- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
These awards offer recognition to those students who have completed outstanding Major Qualifying Projects (MQPs) as a demonstration of their competency in a chosen academic discipline. Each academic department conducts its own competition to select the winners. In 2016, nearly 50 students were recognized for their innovation and achievements in WPI’s project-based learning curriculum.
Browse Provost's MQP Awards awardees
| Year | Recipient | Type | Department(s) | Details |
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| 2020 | Dominic Cascino, Paulo Chow | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Enhancing Virtual Reality Interactions with Modular Peripherals |
| 2020 | Adam Collins, William Kopellas, David Simpson | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering |
Analyzing the Built Environment and Human Behavior through the Creation of an Immersive Space |
| 2020 | Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
Robotic Water Monitoring |
| 2020 | Catherine Sherman | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
Moss Fungal Interactions |
| 2020 | Chester Barber, Timothy Esworthy, Sydney Palmer | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering |
Tree Seedling Planter |
| 2020 | James Andon, Katherine Vasconcelos | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
BaNCE: A Simplified Model for in vivo Non-Continuous Evolution |
| 2020 | Kate Olguin, Thomas Tawadros, Mikel Matticoli, Diana Kumykova | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development |
Call of Karen |
| 2020 | Katherine Vaz Gomes | Undergraduate | Professional Writing |
Segurança e Pesquisa: A Case Study of Translation & Localization of Standard Operating Procedures in the BIOTAR Laboratory |
| 2020 | Matthew Liberacki, James Junker, Olivia Wisniewski, Brianna Owen | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
Patellofemoral Unloader Knee Brace |
| 2020 | Nicolas Amato, Zachary Huaman, Alicea Hyland, Jacob Koslow, Jordan Pickunka, Jack Procaccini, Saiyab Ranjit, William Roe, Jarod Romankiw, David Santamaria, Jake Scarponi, Braden St. Jacques, Jake Tappen | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
Design, Analysis, and Test of a High-Powered Model Rocket |
| 2020 | Olivia Gulezian, Evan LeBeau, Ken Snoddy, Ilana Zeldin | Undergraduate | Foisie Business School |
Developing Patient-Centered Mobile Application for Understanding Fatigue in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) |
| 2020 | Olivia Hunker | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Fabrication and Characterization of Asymmetric Phosphoinositide-containing Vesicles |
| 2020 | Olivia S. Gibbs, Suzanne K. Opalka, Daniela A. Schumacher, Carol T. Wang | Undergraduate | Industrial Engineering |
Optimizing Space and Workflow at the Family Health Center of Worcester |
| 2020 | Petra Kumi | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
Anomaly Detection in Time Series Brain Data Generated by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy |
| 2020 | Rosa R. Reynoso, Van W. Harting, Isabel M. Azevedo, Madison E. Cunniff, Rediet Merra Tegegne | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering, Social Science & Policy Studies |
Co-Designing for Gold Mining Safety |
| 2020 | Samantha Lor, Megan Olson, Hannah Goddard, and Laura Boccio | Undergraduate | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Wildlife Crossing Development for Highway 1 in Batipa, Panama |
| 2020 | Sarah Butts | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts |
Adaptation of Ecuadorian National Music for Chamber Music Ensemble |
| 2020 | Stephanie Salerno and Jacquelyn Valsamis | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering |
An Environmental Analysis of Recreational Cannabis Cultivation and Processing |
| 2020 | Thomas Young | Physics |
Engaging Students in Energy Related Topics Using Contextualized Lessons |
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| 2020 | Urmila Mallick | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
Social Integration: Feasibility of Free-Ranging Dogs for Animal: Welfare, Public Health, and Conservation Benefits. |
| 2020 | Zachary Emil, Andrew Robbertz, Richard Valente, Cole Winsor | Undergraduate | Computer Science |
Enhanced Alternative Communications Using AI and NLP |
| 2019 | Alexander Alvarez, Grace Gerhardt, Evan Kelly, John O’Neill, Jackson Whitehouse | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
"Design and Integration of a High-Powered Model Rocket - II." |
| 2019 | Erica Davis | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Autoimmune Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis."
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| 2019 | Hammad Sadiq | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"Transcriptional Regulation of Non-coding RNAs by Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein." |
| 2019 | Haylea Northcott, Amanda Moulaison | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
"Pubmed AuthorMap: A study of Research Collaboration in the Life Science Fields." |
| 2019 | Julia Dunn, Lauren Guertin, Madison Michaud | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"Design of a Wearable Sensor System for Prevention of Fatigue Induced Injuries in Baseball Pitching." |
| 2019 | Michael Cooke, Thomas Kouttron | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering |
"Recreating Steam Power at WPI." |
| 2019 | Nathaniel Mione and Bryannah Voydatch | Undergraduate | Physics |
"Constructing Two Dimensional Theories of Gravity for Schwrzchild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Non-Extremal Kerr Black Holes." |
| 2019 | Noah Hillman, Nick Sorensen, Marik Travnikar, Steven Viola | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"Oddisy Drone Dispatch System." |
| 2019 | Samuel Bacchiocchi, Daniela Baez, Michael Brooks, Nicholas Lewis, Miguel | Undergraduate | Foisie Business School |
"Process Improvement at Stacy's Pita Chips." |
| 2019 | Sean Fraser | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Nanoionic Particle Composite Homogenization." |
| 2019 | Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC." |
| 2018 | Abigail Hanson, Joshua Mace, Frederick Metters, Nicole Sherlock | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"Design of a Topical Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris." |
| 2018 | Allyson Day | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"Physician Bias in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and the Importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs." |
| 2018 | Colby Johnson | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Design and Synthesis of Zika Virus Protease Inhibitors." |
| 2018 | Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model." |
| 2018 | Jordan Burklund, Hans Johnson, Travis Norris, Liam Shanahan | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"SailBot 2017-18." |
| 2018 | Katharine Dunphy, Sophia Gomarlo, Katherine Moore | Undergraduate | Foisie Business School |
"Analyzing Fast-Track Effectiveness at ReadyMED Plus Worcester."
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| 2018 | Matias Campos Abad, Robert Crockett, Matthew Escalante-Hurtado, Alexander Kant, Marcus Knodler, Lucas Mancinelli, Jacob Nichols | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
"Design and Analysis of CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit." |
| 2018 | Michael Giancola | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Permutation-Invariant Consensus over Crowdsourced Labels." |
| 2018 | Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering |
"Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization." |
| 2018 | Siddhant Pandey | Undergraduate | Physics |
"High Accuracy Electrodynamic Calculations using Hermite Finite Elements." |
| 2018 | Tristan Cano | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Copper Homeostasis is Important for Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Caenorhabditis elegans." |
| 2018 | Virginia Nunez | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
"Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." |
| 2017 | Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski | Undergraduate | Foisie Business School |
"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching." |
| 2017 | Christopher Pierce | Undergraduate | Physics |
"Removal of Accidental Degeneracy in Cubic Quantum Dots." |
| 2017 | Dong Hyun Ko, Steven Laudage, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Pelgrift, Samuel Young | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
"Design and Analysis of the Sphinx-NG CubeSat (III)." |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Letourneau | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen." |
| 2017 | Kaitlin Beach (ME), Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark (ME), Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching." |
| 2017 | Kyle Morrison | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"The CRISPR Enzyme Cpf1 as a Tool for Gene Regulation." |