Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2020 Johanna Whitwell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

'Evaluating the Influence of Italian Fascism on Brazilian Integralism and the Vargas Regime' advisor: John Galante

2011 Celena Dopart Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Tristan Cano Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Copper Homeostasis is Important for Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Caenorhabditis elegans."

Advisor:  José Argüello

2021 Olivia Lattanzi Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

Putting the “Other” Center Stage: Examining Modern Language and Nuances of Representation within Theatre

2013 Xuyu Qian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Hannah K. Schulz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2002 Matthew James Douglas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 Augustine K. Asumadu (MIS), Devan Blechinger-Slocum (ME), Margaret R. Gunville (ME), Sarah A. MacDonald (BME) President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Launching a Competitive Robotics Team for Physically Active Youth

Advisors:  Nancy Burnham, Alexander Smith

2016 Jessica Orr Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Chemical Engineering

2023 Rodrigo Marcenaro Palacios Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Alternative Water Treatment: Designing a floating island that integrates social & technical elements at American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece"

Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh

1998 Jennifer M. Wright Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Cosmin Tudor Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2010 John William Meklenburg Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Melinda Susanna Belisle National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Ecology at Stanford University

2005 Brian J. Catalano, Kristen J. Gervais and Ryan D. President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Preserving the Nautical Traditions and Maritime Heritage of Venice, Italy"

Advisors: Fabio Carrera and John Zeugner

2017 Hope Shevchuk Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2009 Shreelekha Mandal Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Functional Specificity of Lipid Elongases in Development"

Advisor: Joseph Duffy

2001 Brendan Morris Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Rastro: The Essence of Madrid," advisor: Lee Fontanella

2007 Colin DeGraf, Keeley Stevens Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Lateral Force Calibration for Probe Microscopy"

Advisor: Nancy Burnham

2017 Alison Paquin Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Brandon Fox Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
1995 Eric Pearson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2007 Lynn A. Worobey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Jillian Sauer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Haylea Northcott, Amanda Moulaison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Pubmed AuthorMap: A study of Research Collaboration in the Life Science Fields."

Advisors:  Liz Ryder and Dimitry Korkin

2021 Rose Noggle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2000 Virginia A. Jerome Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Mikel Matticoli Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2000 Brian A. Greenlaw Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Braden Foley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2003 Jacob M. Collins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Xavier Little Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Stephanie Bishop, Peyton Graham, Isabelle Mellor Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

“Cross-Laminated Timber and Structural Resilience” 

Advisor: Leonard D. Albano

2007 Danielle N. Sorenson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Olufunmilayo O. Adebayo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2015 Hannah Brown Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Katie A Bush National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI

2009 Debra-Ann Franck, William W. Mayo, Matthew R. Tomasko, Yanxuan Xie President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Mapping as a Foundation for Spatial Redevelopment in Monwabisi Park"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh

2011 Sarah Sawatzki Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Women in Stone: Public Displays of Feminine Tenacity in London" Advisor John Delorey

2009 Allison P. Smyth Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Drag-Aid MK, Race Car Crash Detection"

Advisor: Stephen J. Bitar

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

2011 Georgi Karkzhaliyski Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
2018 Ryan Herrmann, Fang Han, Morgan DeAngelis, Dasia Aldarondo President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Exploring Community Perceptions of Rural Wastewater Treatment Development:  A Case Study on Kamenicë, Korçë

Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh

2013 Cassandra Lynn Stacy Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2014 Ali Fuat Becan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Producer as Composer Practicum” Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering. Advisor: Scott Barton (honorable mention)

2018 Rosa Reynoso Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Muslim World in Transition—Rediscovering True Islam,”  advisor: W.A. Bland Addison

 

2019 Kyle Foley, Walker Christie, Michael Kola and Natasha Honcharik President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

A Mobile Application for Locating Treatment and Support

WPI Advisors: Thomas Balistrieri

1995 Derek N. Adams Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2015 Amy Kampa Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate