We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022/2023 Cooper Union Grant Program. In all, we received 43 competitive proposals and, of those, 19 were accepted based on the criteria outlined in the application, awarding a total of $138,050 in funding.

We are also excited this year to award several new AACE Lab Grants, sub-grants of the Cooper Union Grant Program, with generous support from the IDC Foundation. These grants support proposals that leverage the IDC Foundation Art, Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Lab (AACE Lab) resources to explore, develop, and implement projects and activities that will further exploration of digital fabrication, increase engagement with the AACE Lab, inspire and facilitate imaginative new ways of thinking, and/or advance diversity and inclusion efforts in the curriculum.

In addition, several of the funded projects this year are generously supported by the Benjamin Menschel Faculty Fellowship Program.

As in prior grant cycles, the selection process considered proposals' potential to advance The Cooper Union’s organizational goals and strategic priorities, with priority given to projects that address a societal challenge or civic need; involve at least two of Cooper's four areas of academic study; relate to the development or enhancement of courses that are open to all students; utilize the AACE Lab; and/or involve a mix of faculty, staff, and students.

"A Shared Language"
Dov Diamond, Student, Architecture
Sarah Saad, Student, Architecture
Michael Sluchevsky, Student, Architecture
Yunru Daisy Chen, Student, Architecture
Frederick Rapp, Student, Architecture
Martina Duque Gonzalez, Student, Architecture
Grace Ballo, Student, Architecture
Ji-Hoo Ahn, Student, Architecture
$6,500

"Anti-Colonial Infrastructure"
Nora Akawi, Faculty, Architecture
Ninad Pandit, Faculty, HSS
$10,000

"Cooper Autonomy Toolkit – A Powerful Autonomy Research Platform"
Daniel Mezhiborsky, Student, Engineering
Neveen Shlayan, Faculty, Engineering
Cooper Autonomy Lab and Cooper IGVC
$10,000

"Cooper Union Radio Club Repeater"
Gary Kim, Student, Engineering
Cooper Union Radio Club
$2,000

"CU In Space!: Cooper Union CubeSat Team"
Michelle Rosen, Faculty, Engineering
Michael Giglia, Faculty / Staff, Engineering
Dirk Martin Luchtenberg, Faculty, Engineering
Neveen Shlayan, Faculty, Engineering
Jabeom Koo, Faculty, Engineering
Alice Pisani, Faculty, Engineering
Phil Yecko, Faculty, Engineering
Douglas Thornhill, Faculty / Staff, Engineering
Jeannette Circe, Masters’ Student, Engineering
Aaryan Mahipal, Student, Engineering
$10,000

"Developing a Low-cost, Accessible Interactive Technology for Body-Tracking and Art via Movement"
Aaryan Mahipal, Student, Engineering
Amaan Rahman, Student, Engineering
Amanda Blanca, Student, Art
Lucia Rhode, Student, Engineering
Nicole Joseph, Student, Engineering
$10,000

"Direct to Plate Photopolymer Photogravure"
Anna Hutchings, Staff, Art
Nancy Paredes, Staff, Art
$2,500

"In-Classroom Machines: AACE Lab Desktop Plotters"
Benjamin Aranda, Faculty, Architecture
$4,500

"Initiatives for Working With Blockchain Technology at Cooper Union"
João Enxuto, Faculty / Staff, Art
Walid Raad, Faculty, Art
Sarah Friend, Faculty, Art
Sam Keene, Faculty, Engineering
Benjamin Aranda, Faculty, Architecture
$9,550

"Integrated Project Delivery for Solar Decathlon"
Melody Baglione, Faculty, Engineering
Sarah Coraizaca, Student, Engineering
Lionel Gilliar-Schoenenberger, Student, Engineering
Ginger Lau, Student, Engineering
Cosmas Tzavelis, Faculty, Engineering
David Wootton, Faculty, Engineering
Pamela Cabrera, Faculty, Architecture
Nader Tehrani, Faculty, Architecture
$5,000

"Interdisciplinary Symposium on Generative Methods for Architecture and Art"
Benjamin Aranda, Faculty, Architecture
Sam Keene, Faculty, Engineering
$8,000

"Plaque of Native American Land Acknowledgement"
Sage Addington, Student, Art
Luna Garcia, Student, Art
Iliana Citlali Lara, Student, Art
Athena Abadilla, Staff, Student Affairs
Cooper Union Native American Association 
$2,000

"Plasma Engineering Art: A New Medium"
Kamau Wright, Faculty, Engineering
$10,000

"Proposal for the Creation of a Student Wellness Space and the Position of Student Advisor"
Anna Konvicka, Student, Engineering
Aditi Pattabhiraman, Student, Engineering
Lucia Rhode, Student, Engineering
Nicole Joseph, Student, Engineering
Sara Yacoub, Student, Engineering
Amanda Simson, Faculty, Engineering
Cynthia Lee, Faculty, Engineering
Mili Shah, Faculty, Engineering
Neveen Shlayan, Faculty, Engineering
Samuel Keene, Faculty, Engineering
Chris Chamberlain, Dean of Students
Toni Torres, Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness
$10,000

"RECoop"
Ginger Lau, Student, Engineering
Brandon Bunt, Student, Engineering
Daniel Luo, Student, Engineering
$7,500

"Robotic Fabrication Course Development"
Zach Cohen, Faculty, Architecture
$4,000

"School of Art Archive"
Yuri Masnyj, Faculty, Art
Mike Essl, Dean, Art
Adriana Farmiga, Associate Dean, Art
$9,000

"The Architectural Affordances of the Rotary Metal Laser Cutter"
Emma Rheams, Student, Architecture
Zach Cohen, Faculty, Architecture
$7,500

"VIP@Cooper Annual Spring Showcase and Reception"
Neveen Shlayan, Faculty, Engineering
Mili Shah, Faculty, Engineering
Melody Baglione, Faculty, Engineering
Kaman Wright, Faculty, Engineering
Jennifer Weiser, Faculty, Engineering
$10,000