Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
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
1994 Dena N. Niedzwiecki Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Matthew Connolly Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Munevver Elif Asar Sarikaya Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Office of Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint of Energy-Intensive Industrial Drying by Smart Dryers
1998 Richard Cheng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2021 Matthew R. Iaconis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2001 Jennifer Hardy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Julia Bryant Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2023 Kalina Bonofiglio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Antonio S. Talledo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Yizheng Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2019 Cassandra Brzycki Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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

“Understanding the Effects of Highly Ideological Music in Thailand From a Structural and Sociocultural Perspective,” advisor: Carlos Odriz
2006 Amanda J. Tarbet Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Multimodal Tensions in the Graphic Novel," advisor: Ruth Smith
1973 Leonard J. Brzozowski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Kamryn Spinelli Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Jewish Exodus from Morocco: Gauging the Social Trauma,” advisor: Mohamed Brahimi
1985 Charles Champagne Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Konrad Adenauer Erster Kanzler der Bundesrepublik," and "Ahnlichkeiten zwichen der Franzozischen Revolution und der Deutschen Revolution von 1848"
2020 Allison Ross Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2014 Andrew Peter Wolff Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Cosette Domkofski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Those Who Endure,” advisor: Joseph Aguilar
1996 Shawn P. Brennan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2013 Kaung Myat Win Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Kamryn P. Spinelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2002 William Lucas Churchill Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Rosanna S. Heidt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 Megan Rose Slonski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Russell R. Kernan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2001 Lauren Wojtkun Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Like the World of Dreams Itself': An Analysis of William Shakespeare's Use of the Green World in A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It," advisor: Michelle Ephraim
2017 Alicia Kimberly Aquino National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2004 Heather C Maisey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biology at UC San Diego
2020 Jared DeMaio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1995 Benjamin N. Lipchak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2013 Kevin Hufnagle Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Meenakshi Kodali Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2024 Regina Valencia Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2003 Blake D. Carter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Matt Ryder Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Anthony G. Spangenberger Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
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
2012 John Madura Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Trung T. Tran Trong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 Sanjayan Manivannan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, 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