Provost's MQP Awards
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 Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2025 | McKenzie Anderson, Mikayla Prue | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | Rest Periods as a Buffer for Cortisol Reactivity to Unexpected Stress: An Experimental Study Advisor: Stacy Shaw, Angela Incollingo Rodriguez |
| 2025 | Tanner Thatcher, Ella Moreau, Mickey Mikitarian, Caitlyn Dasaro, William Crawford | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | Stormwater mitigation through green infrastructure at WPI Advisors; Elisabeth Stoddard, Paul Mathisen |
| 2025 | Emilia Gutman, Lauren Harrison, Jessica Hart, Isabella Lucas, Colleen Mullane | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering | SWAMP: System for Watering and Autonomously Monitoring Plants Advisors: Greg Lewin |
| 2025 | Ryan Dillon | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Professional Writing | Digital and Student Loan Repayment Resources: A Genre Criticism of Online Federal Financial Guides Advisor: Sarah Riddick
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| 2025 | Camille Gipson, Corbin Narita | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | Development of a Low Attenuation Fusion Target Cooler Advisors: William McCarthy |
| 2025 | Collin Mello, Aabid Peermohammed, William Cifone, Ziyad Ali | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | Smart Thermal Management with EHD: From Earth to Orbit |
| 2025 | Camille Williams, Sona Hanslia | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | Reconstruction of Current Density in MXenes using Magnetic Field Data from Quantum Sensor Advisors: Vadim Yakovlev, Kateryna Kushnir Friedman, Raisa Trubko |
| 2025 | Shannon Reno, Justin Che, Gavin George, Jack Mahoney, Akshay Shinde, Nathan Willemsen | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Optimizing WooSox Ticket Sales and Fan Engagement Strategies Advisors: Adrienne Hall-Phillips, Marcel Blais |
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| 2025 | Ellys Gorodisch, Keenan Jones, Owen Knizak, Hayden Padula, Caleb Prouty, Ben Skiba | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development |
Advisors: Adryen J. Rodney DuPlessis, Michael Engling, Karen Stewart |
| 2025 | Aidan Eldridge, Lauren Mitcheson, Abigail Stack, Sean Sullivan | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Industrial Engineering | Saint-Gobain Abrasives: Optimizing the Finishing Process in Bond Plant 7 Advisors: Walter Towner |
| 2025 | Alexander McInerney, Trixie Roesch | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | Philosopher’s Guide to Hypotheon Advisors: Adryen Gonzalez |
| 2025 | Laura Romania, Mateo Blumenthal, Lydia Ponomarenko, Hildey McCorkell | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering | Beaver Conflict Mitigation: Building Roadway Flooding Resiliency in West Boyltson, MA Advisors: Jeanine Dudle |
| 2025 | Jack Adiletta | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | FATE: A Fourier Accelerated Tensor Engine for Neural Networks Advisors: Ulkuhan Guler, Bashima Islam |
| 2025 | Andrew Kovacs, Brandon Lui, Trajan Epselien, Vu Le, Humza Qureshi | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Data Science |
Advisors: Daniel Treku, Matthew Ahrens, Kwamie Dunbar, Marcel Blais
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| 2025 | Ryan Offstein, Nathaniel Itty, Blake Bruell | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science |
Advisors: Gabor Sarkozy, Daniel Reichman |
| 2025 | Aaron Landry, Elion Sholla, Hillary Quezada, Alison Lopez | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | El Caño Park Enhancement Proposal Advisor: Aaron Sakulich
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| 2025 | Allison Morin | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
Advisor: Ronald Grimm |
| 2025 | Taylor Fiore | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering |
Advisor: Susan Roberts |
| 2025 | Jeremy Allen, Madeline Healy, Paige Sommers, Sroka (Haley) Sroka | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | Free Flex: Cervical Spine Protection for Post-Traumatic Injuries Advisors: Brent Faber, Karen Troy |
| 2025 | Eliza Dutson, Trevor Bush, Meghan Urakawa | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
Advisors: Pamela Weathers |
| 2025 | Peter Howell, Kylie Hoar | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
Advisors: Zheyang Wu, John Landers
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| 2025 | Sarah Durant | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Shedding Light on the Evolution of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A H5N1 with Mutagenic Analysis Advisors: Destin Heilman, Jeremy Luban |
| 2025 | Marco Legros, Benjamin Coe, Pratham Patel, Spencer Romain | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering |
Advisors: Soroush Farzin, Leonard Albano, Nan Ma |
| 2025 | Samuel Wing, Isabela Sugden, Kaitlyn Saidy, James Nicoll, Trevor Mohlman, Max Jacobson, Matthew Crane | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering | Conceptual Mission Design for Titan Sample Return Advisor: Ye Lu |
| 2024 | Soumaya El Mansouri, Lexi Krzywicki, Timothy Rinaldi | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering | Eve: Agricultural Harvesting Robotic System Advisors: Berk Calli, Yarkin Doroz, Sarah Jane Wodin-Schwartz |
| 2024 | Cailin Borovicka, Colleen Henderson, Cole Lederman, Ariel Velasquez | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering | Design, Analysis, and Testing of Ionic Wind Propulsion System for an Electric Aircraft Advisors: Zachary, Taillefer |
| 2024 | Vivienne Evans | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering |
Advisor: Nancy Ma |
| 2024 | Carter Nakagawa | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | Transcriptomics of Myosin XI Conditional-loss-of-function in Moss Advisor: Luis Vidali |
| 2024 | Stephanie Reis | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | Assessing Nucleic Acid Aptamers for the Amelioration of Copper Toxicity Advisors: Natalie Farny, Jagan Srinivasan |
| 2024 | Nick Coviello, Martin Fortou, Sophia Mularoni, Theresa Rosato | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | StomaSense: An Innovative Solution to Preventing Leaks in Ostomy Bags Advisors: Dirk Albrecht, Solomon Mensah
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| 2024 | Mae Felkner, Emily Pimentel, Kate Stoncius, Hannah Wolfgang | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | Formulating Liposomes for Increased Antimicrobial Activity Towards Staphylococcus Epidermidis Advisor: Christina Bailey-Hytholt, Elizabeth Stewart |
| 2024 | Deidra Anderson, Luke Barckholtz, Lenny Fils-Aime, Sarah Hull, Timothy Ryan | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering |
Advisor: Aaron Sakulich |
| 2024 | Jennifer Kimball, Matthew Suyer | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Data Science | Extending Course Planner for Broader Academic Coverage Advisor: Andrew Trapp
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| 2024 | William Merry, Robert Oleynick, Nathaniel Reppucci | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | SoloPlane Modular Electronic Mallet Instrument Advisors: Scott Barton, Patrick Schaumont |
| 2024 | Jack Yebba | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | Artificial Intelligence is not the End of the World: Performing as an A.I. Student Advisors: Sarah Lucie, Kathryn Moncrief |
| 2024 | Kaitlyn Byrum, Phillip Cass, Benjamin Chaves, Haley Gilbert, Raman Kaushik, Ryan Martin, Matthew Wofford | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Industrial Engineering | Optimization of Tool Wear Versus Tool Change at Affordable Interior Systems Project Advisors: Walter Towner, Christopher Brown |
| 2024 | Shannon Reno, Sarah Spencer, Maryka Tousignant, Adrianna Yuen | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | UMass MIH Program: Preparing for Growth with Data Analysis Project Advisor: Sharon Johnson |
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| 2024 | Chase Miller, Andrew Salls, Duncan Soiffer | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | The Statistics of Subsequence Advisors: George Heineman, Daniel Reichman, Gabor Sarkozy
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| 2024 | Bailey Norris | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Investigating the Effects of Salt Stress on the Morphology of PC12 Cells Advisor: Suzanne Scarlata |
| 2024 | Lorena Silva Nunes | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies, Psychological Science | Psychophysiological Effects of Social Feedback During Social Media Use Advisor: Richard Lopez
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| 2024 | Joseph Horowitz, Adam Lepore, Rebekah Mendoza, Kaleigh Walsh | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering, Social Science & Policy Studies | Restoration of the Mill Creek Salt Marsh in Chelsea, MA Advisors: Crystal Brown, Paul Mathisen
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| 2024 | Alexis Wood | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Professional Writing | The Rhetorical Construction of the 'Chemical Imbalance Theory,' and the Potential for Gut-Centric Alternatives Advisors: Shana Lessing, Reeta Prusty Rao |
| 2024 | Lillian Carleu | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Novel Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Heterocycles Advisor: Anita Mattson |
| 2024 | Michelle Sangillo | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | Investigating Fetch-Limited Wave Growth in The Coastal Alaskan Arctic Advisors: Nancy Burnham, Maddie Smith |
| 2024 | Tate Donnelly, Nicholas Frangie, Jade McEvoy, Schuyler Rae Pritchard, Abigail Rauch, Kerri Thornton | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development |
Advisors: Adryen J. Gonzalez, Ben Schneider, Gillian Smith |
| 2024 | Caitlin Ho | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | Machine Learning for System Identification and Parameter Estimation Advisor: Andrea Arnold |
| 2024 | Maxwell Onffroy, Luke Regan, Jacob Talbot, Owen Weber | Provost's MQP Awards | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
Advisor: Joe Stabile |
| 2023 | David Datta | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | "Simulating Intestinal Microbiotic Interactions with Agent Based Modeling" |
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| 2023 | Melanie Castillo, Jacob Gassenheimer, Michael Maffeo, Kristen Stilin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "A Structural Redesign of Terminal E at Logan Airport" |
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| 2023 | Abigail Berube | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | “Silanes Form Strong Bond to UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Surfaces" Advisor: Ronald Grimm |