, Johan Lugnet, Åsa Ericson, Anna-Karin Gullberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Best Student Paper: How Do Students’ Personal And Cultural Backgrounds Influence The Development Of Their Design Identities Within Undergraduate Product Design Education? Maciej Sidor, Krzysztof Boroniec, Ceri Almrott, Robert Tully, Technological University Dublin

Best Presentation: Set up to fail: Reflective Practice and Cultural Adaptation in Teaching Design at a Transnational Institution in China, Jon Burgess, Connor Gallagher, Charlotte Blacker, Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom and Sussex University and University of Lancashire

Best Student Presentation: Engineering Inclusion Through Tactile Innovation: Co-designing Accessible Urban Models For Disabled Users In Lambeth, Nicholas Solly, Sam Fishlock, Matt Thompson, Amy Cunningham, Lauren James, ASU London and MP Smarter Travel

E&PDE 2023

Best Paper: MATERIAL DESIGN FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE: AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH Ordóñez, Isabel; Gazulla, Cristina; Gonzalez, Marta; Koch, Martin

Best Student Paper: MIND THE GAP: THE OUTCOME MAP AS A BRIDGE FROM SYSTEMIC SENSEMAKING TO PSS DESIGN IN A CASE STUDY ABOUT CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS Gruyters, Maud; Dewit, Ivo; Van Ael, Kristel; Jacoby, Alexis

Best Presentation: PRODUCTIVE FAILURE PEDAGOGY IN ENGINEERING MECHANICS Persaud, Stefan; Flipsen, Bas

Best Student Presentation: COMPETENT DESIGNERS: INCULCATING DESIGN COMPETENCIES THROUGH COURSES Thandlam Sudhindra, Shravya; Hendra, Immanuel; Binte Abdul Muthalib, Nur Liyana; Ahmed Khan, Sumbul; T.M. Blessing, Lucienne

E&PDE 2019

Best Paper: Hannah Lutz, Hannah Cardall, Michaela Hill and Bryan Howell – Sketched: Students Identify Trends At Sutch Design Week

Best Presentation: Jan A.M Corremans and Maaike Mulder-Nijkamp Towards An Extended Design Sketch and Visualisation Taxonomy in Industrial Design Globalisation

E&PDE 2018

Best Paper: James Duncan Lowley and Astrid Skjerven – Edited Aesthetics Of Taste

Best Presentation: Ross Brisco, Robert Ian Whitfield, HIlary Grierson – Are social network sites the future of engineering design education?

E&PDE 2017

Best Paper: John Powell and Gary Underwood – Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Bournemouth University, UK

Best Presentation: Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen, Anders Warell and Santosh Jagtap –
Malmö University, Lund University, Sweden

Best Student Presentation: Jordi Segalas, Adam De Eyto, Muirann,
McMahon, Peter Joore, Marcel Crul, Renee Weaver, Alex Jimanez, University Polytechnic of Catalaunya, Barcelona, Spain; Stichting NHL, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Best Student Paper: Charlotte Asbjørn Sörensen, Anders Warell and Santosh Jagtap – Malmö University, Lund University, Sweden

Best Poster Presentation: Richard Fry
Brigham Young University, USA

E&PDE 2016

Best Paper: Carolina Gill and Merce Graell – The Ohio State University, USA, IED, Barcelona

Best Presentation: Tatjana Leblanc and Mario Gagnon – University of Montreal, Canada, Alto Design, Montreal

Best Student Presentation: Arnt Kåre Sivertsen – Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway 

Best Student Paper: Sunniva Münster – Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway

Best Poster Presentation: James Lowley – Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway

E&PDE 2015

Best Paper: Nenad Pavel and Mikael Omlid – Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway

Best Presentation: Luis Fernando Patino – EAFIT, Colombia 

Best Student Paper: Marte Soderlund – Hogskolen IOSIO og Akershus, Norway

E&PDE 2014

Best Paper: Bryan Howell – Brigham Young University – USA

Best Presentation: Moritz Mussgnung – ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 

Best Student Paper: Liesbeth Stam – University of Twente, Netherlands

Best Poster Presentation: Amos Scully – Rochester Institute of Technology – USA 

E&PDE 2013

Best Paper: Seda Yilmaz, Shanna R Daly, Colleen Seifert and Richard Gonzalez – Iowa State University – USA

Best Presentation: Marina Henrieke Sonneveld – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Best Poster Presentation: Kaare Eriksen – Aalborg University, Denmark

E&PDE 2012

Best Paper: Jasper Schelling, Bas Leurs, Saskia Best and Ingrid Mulder – Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Best Presentation: Sarah Rohaert, Chris Baelus and Daniël Lacko – Artesis University College, Antwerp

Best Poster Presentation: Luis Mejia and Maria Clara Betancourt – Icesi University, Colombia 

E&PDE 2011

Best Paper: Birgit Jobst, Paul Endrejat and Christoph Meinel – Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany

Best Presentation: Kristof Vaes, Jan Corremans and Ingrid Moons – Artesis University College, Antwerp 

Best Student Paper: Tuuli Maria Utrianinen, Antti Sonninen and Maria Kulse – Aalto University, Finland

Best Poster Presentation: Christian Mclening¹ and John Owen² – 1Aston University, UK, 2Coventry University, UK

E&PDE 2010

Best Paper: Cecilie Vatn, Bjørn Baggerud and Jon Herman Rismoen – NTNU, Norway

Best Presentation: Nigel Garland, Zulfiqar Khan and Brian Parkinson – Bournemouth University, UK

Best Student Presentation: Rouzbeh Ghazihesami, Javier Verdeguer, Snehal Jeshani, Ashwin Halai, Erwin Gowree, Jan Valtera and Ahmed Kovacevic – City University London, UK

E&PDE 2009 

Best Paper: Vicky Lofthouse – Loughborough University, UK

Best Presentation: Marieke Sonneveld – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Best Student Presentation: Iain Reid – Glasgow Caledonian University, UK