Since his senior year at college, Chen has been seeking out international and domestic design competitions of all sorts to test his skills, and thus far he has earned over 70 different design awards, 55 of which are amongst the leading international awards.
但該校設計所研二生陳彥廷卻是個少之又少的例外，他從大四起就開始積極參加國內外各種設計競賽，至今已獲得七十多個設計獎項，其中更有 55 項屬於國際頂尖的設計大獎。