Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2011 Celena Dopart Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Xuyu Qian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Matthew James Douglas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 Ardavasd Ardhaldjia Emerging Leader of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

IFC
2004 Sidharth G. Rupani Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Adraesteia Wong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2011 Nathan T. Nesbitt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2009 Allison P. Smyth Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Santiago Rivero Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2018 Josh Gershlak Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2015 Christina Mary Bailey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2018 Jeffrey Bibeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
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
1997 Seychelle A. Ricard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2000 Brian A. Greenlaw Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2003 Jacob M. Collins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
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
2012 Nathan Olivarez Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Elliot Neil Borenstein Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2022 Julia Bryant Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
1979 Elaine C. O'Neill Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Kalina Bonofiglio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Amy E Loomis National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
2019 Cassandra Brzycki Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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1996 Mickey Lacroix Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Critique of Husserlian Phenomenology," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2019 Petra Kumi Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Understanding the Effects of Highly Ideological Music in Thailand From a Structural and Sociocultural Perspective,” advisor: Carlos Odriz
2013 Cassandra Lynn Stacy Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
1995 Derek N. Adams Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1998 Michael F. Willock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2012 Thomas Carlone Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Hillary L. Hayes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2020 Dung Pham Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2020 Minh Anh Kieu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Insiders, Outsiders, and In-Between: Asian Nonimmigrant Experience in the American Context of Intersectional Racism" advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2021 Connor J. Skinner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2024 Robert Oleynick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2012 Antonio S. Talledo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Yizheng Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Lena Pafumi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Business School

Peer Learning Assistant, Drama/Theatre
2009 Alexander G. Christakis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2023 Samantha DeFrancesco Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1990 Athena Demetry Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Individual in Israeli and Palestinian Literature"
1994 Dena N. Niedzwiecki Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Matthew Connolly Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Richard Cheng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2001 Jennifer Hardy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Olivia Foster Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering