Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2021 Matthew J. Adiletta Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2022 Katelyn Quinn-Cyr Advisor: John Sanbonmatsu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Understanding the True Relationship Between Women and Mental Illness”
2009 Jeffrey Marrion Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Philosophy and Film: Existentialism and Place," advisor: J. Sanbonmatsu
2023 Yihong Xu Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
1993 Henry R. McTague Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Do Animals Have Rights?," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2013 Timothy Grupp Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Sarah E. Walsh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Rebecca Sharpe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Matthew Cyr Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
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
2020 Matt Desrosiers Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation
2009 Christina E. Grant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2021 Sydney E. Messey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2001 Yakov Kronrod The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2008 Maggie Allard Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Butterfly (animated short)," advisor: Joshua Rosenstock
1988 Jeanette M. Cheetham Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Mask: a Window to Understand the Eskimos," advisor: Ruth Smith
2014 Paul R Bender Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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
1994 Kevin M. Shea Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Faith Kurtz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Mark Tyler Hawthorne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Elizabeth Schreiber Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2022 Sean Burns Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Jessica Walsh Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2003 Ryan Patrick Jones Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Ministry: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean O'Donnell
2014 Kristin Elizabeth Poti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Jennifer E. Yambert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2012 Erin L. Armstrong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Jennifer M. Persico Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2005 Warren J. Schudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2020 Noah McQueen Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

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2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Alexa Itsines, Katie Long, Trinity Tedsten, Carly Whittle, Kristen Southan Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Increasing Accessible HIV Screening in Zimbabwe
2008 James P. Chryssanthacopoulos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
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
2022 Trevor Paley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2019 Haylea T. Northcott Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Peter Osswald Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"America's War in Afghanistan", Advisor Bland Addison
2023 Sol Giesso Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
1998 Ian E. Parmenter Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Work in Progress: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean M. O'Donnell
2016 Brittany Neumann Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

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