Rocket is a competition for Ontario’s graduating industrial designers hosted by ACIDO. Graduates nominated at the top of their class from Carleton University, Humber College, OCAD University, and Sheridan College have the opportunity to pitch their final year thesis projects to a jury of select industry professionals with the top winners announced at the Rocket Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations to our 4th-year student Rocket 2023 Nominees and Award Winners!
The School of Industrial Design had 12 nominees (https://acido.info/acido-rocket-2023/).
| Gabe Farago | Abdullah Khan | Elijah Robert |
| Kat Kostina | Alesya Moshchenskaya | Janine Loo |
| Luke Wightman | Jean-Luc Sabourin | Kristina Kloosterman |
| Sofia Parra | Tommy Wiwchar | Sage Tse |
The Rocket’s awards are broken down into two areas, 3 awards of excellence and 11 sponsorship awards. Our students took third place for the awards of excellence and won six of the sponsor awards. Congratulations on amazing projects!
3rd Place – Luke Wightman
Project: Kinyonga Cart
Merit and Speciality Awards:
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Copernicus – Benefitting the Future Award Gabe Farago Project: Sprout Spot |
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Cortex – User Experience Award Alesya Moshchenskaya Project: Flexa |
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Inertia – Design Thinking Award Luke Wightman Project: Kinyonga Cart |
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Onshape PTC – 3D CAD Award Tommy Wiwchar Project: Tern EVTOL |
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Entro – Research Award Sofia Parra Project: Hesper |
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Nova Product Development – Prototype Award Jean-Luc Sabourin Project: Kunitsa EMU |
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