Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2024 Robert Oleynick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2014 Ali Fuat Becan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œProducer as Composer Practicum” Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering. Advisor: Scott Barton (honorable mention)

2015 Amy Kampa Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
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

2020 Olivia Foster Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2018 Alex Hebert Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2016 Max Fine Levine Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Exploring the Effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth"

Advisor: Luis Vidali

2021 Mikel Matticoli Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2019 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2022 Braden Foley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials 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

2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2001 Jennifer Persico Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Jump From Resentment to Revolution," advisor: Deborah Gray

2019 Davianna Vasconcellos Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Stephanie Bishop, Peyton Graham, Isabelle Mellor Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

β€œCross-Laminated Timber and Structural Resilience” 

Advisor: Leonard D. Albano

2012 Nathan Olivarez Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 Casey M. Raasumaa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2011 Elliot Neil Borenstein Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
1997 Seychelle A. Ricard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1979 Elaine C. O'Neill Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Kevin Hufnagle Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Manasi P. Vartak Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Nathan T Nesbitt National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics and Astronomy-Condensed Matter Physics at Boston College

2016 Xavier. J. Jackson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2003 Blake D. Carter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
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

2016 Amy M. Stevens Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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

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

2019 Olivia Gibbs, Samantha Lor, Ariana Rozen, Gavin Sabol President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Upper Primary Science Curriculum Development for Physically Active Youth

WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy

2018 Maria Daigle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Psychological Science
2021 Matthew Bisson Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Paulo Carvalho, Sean Weaver, Anurag Kesari Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Phlebot: The Robotic Phlebotomist"

Advisors: Patrick Flaherty, Gregory Fischer

2021 Robbie Oleynick advisor: Laura Eckelman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Scoring A Silent Sky"

2019 Trung T. Tran Trong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering, 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 Hao Chen, Alexander Demirs, Kelsey Leach, Samuel Mather, John Winship President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Indoor Navigation for Blind Individuals Using Computer Vision & Machine Learning

Advisors: Ivan Mardilovich and Svetlana Nikitina

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

"The House on Berkshire Street", Advisor: Michelle Ephraim

2018 Michael Giancola Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Permutation-Invariant Consensus over Crowdsourced Labels."

Advisor: Randy Paffenroth

2023 Eli Swai Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1995 John D. Kedziora Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Failure of Command," advisor: James E. Watters

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

2013 Jacquelyn Eireann Tupper Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2006 Kathleen M. Ferguson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Rosero Jose L. Ortiz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Hilal Tetik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
1998 Gregory Snow Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1973 Leonard J. Brzozowski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Justin Lee Sierpinski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering