The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) congratulates the winners of the 2022 AIAS Honor Awards. Each year the AIAS honors individuals and groups for their exemplary work in areas such as leadership, collaboration, scholarship and service.
The AIAS Honor Awards were developed to publicly recognize outstanding achievements by students, educators, and practitioners who have exhibited an exemplary commitment to the education and development of architecture students. The AIAS is thrilled to add these individuals and chapters to the long list of exemplary members of the organization. The AIAS community will congratulate all of the award recipients during this year’s Grassroots conference July in Washington, D.C.
The 2022 Award Winners this year are:
ADVOCACY AND IMPACT HONOR AWARD
- Victor Gonzalez, University of Colorado Boulder
ALUMNI EMERGING PROFESSIONAL HONOR AWARD
- Heli Shah, Assoc. AIA, NOMA
- Honorable Mention – Jeremy Gentile, Assoc. AIA
CHAPTER HONOR AWARD
- An-Najah National University
- Honorable Mention – California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
CHAPTER LEADER HONOR AWARD
- Amalia DeSardi, Arizona State University
- Dhruvi Rajpopat, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Katherine Neuner, California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
- Honorable Mention – Martyne Miller, Marywood University
DESIGN EXCELLENCE HONOR AWARD
- Endian (Duncan) Xu, Cornell University
- Honorable Mentions – Tabitha Summers, University of Virginia, and Dominic Armendariz & Bobby Nolen, University of Texas at Austin
EDUCATOR HONOR AWARD
- Taryn Sabia, University of South Florida
OUTSTANDING FREEDOM BY DESIGN PROGRAM HONOR AWARD
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
OUTSTANDING FREEDOM BY DESIGN PROJECT HONOR AWARD
- University of Arizona
- Honorable Mentions – California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo and New Jersey Institute of Technology
2022 AIAS HONOR AWARD JURY
Additionally, the AIAS would like to thank our AIAS Honor Award Jury members for their passion and volunteering their time to review the submissions of all the exceptional candidates in each category.
