Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2007 Brian T. Marsland Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Daniel J. Smaltz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Christina Mary Bailey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI

2000 Man C Cheung National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Neuroscience at Tufts

2008 Lisa Marie DiTroia, Heather Hassett, Justine Roberts Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Microthreads for Stem Cell Delivery in Cardiac Applications"

Advisors: Glenn Gaudette, Marsha Rolle

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

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

β€œWomen in Stone: Public Displays of Feminine Tenacity in London" Advisor John Delorey

2018 Alex Hebert Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2021 Katherine Amrein Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2024 Robert Oleynick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2013 Cassandra Lynn Stacy Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
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

2022 Megan Cyr, Tovah Lockwood, Alyssa Magaha, Anne McNamara President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Restoring Mrigadayavan Palace

Advisors: Holly Ault and Stephan Sturm

1995 Derek N. Adams Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2023 Kyra Tripp Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Xavier Little Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Michael F. Willock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Tyler Chaulk, Rodrigo Rivas, Ann Votta, Jacob Wennersten Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Humanoid Stereoscopic Vision System."

Advisors:  Cagdas Onal, Holly Ault

2023 Eli Swai Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Erik Nadel Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Gregory Snow Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2019 Johnny Wang Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Stefanie Beaudry, Vanessa Bussiere, Sarah Johnson, Athina Theofilou Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Net Zero and Resilient Housing for Heat Waves"
Advisors: Soroush Farzin, Shichao Liu

2001 Justin Lee Sierpinski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Hunter Bennett-Daggett Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2006 Sanjayan Manivannan Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1987 Chrysanthe Demetry Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Nathan T Nesbitt National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics and Astronomy-Condensed Matter Physics at Boston College

2003 Patrick Lahar, Brittany Doucette, William Durgin President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Analysis Model of Resources for Costa Rican Firefighters"

Advisors: H.J. Manzari, Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld

2007 Donna Davidson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Inhibition of HIVβ€”1 Tatβ€”Induced Inflammation by the NFβ€”kB Subunit RelB"

Advisor: David Adams

2020 Sarah Butts Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

Adaptation of Ecuadorian National Music for Chamber Music Ensemble

2015 Eva Barinelli, Brian King, Daniel Wivagg Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Replacing Blackboard: Finding a New Learning Management System for WPI

2018 Maria Daigle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Psychological Science
1990 Bernard L. Dion Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Risk of Slavery: Warning Through Structure in 'Benito Cereno'"

2021 Lauren A. Kaija Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2019 Trung T. Tran Trong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Tyreese James Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1994 Philip M. Muller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Douglas K. Tischer The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2022 Cooper Bennet Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

1996 Tung L. Ng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Michael Giancola Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Permutation-Invariant Consensus over Crowdsourced Labels."

Advisor: Randy Paffenroth

2023 Catherine Salvaggio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2016 Veroniki Nikolaki, Florentia Ong, Veronica Coyle Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Effects of Punicalagin and Tannic Acid on Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Alzheimer's Disease"

Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan

2010 Olufunmilayo Olatokunbo Adebayo Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Dante Coccagnia, Domenic DiCenso, Mary Suckow Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School

"Evaluating Quality, Environmental Impact, and Economic Sustainability in Support of Benchmarking Efforts at Twelve Guns Brewing"
Advisors: Edward Gonsalves, Aaron Sakulich