Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
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

β€œInsiders, Outsiders, and In-Between: Asian Nonimmigrant Experience in the American Context of Intersectional Racism" advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2016 Xavier Little Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Jacob Borges, Jihan Nabahani, John Tanny Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Predictive Analytics at Connecticut Children's Center

2021 Connor J. Skinner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2021 Elaine Chen (CS), Ruchita Y. Choksey (ME), Danielle D. Upton (CME), Casey J. Willis (ME) President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Akyem Dwenase Sanitation

Advisor:  Robert Krueger

2023 Samantha DeFrancesco Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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
1979 Elaine C. O'Neill Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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"

2013 Amy E Loomis National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University

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 KamenicΓ«, Korçë

Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh

2014 Matthew Jackson, Thomas Kostelak, Leah Pervere, Sarah Quatieri President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Development of the Inspire Engineering Mentoring Program"

Advisors: Laureen Elgert and Scott Jiusto

2024 Robert Oleynick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2018 Rosa Reynoso Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œThe Muslim World in Transitionβ€”Rediscovering True Islam,”  advisor: W.A. Bland Addison

 

2014 Ali Fuat Becan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œProducer as Composer Practicum” Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering. Advisor: Scott Barton (honorable mention)

1994 Dena N. Niedzwiecki Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2015 Amy Kampa Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2011 Matthew Connolly Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Rachel Berg, Matthew Clark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"Analysis of an Onboard Infrared Camera Assembly"

Advisor: Nikos Gatsonis

2019 Petra Kumi Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œUnderstanding the Effects of Highly Ideological Music in Thailand From a Structural and Sociocultural Perspective,” advisor: Carlos Odriz

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
2016 Max Fine Levine Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Exploring the Effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth"

Advisor: Luis Vidali

2021 Mikel Matticoli Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2022 Braden Foley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Stephanie Bishop, Peyton Graham, Isabelle Mellor Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

β€œCross-Laminated Timber and Structural Resilience” 

Advisor: Leonard D. Albano

2012 Antonio S. Talledo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 YizhengΒ Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Alex Hebert Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2006 Benjamin W. Dwyer Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Spirits of the Dead: a Musical Composition," advisor: Richard Falco

2009 Alexander G. Christakis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1985 Jeanne M. Benjamin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Pet-Facilitated Therapy for the Elderly"

2010 Daniel Jonathan Smaltz National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Organic at Harvard University

2019 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2016 Katherine A. Amato Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2005 Paul P. Kastner, J. Michael McHugh, Anne L. St. Martin and Jacquelyn Youssef President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Assessing Prepay Water Metering in the Informal Settlements of Windhoek"

Advisors: W. Bland Addison and Stephen J. Weininger

2013 Robert Dabrowski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Do Robots Have Freedom?", advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

1994 Susan E. Daly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Meghan Pasquali, Nicholas Pelletier, Jennifer Richards, Jonathan Shoemaker Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Development of a New System to Treat Hip Dislocation in Canines"

Advisor: Glenn Gaudette

2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2013 Patrick B. Ford Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Stephanie LeGare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

"Drawing Back the Curtains: Finding New Ways to Assess and Improve Tutoring Services in the Writing Center at WPI"

Advisor: Lorraine Higgins

2019 Davianna Vasconcellos Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1999 Adam El-Khishin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Tim Petri Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2002 Elizabeth Ann Donovan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
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