Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Juliette Spitaels Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jacquelyn Roberge Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2012 Allison R. Roche Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2007 Saad Ahmad Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2003 Griffin R. Bryant Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Torment: a Story," advisor: Michelle K. Ephraim
2009 Christina E. Grant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Cara L. DiIorio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 John P. Tassinari Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2003 Robert J. Sartorelli, Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Kyle Gerlach Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

- https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/kyle-gerlach-recognized-teaching-assistant-year-2021
2017 Alisha Anderson, Sophie Antoniou, Abigail O'Sullivan, Hannah Schulz Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Angolan Housing Design for Congolese Refugees
2022 Patrick O'Mullan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2019 Erin M. Morissette Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2014 Keith Gagnon The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2023 Gabriel Espinosa Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Physics
2006 Michael C. Brunetti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2011 Ashik Gowdar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Muted Musing", Advisor: Joseph Farbook
1983 Jack A. Nickerson, Jr. Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Siu L. Ng Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Interwar Progress in Aerial Photographic Mapping," advisor: E. Malcolm Parkinson
2010 Sean Philbrook Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 Genevieve A. Desaulniers Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2014 Timothy O'Neil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Gregory T. Krueger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2004 Matea L. Peterson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2015 Joseph Berger, Jamie Stephen, Taylor Stephen, Barrett Wolfson Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Algae Biofuel Enhancement Project
2021 Jacob Ciolfi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Ali Hussain Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2009 Alexia D. Bililies Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
2023 Ben Gobler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2005 Warren J. Schudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Michael Szkutak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Presidential Electioneering in the Television Age," advisor: J. Hanlan
2008 James P. Chryssanthacopoulos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1992 Chad L. Council Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Love Comes the Pieces of a Broken Heart - A Play," advisor: Susan Vick
2016 Megan Elizabeth Mancuso National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2002 Rachel Zimet National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering - Materials at MIT
2003 Sarah A. Linderme Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1998 Chi-Man Lock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2001 Amanda Kight Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Mark Bray Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2004 Brooke Buchholz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Danielle Snider Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis
2021 Kalani M. Picho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1994 Erik Alldredge The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
2005 Ryan M. Carey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Aaron P. Champagne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Zubin H.Patel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1987 Shawn D. Harrison Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot: the Motives Behind the Men," advisor: E. Malcolm Parkinson
1996 John D. Corbeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics, Social Science & Policy Studies
1999 Barry Posterro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences