Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
1994 Susan E. Daly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Patrick B. Ford Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1999 Adam El-Khishin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2002 Elizabeth Ann Donovan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2021 Munevver Elif Asar Sarikaya Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Office of Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint of Energy-Intensive Industrial Drying by Smart Dryers
2021 Matthew R. Iaconis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2005 James T. Lescoe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Brian T. Marsland Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Julia Bryant Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2009 Daniel J. Smaltz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2023 Kalina Bonofiglio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Christina Mary Bailey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2017 Muping Chen Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2016 Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia
2001 Jennifer Persico Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Jump From Resentment to Revolution," advisor: Deborah Gray
2019 Zayla D. Schaeffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1997 Seychelle A. Ricard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Kevin Hufnagle Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Blake D. Carter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Allison Ross Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2020 Cosette Domkofski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Those Who Endure,” advisor: Joseph Aguilar
2021 Kamryn P. Spinelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2005 Hunter Bennett-Daggett Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
1987 Chrysanthe Demetry Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Nathan T Nesbitt National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics and Astronomy-Condensed Matter Physics at Boston College
1995 John D. Kedziora Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Failure of Command," advisor: James E. Watters
2018 Lindsay Lozeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2013 Jacquelyn Eireann Tupper Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2014 Rosero Jose L. Ortiz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Sanjayan Manivannan The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1998 Gregory Snow Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2001 Justin Lee Sierpinski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Sanjayan Manivannan Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Jared DeMaio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2024 Regina Valencia Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2022 Meenakshi Kodali Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2006 Kathleen M. Ferguson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Matt Ryder Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Hilal Tetik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
1973 Leonard J. Brzozowski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1990 Bernard L. Dion Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Risk of Slavery: Warning Through Structure in 'Benito Cereno'"
1994 Philip M. Muller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1996 Tung L. Ng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Olufunmilayo Olatokunbo Adebayo Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Kamryn Spinelli Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Jewish Exodus from Morocco: Gauging the Social Trauma,” advisor: Mohamed Brahimi
2001 Marco Fontecchio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering