Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2005 Ashley J. Bourgault, Witt C. Guinn, Kathryn L. Herchenroder and David P. Stechmann President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Composting for Sustainable Waste Management"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Lauren Matthews

2004 Najmuddin J. Gunja Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2009 Eric Connelly Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Imaging L-Alanine and Inosine-Induced Germination of Bacillus Anthracis Using Atomic Force Microscopy"

Advisor: Terri Camesano

2017 Zilu Tian Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2005 Molly L. Conforte The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2019 Noah Hillman, Nick Sorensen, Marik Travnikar, Steven Viola Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Oddisy Drone Dispatch System."

Advisors: Profs. Nicholas Bertozzi, Reinhold Ludwig, Brad Miller, Carlo Pinciroli

2014 Charlotte Reames Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Gender Roles in Morocco” Major: Biology and Biotechnology. Advisor: W. A. Bland Addison

2020 Catherine Sherman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Julia Milks Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Psychiatric Healthcare in Morocco,” advisor: Rebecca Moody

1990 John A. MacNeill Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Tellurian Suite for Synthesizers, Clarinet and Flute"

2021 Allison E. Steeves Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2021 Minh Anh Kieu (BME), Noah C. Brennick (PW), Sophia H. Cheng (ME/RBE), Darius Luo (AE) President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Mobile Farm Stand:  A Vehicle for Education

Advisor: Derren Rosbach

2007 Pratap M. Rao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Kristin Poti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Thomas Washburn Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar

2008 Kristoffer G. Jensen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1996 James P. Naughton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2023 Paula Gibbons Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Jonathan Thomas Vardner National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Columbia University

1998 Saif Anwaruddin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Kelsey Brofford, John DeVries, Luis Pernia-Rovayo, Sebastian Vergara Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Process Improvement of Roller Housing Assembly at Siemens"

Advisor: Walter Towner

2004 Katie L Gagnon National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Marine Geology at Scripps Research Institute

2001 Win D. Cheung Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Christopher D. Gabrielson, Stephen W. Hanly, Laura E. Montville President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Leicester Energy Study"

Advisor: Fred Looft

2009 Jonathan E. Hayden, Hiroshi Mita, Jason R. Ogasian Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Autonomous Mapping Robot"

Advisors: R. James Duckworth, David Cyganski

2017 Aviv Brest Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Ethical Framework for the Genetic Engineering of Animals,” advisor: John Sanbonmatsu

2009 Will Grudzinski Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Academic Technology Center
2019 Jessica Antoine Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2024 Olivia Dunn Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2018 Harold Terry Hearst III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

 “The Music of Mario Galaxy,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks

2019 Camryn Berry Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“16:91,” Advisor: Katharine McIntyre

2020 Madeline Chudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Eric G. Wilusz Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Competing Visions for Technical Education: the Founding of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Worcester Polytechnic Institute," advisor: David Spanagel

1985 Rita Patel Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Light Burning in the Heart: A Comparative Analysis of the Concepts of the Soul in Hinduism, Plato, and Aristotle"

2022 Kaamil Lokhandwala Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Interactive Media & Game Development
2003 Jessica M. McAlear Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Lisa Pugsley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1994 Karen M. Daly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Indraneel Sircar Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1997 Jeffrey R. Tenney Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Collin Broderick, Adrianna Staszewska Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science

“Defect Detection Automation for Metal Additive Manufacturing with Deep Learning”

Advisors: Diana Lados, Rodica Neamtu

2015 Lydia Wermer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI

1999 Laura Jean Cooper Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1997 Neeraj P Khare National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley

2002 Meredith Leigh Campbell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Catherine Casey, Katie Hudon, Elizabeth Stewart Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Design of a Multipollutant Sorbent for Coal Gasification"

Advisors: Jennifer Wilcox, Erdem Sasmaz

2018 Cole Jeznach Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2019 Ryan J. Herrmann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2024 Naisargi Mehta Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2013 Victoria Carlson Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The President's Shot, Now What?", advisor: M. David Samson