Three undergraduate Design students won awards at the 29th annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum this year. Interior Design majors Morgan Vereb and Averi Wolf, along side Industrial Design major Sarah Kocher, were selected as winners in their categories from over 200 presentations from senior undergraduate researchers. 

Sarah Kocher’s project “TravelReady Currency Package: Enhancing the Currency Exchange Experience” won 2nd place in the Business, Society & International Relations category. 

Morgan Vereb’s project “Channels of Knowledge: The Future of Community Library Design” won Honorable Mention in the Human Experience category as well as the Civil Discourse for Citizenship Award. 

Averi Wolf’s project “Woven Roots - A Holistic Women’s Wellness Center” won the Center for Ethics and Human Values Award. 

The Denman Forum is meant to showcase research from the brightest undergraduates at Ohio State, and we applaud these students for this well-deserved honor and celebrate their excellent work and determination! 

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The Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum is an annual event that showcases research projects from the brightest undergraduates at Ohio State. Since 1995, the Denmans have supported this forum and continue to promote Ohio State as alumni. Thanks to the generosity of the Denman family, our Honorable Mention winners received $200; Third Place received $300, Second Place, $400; and our First Place winners received $500. 

In addition to the generous awards provided by the Denmans, we also partner with several organizations to award discipline-specific prizes, including the Center for Ethics and Human Values, the Infectious Disease Institute, the Secondary Data Core, and the Sustainability Institute.