Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2016 Benjamin Huchley Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Online Avatars: An Expression of the User's Self," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2016 Montana Paige Myatt Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Elisabeth Boulanger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Corey N. Maynard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2000 Jovanna R. Baptista Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Stephanie C. Thomas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Nidhi M. Diwakar Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Callan Moriarty Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2000 Nicholas F. Arcolano Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Kathryn P. Carpenter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Philip N. Hanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1993 Ahmed S. Al-Baiti Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Decorative Art of Door Carving on Zanzibar and Pemba Islands," advisor: David Samson

2011 Andrew D Marchese National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at MIT

2017 Tanek Zhang Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation

1994 Derek W. Sykes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Austin Hartshorn, Nicoli Liedtke, Joseph Petitti, Julian Pinzer Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Group Effort: Study Group Matching Service

2005 Katrina Hildebrand Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2013 Alexandra Clemente Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Camryn Berry, Shanna Bonanno, Michelle Fleming, Deborah Fontanez, Talia Vaughn Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Are You the One? Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Worcester, MA

2019 Vincent C. Miller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2004 Brooke Buchholz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Rafaello Adler-Abramo Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Office of Sustainability

Massachusetts Climate Resilience Policy, Planning, and the Needs of People with Disabilities:  Paths to Improvement

2022 Benjamin Antupit Advisor: Laura Eckelman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œShaping the Light of New Voices 39: A Practicum in Theatre Lighting Design”

2023 Dayna Tang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2012 Murtaza T. Thahirally Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies
2008 Russell Morin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Andrew Marchese Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Origins of Emergent Order: The Inadequacy of Reductionism and the Complexity of Light Phenomena," advisor: David Spanagel

2009 Alexia D. Bililies Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
1988 Christopher J. Buntil Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Give and Take: Anencephalic Babies as Organ Donors," advisor: Thomas A. Shannon

1994 Trevor J. Lewis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Ginger Adams, Melissa Galgano, Kylie Juarez, Mercedes McDermott Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Taking the Higher Ground: Growing Cleaner on Boston's Rooftop Farm

1999 Anna Matzal Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Erika DiLorenzo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Nicholas Shannon Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Yakov Kronrod Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2013 Nouran Abdelfattah Gates Cambridge Scholarship Winner Cambridge University Graduate Biology & Biotechnology, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Growing up in Cairo, in the midst of the overwhelming inequalities in the healthcare system, I wanted nothing more than to become a practicing physician focused on improving healthcare quality for all. As I became integrated in the science behind the medical field, I was hooked. During my undergraduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, I have become fascinated by the field of cancer biology and its vast molecular processes. For my senior thesis at Harvard Medical School, I chose to focus on stem cell biology and cancer using the genetically-tractable zebrafish model of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Since then, my passion is to understand the molecular underpinnings governing the genesis of tumors and be able to relate my studies in human patients. I am very honored to become part of the Gates community and I hope to one day contribute to the growth of translational research and become a leader in the Oncology field.

2020 Sathwik Bharadwaj Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation

2021 Jake A. Marko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2019 Daniel Ottey Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Peer Learning Assistance, Academic Resource Center

2005 Martin D. Driggs Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Fernando M. Olloqui Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Christina L. Ernst Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2004 Patrick A. Hogan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Dying by Inches: Imperialism and Asian Famines," advisor: Peter H. Hansen

1983 Martin Joseph Pierce Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Win D Cheung National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins

2016 Conrad M. Ruiz Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1995 Maria A. Valencia Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1996 Noah L. Weisleder Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Ross S. Desmond Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate