Student Recognition

Students instructed and mentored by CDDL faculty and staff have received numerous awards across the disciplines of landscape architecture and architecture. Student enagement with the CDDL most commonly occurs through the annual Coastal Dynamics Design Studio and lab-advised independent student research. Student accomplishments include:

2025 Student Award: Ro.W. Nature Center  (Cameron Johnson and Kiley Blades)
AIA North Carolina
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2025 Student Design Award: Amphibious Manteo: College of the Albemarle’s Coastal Expansion  (Abigail Lundergan and Erin Craven)
AIA Aspire (regional conference held by AIA chapters of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina)
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2025 Student Design Award: Ro.W. Nature Center  (Cameron Johnson and Kiley Blades)
AIA Aspire
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2025 Student Special Recognition Award in General Design: Adaptive Layers: A Revitalization Plan for Belville Riverwalk Park (Caroline Coyle, Abigail Lundergan, and Kinsley Stevens)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and C. Henkel

2025 Rural Witnesses: Retracing & Reimagining Rural Architecture in the South—Freedom River Living History Museum (in collaboration with the Town of Princeville and NC State School of Architecture Design+Build Studio)
701 Center for Contemporary Art in partnership with Clemson School of Architecture and Partners of Place (Columbia, SC)

2025 Community Impact Through Design Award: Freedom River Living History Museum (in collaboration with the Town of Princeville and NC State School of Architecture Design+Build Studio)
AIA Triangle

2024 Student Honor Award in Urban Design: Sound Design: Riverside Revival: Urban Design Strategies for Coastal Development (Anna Desmone, Jui Dudhiya, Yui Omori, Jules Mainor, and Tatiana Veloso)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and C. Henkel

2024 Student Honor Award in General Design: Sound Design: The Long Marsh Forward: Adaptive Regeneration of Belville’s Riverfront (Ryan Anderson and Hannah Clarke)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and C. Henkel

2024 AIA North Carolina Student Design Award: Layered Stories: Revitalization of Belville Riverfront Park  (Abigail Lundergan and Kinsley Stevens)
AIA North Carolina
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and C. Henkel

2024 Student Award of Excellence in General Design: On the Edge: A Climate Adaptive Park for Battleship NC Memorial (Maggie Kroening and Stella Wang)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2024 Student Special Recognition Award in Research: The Role of Landscape Architecture in Supporting Central Appalachian Communities Impacted by Zombie Mountaintop Removal Coal Mines (Claire Henkel)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2024 Academy of Fellows Best Poster Award: Reclaiming Agency: The Role of Landscape Architecture in Supporting Central Appalachian Communities Impacted by Mountaintop Removal Coal Mines (Claire Henkel)
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2023 Award of Excellence in Student Collaboration: On the Edge: A Climate Adaptive Park for Battleship NC Memorial (Maggie Kroening, Stella Wang)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2023 Honor Award in Student Collaboration: Dynamic Roots (Dillon Patel, Joe Lamonica, Stephany Luna-Rivas)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2023 Student Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Design Tactics for Climate-Based Migration in Biodiversity Corridors (Marybeth Campeau)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructor of Record: M. Baldwin

2023 1st Place Winner (Design): Dredge Ecologies: Climate-Adaptive Strategies for a Changing Island in a Changing Climate (Marybeth Campeau)
16th Annual North Carolina State University Graduate Student Research Symposium
+ Advisors of Record: A. Fox and M. Baldwin

2023 Honor Award in Innovation in Design: Through Line: Establishing a Culture of Collective Stewardship through Landscape (Evan Holliday)
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and M. Baldwin

2022 Student Award of Excellence in Community Service: Seeding Resilience: Celebrating Community, Education, and the Environment at Princeville Elementary School (Spencer Stone, Madison Sweitzer, William Stanton, Rebecca Asser, Sarah Hassan, Martha Tack, Anna Edwards, Tianyu Shen, Ruixin Mao, Sara Fetty)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and C. Delcambre

2022 Student Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Dredge Ecologies: Climate-Adaptive Strategies for a Changing Island in a Changing Climate (Marybeth Campeau)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and M. Baldwin

2022 Student Honor Award in Student Collaboration: Fixed in Flux: A World Class Park Embracing Rising Waters (Brian Vaughn, Lauren Joca, Makayla Esposito, Davis Turner, Hassan Shata)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and M. Baldwin

2022 Student Award: Eagles Island Nature Park (Rebecca Curry, Marybeth Campeau, Claire Henkel, Maya Miller, Lauren Waterman)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and M. Baldwin

2022 Student Honor Award in General Design: Rivermont Park (Katarina King)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and T. Barrie

2021 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten for Students Competition: Nags Head Coastal Discovery Museum (Ryan Cooper)
American Institute of Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and R. Ranjithan

2021 Student Merit Award in General Design: Living on the Edge — The Future and New Look for Nags Head (Ruixin Mao)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and R. Ranjithan

2020 Student Honor Award in General Design: Sound Design: Reconnecting the Coastal Edge (Xinyu Li and Xinyi Liu)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and R. Ranjithan

2020 Student Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Peat/Land: Strategies for Restoration, Design, and Planning of North Carolina Peatlands (Madalyn Baldwin)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2020 Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) Global Change Fellowship (Rebecca Asser)
US Department of the Interior and NC State University
+ Faculty Sponsor and Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2020 Student Award Winner: Nags Head Coastal Discovery Museum (Ryan Cooper)
American Institute of Architects | South Atlantic Region
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, D. Hill, and R. Ranjithan

2020 Student Award Winner: Freedom River — Princeville Mobile Museum (2019 NCSU School of Architecture Design/Build Studio)
American Institute of Architects | South Atlantic Region
+ Project Advisors: A. Fox and D. Hill

2020 Student Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Peat/Land: Strategies for Restoration, Design, and Planning of North Carolina Peatlands (Madalyn Baldwin)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2019 Student Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: The Coastal Crescent Trail: Regional Analysis and Site Design for Holly Shelter Game Land (Ben Jones)
Southeast Regional Conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2019 Student Honor Award in General Design: Freedom Hill Park (Hongsheng (Neo) Geng)
Southeast Regional Conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2018 Student Analysis & Planning Award of Excellence: Brunswick Conversation and Land Planning Study (Coastal Dynamics Studio)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox, J. Hart, and D. Hill

2016 Student General Design Special Recognition (Graphics): Lennoxberry Town Center (Xinbo Du)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Student General Design Merit Award: Watertower Park (Keri Welsh)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Student General Design Merit Award: Harbor Park (Mahta Nazari Khoorasgani)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Student Analysis & Planning Special Recognition (Graphics): Coastal Green Streets (Hao Lin)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Student Analysis & Planning Merit Award: Reimagining the Cedar Street Corridor (Shujing Guo)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Student Communications Merit Award: Beaufort Natural Systems Analysis (Shujing Guo, Hao Lin, Xinbo Du, and Francisco Martin)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2016 Honorable Mention – Graduate Student Category: Beaufort Public Library (Eli Simaan)
American Institute of Architects Triangle Chapter Scholarship
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2015 Student General Design Award of Excellence: Woodser Huts (Meredith Smith)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2015 Student Honor Award for Research: Coastal ResilieNCe: The Role of Design in the Future of North Carolina’s Coast (Mikey Goranik)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2015 Student Merit Award for Communications: Coastal Dynamics Regional Study (Coastal Dynamics Seminar)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2015 First Prize – Graduate Student Category: Woodser Huts (Meredith Smith)
American Institute of Architects Triangle Chapter Scholarship
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2015 First Prize – Undergraduate Student Category: Roanoke Island Natural Heritage Trails (Lauren Woodard)
American Institute of Architects Triangle Chapter Scholarship
+ Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill

2011 Student Award of Excellence in Communications: SHIFT: infrastructure Journal (NC State University Student Chapter of the ASLA)
American Society of Landscape Architects
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox

2011 Tri-State ASLA Student Honor Award: SHIFT: infrastructure Journal (NC State University Student Chapter of the ASLA)
Tri-State ASLA Conference (GA, NC, SC)
+ Advisor of Record: A. Fox