Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2022 Rachel Maurice Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing
2022 Zoe Reidinger Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
2022 Lauren Paul Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Yizhou Yan Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2014 Aaron Benjamin Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Tutor and MASH leader in the Academic Resources Center

2023 Alex Friedman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Ally Breen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Songbai Ji Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
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

2023 Alex Boucher Jr Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Structural Analysis of Kek1's Interaction with the EGFR"
Advisor:  Joe Duffy

 

2023 Nicole Dombrowski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Feasibility of Using a PIPs Detector for Neutron Detection"
Advisors: Marcel Blais, David Medich


 

2024 Olivia Spielberger. Advisor: Roshanak Bigonah Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Creative Arts:  "Visual Persuasion, Ocean Empathy."

2024 Duncan Soiffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2024 Rose Bohrer Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science
2016 Ryan Herrmann Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Gaetano J. Scuderi Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Vincent N. Azzolino Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Richard D. Sisson Jr. Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation​

2015 Christopher Hango Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"The Five Stages of Grief: A Composition and Performance for Brass Ensemble"

Advisor: Douglas Weeks

2016 Katherine Picchione Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Mark Mantell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Sigma Phi Epsilon (St. Baldrick's Foundation) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2015 Xinxin Ding Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2016 Rajib Mallick Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Christina Aiello Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2007 Elizabeth Tomaszewski Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Facilities Office

Read the citation: 2007 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2004 Judith E. Miller Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Read the citation: 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award

1989 Harold W. Hilsinger Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics
1973 James Hensel Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts
2004 George Pins Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2004 Academic Advising Award

2004 Nikolaos A. Gatsonis Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2004 Outstanding Research Award

1990 Paul W. Davis Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences
2005 Kristen L. Billiar Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2005 Romeo Award

2014 Terri Camesano Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Terri Camesano Receives 2014 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at WPI Commencement

2016 Lindsay Lozeau i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Advisor: Terri A. Camesano;  "AMProtection: Tomorrow’s Antimicrobials Fighting Today’s Infections"

Best Overall

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 

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

2012 Xiuping Chen Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Origins and Characteristics of Chinese Cyber Nationalism”, Advisor:  Jennifer Rudolph

2010 Mortada Najem Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Human Applicable Cloning: the Islamic Debate,” advisor: Bethel Eddy

2005 Karim G. Makram Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Breaking Out," advisor: Lorraine Higgins

2000 Emily Reynolds Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Becoming a Woman: A Look at the Influences of Patriarchy, Materialism and Relationships in The Great Gatsby and The Color Purple," advisor: Lisa Lebduska

1994 Karl F. Dicker Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Comprehensive History of Black Baseball," advisor: Deborah Gray

1989 Jeffrey L. Quirke Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Tragedy and the Gothic," advisor: Kent P. Ljungquist

1984 Walter F. Precourt, III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Henry V: Shakespeare's Ideal King"

1994 Kevin P. Worden Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2013 Sarah Ann Cote Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Krista L. Dietz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2006 Amanda E. Lewis Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering