Entry Form 2008 Maddak Award Winners 2009 Awards Info  

34th Annual MADDAK AWARDS
2008 AOTA Conference
Long Beach, CA
April 11, 2008

Winners of the 34th Annual Maddak Awards Competition for Product Design were announced at an awards breakfast sponsored by Mr. Kurt Landsberger, CEO, Maddak Inc. during the AOTA meeting in Long Beach, CA. Six individual winners were selected by a panel of judges chosen by the AOTA. Entries were categorized as Professional or Student.

  Professional Student
1st Prize Jon Turnquist
St. Ambrose University
Safe-T-Straw 		Avital Shuster
University of Southern California
OT Plan
2nd Prize Melissa Eagen
Valley Medical Center Children's Therapy
The "Lego Locator" 		Maggie Tai Tucker
UW Dept. of Rehab Medicine - MOT Program
Castle of Colors: Tasting Adventure Game
3rd Prize Mark Tadlock
Gentiva Health Services
Egg Writer 		Deanna Aguirre & Katelyn Hegarty
Samuel Merritt College
Car Door Abductor

Professional

Jon Turnquist, St. Ambrose University – Safe-T-Straw

Melissa Eagen, Valley Medical Center Children's Therapy – The "Lego Locator"

Mark Tadlock, Gentiva Health Services – Egg Writer

Student

Avital Shuster, University of Southern California – OT Plan

Maggie Tai Tucker, UW Dept. of Rehab Medicine - MOT Program – Castle of Colors: Tasting Adventure Game

Deanna Aguirre & Katelyn Hegarty, Samuel Merritt College – Car Door Abductor