Barbara King Scholarships

This scholarship is awarded to Iowa State University Graduate, 4th or 5th year landscape architecture students who demonstrate professional potential and entrepreneurial spirit through submitting a proposal that outlines relevant past or proposed activities. Award amounts are determined based on a budget (Typically around $2,500) submitted by the applicant that outlines how funds will be used (see link to documents below for detailed information

Deadline

Applications must be submitted by Monday, April 1 at 5:00 pm to Professor Seeger by email cjseeger@iastate.edu. Proposals are reviewed by members of the Landscape Architecture Department’s Practitioners Advisory Council (LAPAC).

Documents

Scholarship Description (.doc)
Application Form (.doc)
Proposal Tips(.pdf)
Sample Budget (.pdf)

Past Proposals

Note some of these may not have been funded.

2022

• Megan Adams: Neurodivergent minds: a study of students with Asperger’s
• Mallory Sage: Planting in the ‘Post Wild-World’ A Proposal Study and Design Solution for the campus of Iowa State University
• Anupam Bose: Co-housing landscapes exploration. A visual and activity based study of the shared landscapes in cohousing communities in California

2021

• Asif Khan: Exploring neighborhood pocket parks as a response-tool for the new normal – COVID and post COVID scenarios.
• Crystal DeWulf and Miriam Jakel: The Third Coast: Exploring the ecology and experience of the great lakes
• Hossein Entezari: Impact of Shadow Density on Landscape Planting Pattern Using Rhino Grasshopper
• Maryam Maddahzad: Evaluating the relationship between the morphology of the neighborhoods and the objective and subjective safety
• Morgan Tweed: ‘On the Ground’ Charretting across Colorado to Research Local interest in a Design Center
• Parmiss Sazgar: Biomimicry, an approach in designing urban pavements for efficient water management in arid zones: a case study of Phoenix, Arizona
• Christina Thompson: Abandoned golf course initiative: Transforming abandoned golf courses into eco-friendly public green space

2019

• Fan-Kai Lin: In the Old Way: Studying the Modern Mississippi River Though the Practice of Traditional Hand-Skill
• Zoey Mauck: It’s All in The Details: Understanding Car-Free Community Design
• Riley Dunn:One STEP at a Time: A Six-Month Journey to Understand, Document, and Share

2018

• Evan Todd: OF SOUND MIND: Soundscape Documentation Strategies for Urban People Places.
• Krithika Mohan: Bhasanta Kendra
• Riley Dunn: Running Through the Landscape: Why We Run, and How the Evolution of Running and Design can Cross-Pollinate
• Michael French: An Exploration of Residential Sustainable Practices

2017

• Henry Herman: Human geography, footpaths and pedestrian transportation in remote western Nepal.
• Nick Dentamaro & Jake Oswald: Simply Soil.

2016

• Austin Dunn: The American Road Trip: Exploring The National Park-To-Park Highway By Bicycle.
• Maclaine Sorden: Distribution of Bilingual Composting Manual and further study/documentation of sustainable agriculture/permaculture sites throughout Latin America.

2015

• Tom Martin: Adaptation Of Alleyways
• Meredith Ver Steeg: Four Cities + Two Wheels
• Kyle Brown: An Exploration of Materials and Details

2014

• Neal Abbott: Helmet Regulations and Public Bike Share In Vancouver, Canada
• Tara Bounds (MLA): Discovering Creative Applications For Native Sedges in Landscape Design

2013

• Adam Mekies: Terra2Torial: The Second Generation of Design Computing: Real World Examples Leveraging Rhino & Grasshopper for the Design and Construction of Diverse Landscapes
• Hannah Luloff: Interactive Art
• Sydney Shell: Breaking the Surface, Underwater Spatial Analysis A Study of the Underwater Dynamics & New Opportunities for Sustainability in Landscape Architecture

2012

• Colby Fangman: Biological Efficiency through Mycodegradation
• Annie Glawe: Wild Simulation Ginseng Production
• Chad Hunter: The Art of Phytoremediation
• Scot Schukert (MLA): The Art & Craft of Building with Stone
• Adam Mekies: A Collaborative Approach to Digital and Analog Design and Representation

2011

• Adam Covington: Illuminating Creativity: A Lighting Study & Implementation Design for the College of Design, Iowa State University
• Jarod Farn-Guillette (MLA): Seoulscapes: Exploring video as a tool in landscape representation and geographic understanding in Seoul, Korea
• Travis Larson: Mobile Section Application: A Spatial Reference Relationship Tool
• Mike McCullough: Rediscovering the Source of Trajan’s Aqueduct “Aqua Traiana”: A Discovery through Landscape Architectural Technologies
• Jay Holinger: Fusion Garden Creating a Future for the Garden

2010

• Cody LeClaire: Vernacular in Design: Garden Design in Monteverde, Costa Rica
• Erin Mastre (MLA): Bridging Cross-Cultural Landscapes with Ecological Design
• Bruce Niedermeyer: The “R” Word: The Current Recession and Landscape Architecture in the Midwest
• Adam Novack: Developing a Treatment Plan for Unmanaged, Historically Significant Subdivisions
• Alex Priest: Dressing the Landscape/ Fashionscape: Reconfiguring space through fashion design
• Paola Sepulveda (MLA): Guerilla Cinema: The Subversive Revitalization of Public Space and Public Life in Urban Areas

2008

• Stephanie Nelson: Engaging Students in Urban Watershed Restoration
• Jason Grimm: Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes

2006

• Grant Thompson: Visual Learning: Digital Art on Campus Tour