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 | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2015 | Daniele Mucaro | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Gould | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | "Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions" Advisor: P.K. Aravind |
| 2019 | Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC." |
| 2022 | William Cross, Adrian Curless, Alexander Simoneau | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | “Ultrafork and Focused KSM: Tools for Memory Optimization in Duplicate Containers” Advisor: Craig Shue |
| 2016 | Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies" Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo |
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| 2008 | Daniel Capozzo, Robert Groezinger, Keet-Fung (Frankie) Ng, Marisa Siegel | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Manufacturing Engineering | "Generation Y, Baby Boomers and Web Design: Usability Through Eye Tracking" Advisor: Soussan Djamasbi |
| 2020 | Dominic Cascino, Paulo Chow | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Enhancing Virtual Reality Interactions with Modular Peripherals |
| 2023 | Jeffrey Marsh | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella enterica: cloning, expression, and purification of CopA transporter and CueO cuproprotein" Advisor: José Argüello |
| 2015 | Brian Eccles, Brendan McLeod, Timothy Murcko, Thomas Watson, Mitchell Wills | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "WALRUS Rover" Advisors: Sonia Chernova, Taskin Padir, Ken Stafford |
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| 2007 | Brandon Germain, Robert Shaw | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development | "From FPS into Strategy CTF in UT2k4" Advisor: David Finkel |
| 2021 | Jessica M. Kelly | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | |
| 2023 | Jessica Wang | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Tiling of Prime and Composite Kirchhoff Graphs " |
| 2009 | Christopher John Pauli, Matthew Clark, Zachary Tetreault, Justin Thomas | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "Green Guide for Roads Rating System" Advisors: Frederick Hart, Rajib Mallick |
| 2017 | Kaitlin Beach, Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark, Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | "Expandable Blades for Precision Veterinary Myringotomy." |
| 2021 | Nasim Mansuri | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Professional Writing | |
| 2015 | Evan White | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | |
| 2009 | Eric Andresen | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Professional Writing | "Rhetoric of Global Warming: Multimodal Arguments in Public and Scientific Contexts" Advisors: Lorraine D. Higgins, Chrysanthe Demetry |
| 2019 | Erica Davis | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Autoimmune Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis."
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| 2022 | Collin Broderick, Adrianna Staszewska | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Data Science | “Defect Detection Automation for Metal Additive Manufacturing with Deep Learning” Advisors: Diana Lados, Rodica Neamtu |
| 2016 | Laura Antul | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Markets" Advisor: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm |
| 2008 | Michael Demers, Ryan Lehrmitt, Robert Pantalone | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Manufacturing Engineering | "High-efficiency Coolant Nozzle Design for Abrasive Wire Wafer Slicing Machine" Advisor: Yiming Rong |
| 2020 | Sarah Butts | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | Adaptation of Ecuadorian National Music for Chamber Music Ensemble |
| 2023 | David Datta | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | "Simulating Intestinal Microbiotic Interactions with Agent Based Modeling" |
| 2015 | Angelica Zawada, Tyler Alexander, Nysa Casha | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | "Determinants of Success in WPI Student-Led Organizations" Advisors: Jim Doyle, Sharon Wulf |
| 2007 | Andrew Port, Jeremy Ristau | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "One—Dimensional Viscoelastic Cell Motility Model" Advisor: Roger Lui |
| 2021 | Manon C. Miller | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | Characterizing the Importance of the CO1 SLiM in Regulating Kek5's Activity |
| 2023 | Rachel Chan, Mackenzie Damon, Giulia Herszage Rocha, Kelly McDonald, Madelyn Thrasher | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | : "Device to Aid in Mechanical Ventilation of Obese Patients" |
| 2009 | Krista Leigh Dietz, Alexandra Valeria Kulinkina | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "Brackish Water Pretreatment" Advisor: Jeanine Plummer |
| 2018 | Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | "Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization." |
| 2021 | Luigi Apollon, Kathryn Nippert, Emily Stead | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Psychological Science | |
| 2015 | Mark Mantell | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | |
| 2009 | Brian C. Benson, Neal K. Humphrey | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Sand-Swimming Robot" Advisors: Stephan Koehier, Kenneth Stafford |
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| 2019 | Nathaniel Mione and Bryannah Voydatch | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | "Constructing Two Dimensional Theories of Gravity for Schwrzchild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Non-Extremal Kerr Black Holes." |
| 2022 | Cole Peterson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Business School | “A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets” Advisor: Alexander Smith |
| 2016 | William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | "Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle" Advisor: David Planchard |
| 2008 | Benjamin Dwyer, Martin Maccaferri, Christian Wester | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | "Design and Realization of a Laser Holographic Otoscope" Advisor: Cosme Furlong |
| 2020 | Olivia S. Gibbs, Suzanne K. Opalka, Daniela A. Schumacher, Carol T. Wang | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Industrial Engineering | Optimizing Space and Workflow at the Family Health Center of Worcester |
| 2023 | Alex Boucher Jr | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | Structural Analysis of Kek1's Interaction with the EGFR" |
| 2016 | Daniel Driggs, William Frick, Jacob Hawes, Derek Johnson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development | |
| 2007 | Jessica Clark, Sean Mulready | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Optimal Portfolio Analysis with Turnover Constraints" Advisor: Arthur Heinricher |
| 2021 | Elizabeth Butler | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | |
| 2023 | Nicole Dombrowski | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | "Feasibility of Using a PIPs Detector for Neutron Detection" |
| 2009 | Jake Cabrera, Christopher TingHin Cheu, Natasha Deschene, Gaelen Fay Magee | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "Structural Design of the WPI Recreation Center" Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi |
| 2018 | Matias Campos Abad, Robert Crockett, Matthew Escalante-Hurtado, Alexander Kant, Marcus Knodler, Lucas Mancinelli, Jacob Nichols | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering | "Design and Analysis of CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit." |
| 2021 | Mia Buccowich, Andrew Strauss | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2015 | Rachel Blakely | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | |
| 2009 | Nicholas Amendolare | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | "Recommendations for Improving Thermal Efficiency in Massachusetts Low-Income Housing" Advisor: Robert Krueger |
| 2019 | Sean Fraser | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Nanoionic Particle Composite Homogenization." |
| 2022 | Maya Flores, Colin Stevens, Devon Poisson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | “5G User Equipment Selective Jammer” Advisors: Alexander Wyglinski |
| 2016 | Hongii Yu | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | "Dynamics of Atomtronic Battery" Advisors: Burt Tilley, Alex Zozulya |