Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2010 Manasi Vartak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2018 Hyunsoo Kim Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2022 Brandon Persons Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Akanksha Sharma Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Tyler Guertin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1997 Jeffrey L. Bayko Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Road to Jensenism (1923-1969)," advisor: Michael M. Sokal
2017 Guy Katz, Ethan Merrill, Eric Solorzano, Ilana Zeldin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Microgrids: Electrical Independence for WPI
2015 Siamak Ghorbani Faal Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

2015 Honors Convocation
1995 David J. Custodio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
1997 Joyelle K. Howk Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Christopher Boucher Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Elizabeth A. Norgard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2005 Antonio Sangermano Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2024 Calvin Page Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Robotics Engineering
1992 Juliet K. Vescio Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 William Bennett, Emily Chretien, Sophia Gomarlo, Peter Hurley President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"A Recommended Recycling Processing System for the Informal Waste Collectors of Oshakati, Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Sarah Wodin-Schwartz
2011 Gregory Schaalman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2016 Thomas J Moutinho National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia Main Campus
2021 Brooke E. Dawson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2001 Jocelyn E Songer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2023 Julia Sheats Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1992 Lily Lau Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Monster in the Closet of Our Souls: The Gothic and Wuthering Heights," advisor: Joel Brattin
1994 Carla D. Richardson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2002 Frances Maria Saccoccio Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Jennifer Mann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Matthew Johann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2005 Bandar Turkmani Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2012 Satia Miller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science
2007 Erika S. Hall Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Daniel Ruiz Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis
2010 Rui Dai Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Coulter Q. Ralston Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2019 Kyra Bresnahan Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2019 Ross Lagoy Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
1987 Edward C. Hein Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Psychological Assessment of Lee Iacocca," advisor: Patrick P. Dunn
1994 Daniel M. Gaines Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2013 Pattipong Wisanpitayakorn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1999 Michael Pockoski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2024 Nora Smith. Advisor: Joseph Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "Burnout."
2017 Lucy Garvey Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2006 Paul M. Ingemi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Jessica Hatt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Kristen Chan, Jessica Hatt, Maricella Ramirez Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Too Much Brown in the Puget Sound
2011 Christopher Kevorkian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Michael L. Diamant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Colleen O'Malley Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Lynn Anne Worobey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh
2022 Gabriela Chong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2019 Thomas V. Ralph Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, International & Global Studies
2012 Jennifer Mann The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering