Sarah O’Brien, a senior in industrial design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has placed first in the 15th annual Student Design Competition run by the International Housewares Association.
She will receive $2,400 and an all-expense paid trip to the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago on March 16-18. There, O’Brien will make contacts that may lead to selling her product idea to a manufacturer or securing a job upon graduation.