Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2008 Christina L. Ernst Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Erika DiLorenzo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Yakov Kronrod Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2002 Win D Cheung National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins

2022 Callan Moriarty Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2015 Ginger Adams, Melissa Galgano, Kylie Juarez, Mercedes McDermott Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Taking the Higher Ground: Growing Cleaner on Boston's Rooftop Farm

2013 Nouran Abdelfattah Gates Cambridge Scholarship Winner Cambridge University Graduate Biology & Biotechnology, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Growing up in Cairo, in the midst of the overwhelming inequalities in the healthcare system, I wanted nothing more than to become a practicing physician focused on improving healthcare quality for all. As I became integrated in the science behind the medical field, I was hooked. During my undergraduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, I have become fascinated by the field of cancer biology and its vast molecular processes. For my senior thesis at Harvard Medical School, I chose to focus on stem cell biology and cancer using the genetically-tractable zebrafish model of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Since then, my passion is to understand the molecular underpinnings governing the genesis of tumors and be able to relate my studies in human patients. I am very honored to become part of the Gates community and I hope to one day contribute to the growth of translational research and become a leader in the Oncology field.

2004 Steven J. Tufo Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Considering the Absurd, Judgment, and Love: Albert Camus' Revolt Against Death," advisor: John Sanbonmatsu

1983 JoAnne Shatkin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Amy T. Mazzucotelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2014 Nyansafo Aye-Addo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Artur A. Janc Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
1997 Cynthia C. Young Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1981 Carol L. D'Autrechy Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Maureen Upton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2022 Munevver Elif Asar Sarikaya Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Office of Sustainability

Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Energy_intensive Industrial Drying by Novel Drying Methods

2003 Deborah K. Shea Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2022 Juliette Spitael Advisor: Adryen Gonzales Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œPrac in HUA: Advanced Contemporary Work,”

2023 Kirsten Roethel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2002 Jack N. Waddell The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
2014 Bohao Li Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œLee Teng-hui and a New Taiwanese Nationalism” Major: Computer Science. Advisor: Jennifer Rudolph

2011 Sarah Conlin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Infamy: The Before After", Advisor James Cocola

1998 Quach B. Hai Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Self-Sponsoring Writing at WPI," advisor: John M. Trimbur

2006 Andrew J. Law Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1995 Matthew W. Heath Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 KarenΒ Anundson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Douglas Reilly Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation

2013 Nouran Abdelfattah Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Manh-Hung Le Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2001 Anthony Zamarro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2021 Jocelyn L. Mendes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2004 Meghan E. Smith Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2018 Alexander Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2023 Samuel Darer, Sara Frunzi, Alexandria Sheehan President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Living with Fracking: Women’s Narratives from ZharrΓ«z, Albania

Advisors: Leslie Lynn Dodson, Robert Hersh

2019 Alex Puhalski Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Eli Frank Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2009 Sarah Albrecht Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Motives for Change: Signac's Stylistic Shift," advisor: D. Samson

1993 Christopher G. McKeever Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From an Alphabet to Strange and Interesting Designs: an Analysis" of Musical Notation," advisor: Douglas G. Weeks

2014 Anh Do Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1995 James P. Naughton Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Alissa Ostapenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2004 Amanda A. Roberts Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Paul A. Moran Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
1998 Sashe Kanapathi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Daniel J. Asselin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2001 Keith Lepine Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Sydney Borrello Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2012 Andrei Ilyashenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Adam Collins, Zach Huaman, MaryLouise Ross, Branden St.Jacques Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

River of Mercury: Solutions for Tomorrow

2017 Kyle Coleman, Aidan Mayer, Kelley Townley, Kristophe Zephyrin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Pedestrian and Environmentally Focused Infrastructure