Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Lise Jorgensen Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Lise Jorgensen
2019 Harsh Rana Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 David Goodrich (Boy Scout Troup 54 and Cub Scout Pack 54) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Stephanie Cappelli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2007 John Bosch, Joseph Hsu, Erin Mazuera, Kelly Osberg Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Demographic Preferences in Web Design: Usability Testing Through Eye Tracking"

Advisors: Soussan Djamasbi, Thomas Tullis
2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2021 Andrew Teixeira Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Read the citation:  2021 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

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2017 Lindsay M Gurska Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Kristin Wobbe Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2022 Amity Manning National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
Richard J. Sisson American Society for Metals Fellow American Society for Metals Faculty
2016 Kathryn A. Gillis Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Mbolle Akume Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2022 Darius Luo, Erin Venard, and Hannah Whitney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

“WPI Campus Center Feasibility Study for LEED O+M Certification”

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Soroush Farzin, and Shichao Liu.
2015 Yan Zhang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2003 Helen G. Vassallo Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Read the citation: 2003 Outstanding Teaching Award
2003 Steven C. Bullock Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2003 Outstanding Research Award
2008 David S. Adams Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Two Outstanding WPI Faculty Members Receive Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prizes at Commencement
2007 William D. Cunningham '77 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Philip Wild '50 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 James P. Baum '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2015 James D. Giza '95 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2015 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, James D. Giza
2015 CDR Joseph E. Santos '95 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2015 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, CDR Joseph E. Santos
2020 Adam Collins, William Kopellas, David Simpson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

Analyzing the Built Environment and Human Behavior through the Creation of an Immersive Space
2009 Christopher John Pauli, Matthew Clark, Zachary Tetreault, Justin Thomas Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Green Guide for Roads Rating System"

Advisors: Frederick Hart, Rajib Mallick
2018 Katherine Pelissari Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Emily Perlow Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Dean of Students

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2017 Marni Hall John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Marni Hall
2015 Kathi Fisler Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty
2016 Alexander Zitoli Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Kaitlin Beach, Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark, Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Expandable Blades for Precision Veterinary Myringotomy."

Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Andrea Lam (Tufts), Christine Zewe (Tufts)
2016 Matthew Dunster Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Jess Locke
2022 Anna Catlett, Dominick Gravante, Casey Willis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Repurposing PLA into 3D Printing Filament”   

Advisor: John Sullivan
2015 Sonia Chernova Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science
1987 Richard D. Sisson Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1989 Allen H. Hoffman Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 John J. West, Jr. '88 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Mark O'Neil '80 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2012 James P Dunn '67 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award, James P Dunn
2020 James Andon, Katherine Vasconcelos Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

BaNCE: A Simplified Model for in vivo Non-Continuous Evolution
2006 Richard C. Liebich ‘66 Edwin “Ted” Coghlin Jr. ’56 Humanitarian Leadership Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2009 Eric Andresen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

"Rhetoric of Global Warming: Multimodal Arguments in Public and Scientific Contexts"

Advisors: Lorraine D. Higgins, Chrysanthe Demetry
2021 Khadijah Ibrahim Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Kathi Fisler National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2022 Society of Women Engineers Organization of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lance E. Schachterle Institution of Electrical Engineering (UK), Fellow/Companion Institution of Electrical Engineering (UK) Faculty
2019 Erica Davis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Autoimmune Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis."

Advisor: Destin Heilman

 
Ozge Yasar, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2020 Mbolle Akume Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute