Awards
Yearsort ascending Recipient Name Title Awarded By Type Department(s) Details
2018 Takayoshi Tsutsu Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Corporate & Professional Education
2018 Elizabeth Towle Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology
2017 Luke Habib Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Exploradreams (Friendly House) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Katherine Gomes Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Rachel M Connolly Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Michael Sabbagh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Stephen J. Kmiotek Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Tiantian Zhang Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Process Engineering

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow
2017 Boya Zhou Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Ramoza Ahsan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Rui Ma Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Aviv Brest Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Ethical Framework for the Genetic Engineering of Animals,” advisor: John Sanbonmatsu
2017 Whitney Hazard Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 David Goodrich (Boy Scout Troup 54 and Cub Scout Pack 54) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Mona Elokda Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Anna C Franciosa Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2017 David Cortese Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, David Cortese
2017 Neil T. Heffernan Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Ali S. Rangwala Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Fire Protection Engineering
2017 Cheng Deng Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Caitlin Kuhlman Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Shadi Tasdighi Kalat Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical Engineering
2017 Erin Morissette Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acoustics of the Clarinet and Spaulding Recital Hall,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks
2017 Brandon King Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Aaron Pepin (GrierStrong) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Guy Katz, Ethan Merrill, Eric Solorzano, Ilana Zeldin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Microgrids: Electrical Independence for WPI
2017 Lindsay M Gurska Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Deborah Foley McManus Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Deborah Foley McManus
2017 John M. Sullivan Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Daniel Shrives Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Rowing Telemetry System (RTS)” RTS is a modified oarlock capable of collecting performance metrics allowing coaches to make the changes in rowers’ forms that win races. 
2017 Qiuyi Hong Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Tabassum Kakar Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Rui Xiang Du Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical Engineering
2017 Olivia Leavitt Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Repeat and Refrain:  Making A Renaissance Villancico Modern,” advisor: Douglas Weeks
2017 Miranda Lawell Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Zeta Psi Fraternity (Extra Life) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Avery Ingegneri, Hannah Mikkila, Stephanie Salerno, Markus Zimmerman Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Screw Fossil Fuels
2017 Bryce C Kaw-Uh Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2017 Marni Hall John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Marni Hall
2017 Adrienne Hall-Phillips Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Foisie Business School

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Grayson Baum Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Rowing Telemetry System (RTS)” RTS is a modified oarlock capable of collecting performance metrics allowing coaches to make the changes in rowers’ forms that win races.
2017 Haiyan Liang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Xiao Qin Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Ramoza Ahsan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Nicole Mattson Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“For Every Hour:  Twenty-Four Prose Poems,” advisor: Joshua Harmon
2017 Jack Murphy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Victoria Loehle Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 James Mayer Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, James Mayer
2017 Tanek Zhang Teaching Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation

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