Welcome Spring 2022!

Student Spotlight

We’re so happy to welcome our newest MA in Sustainable Design students! As always, they bring passion and a diversity of experiences and backgrounds. We have five students staring this semester:

  • Luv Bajaj
  • Solomon Sanchez
  • Kevin Schultz
  • Virginia Smith
  • Anna Stark

You can read about each of them, as well as all of our returning students, on our STUDENTS page.

Starting a Masters degree — especially while working, navigating a pandemic, and social unrest — is a big commitment. We’re so proud of all of our students — and alumni — who have not only committed to pursuing graduate school, but also to changing their perspectives, changing their designs, and changing our world. We are all very lucky to have them as part of the program.

If you’re curious if this program might be right for you, please join one of our upcoming informational webinars. We also invite you to explore the other blogs on this site as well as our YouTube channel.

Denise DeLuca / Former Director

Denise DeLuca is the Director of MCAD’s Sustainable Design program. She was co-founder of BCI: Biomimicry Creative for Innovation, a network of creative professional change agents driving ecological thinking for radical transformation. Denise is author of the book Re-Aligning with Nature: Ecological Thinking for Radical Transformation, which was illustrated by MASD alum Stephanie Koehler. She also teaches with the Amani Institute.

Denise’s previous roles include Education Director for the International Living Future Institute, Project Manager for Swedish Biomimetics 3000, and Outreach Director for The Biomimicry Institute. Denise is a licensed civil engineer (PE) and holds a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering with a focus on modeling landscape-scale surface and groundwater interactions.  In addition, Denise is a Biomimicry Fellow and a member of the Advisory Council of The Biomimicry InstituteBoard Member of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), on the editorial board of the Journal of Bionic Engineering, and an Expert with Katerva. Denise is based in Oregon.

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