The best of the IQPs completed each year are entered into the President's IQP Awards Competition. They go through an initial screening process in which a committee of faculty selects six of the very best to compete in the final round of the competition. These projects are presented orally to an audience that includes a prestigious panel of judges drawn largely from outside of WPI and chaired by the president of WPI. That panel then selects the winners and honorable mentions based on the presentations and the project reports. Following are the executive summaries of the winners.
2005 Winners
- Irrigation Development to Improve the Lives of Impoverished Children (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)
- Composting for Sustainable Waste Management
- Assessing Prepay Water Metering in the Informal Settlements of Windhoek
- Developing a Robotics Outreach Program
- Preserving the Nautical Traditions and Maritime Heritage of Venice, Italy
2004 Winners
- Energy Efficiency Guidelines for Low-Cost Housing
- Development of Communal Washing Facilities for the Northwest Settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
- The Development of an Irrigation System in the Village of Nong Din Dam
- Noise Monitoring in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Increasing Awareness of Lahu Culture through Solar Technology
2003 Winners
- Building a Cyclist's Conform Guide
- Analysis Model of Resources for Costa Rican Firefighters
- Water Management in the Upper Catchment of the Kuiseb River Basin
- Optimizing Parking Regulation Enforcement and Revenue Collectionin the City of Cambridge
- Recommendations to Improve Quality of Life at the Pakkred Home
2002 Winners
- Micro-Hydroelectric Power in Kre Khi, Thailand
- The Dunes of Venice: A prototype for the Environmental Atlas
- Talking Chip Technology
- Electricity Cutoff in Klong Toey Slum, Bangkok
- Dickens House Museum Photography Collection
2001 Winners
- Educational Web Page Accessibility for Blind and Low Vision Users
- Enhancing Public Awareness of Ozone Pollution
- Improving Hill-Tribe Education with Solar Power
- Marketing the Museum of Science to College Students
- Re-Engineering the City of Venice's Cargo System For the Consorzio Trasportatori Venexiani Riuniti
2000 Winners
- Aquaculture Techniques Applicable to Developing Nations (First place)
- GIS Development in Costa Rica (Second place)
- A Study of Employee Satisfaction at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (Second place)
- An Assessment of Impacts of Relocation in a Thai Village (Third place)
- Transcription and Cataloging of the Robinson Reports (Third place)
1999 Winners
- Refining the Wheelchair Prescription Process (First place)
- A Study of Marketing Possibility at Lankester (Second place)
- Health Care System of Cyprus (Third place)
- Speech, Language and Hearing Centre (Third place)
1998 Winners
- Open Chest Cardiac Massage (First place)
- Analysis of Sewer Holes and Canal Wall Damage in Venice, Italy (Second Place)
- Solar Energy (Third place)
- Barriers to Municipal Recycling (Runner-Up)
- The Effectiveness of the Veterinary Health Diagnostic Program (Runner-Up)
- Energy Saving in the Home (Runner-Up)
1997 Winners
- Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Implementation of HIFLO Vacuum Sewerage System within the City of Venice (First place)
- Soil Erosion in the Cayaguas Watershed Area and its Impacts on Local Agriculture and Public Water Supply in Puerto Rico (Second place)
- A World Without Frontiers: A System Dynamics Model of a Hypothetical Urban System for Use in an Educational Game (Third place)
- Medical Decision Making and the Informed Patient: Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation (Runner-Up)
- Source Waste Reduction (Runner-Up)