Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2014 Andrew Peter Wolff Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Sarah E. Lax Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1996 Shawn P. Brennan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2015 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Catalysis Yale University

2013 Kaung Myat Win Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Daniel Driggs, William Frick, Jacob Hawes, Derek Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

“The Piper”

1999 Susan M Shorrock National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI

2002 William Lucas Churchill Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
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

2008 Denise Gleason, Kristoffer Jensen, Garima Painuly Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Proton Exchange Membranes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Enhanced Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance"

Advisor: Ravindra Datta

2021 Matthew Bisson Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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"

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

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

2015 Cole Godzinski, Liana Nguyen, Alana Sher, Tyler Wilson Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Bean Town to Green Town

2022 Abigael Kihu, Heather McGlauflin, Julia Toplyn, Kyra Tripp President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Digital Preservation of Artisanal Culture in the Fez Medina

Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Mohammed El Hamzaoui

2018 Rachael Lanni Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Patrick J. Nieman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2023 Jeffrey Marsh Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella enterica: cloning, expression, and purification of CopA transporter and CueO cuproprotein"

Advisor: José Argüello

2008 Shawn P. Carey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Matthew Beardsley Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Florentin Groeli Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"British Jazz, or Jazz in Britain?," advisor: Douglas G. Weeks

2018 Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro

2016 Amanda A. Adkins Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2006 Kimberly M. Ware Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2007 Yang (Russell) Gao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1995 David J. Lamb Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Roseann Gammal Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1995 David S. Ricketts Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Tyler Nickerson Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Jason M Sardell National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Evolutionary Biology at University of Miami

2000 Aimee Fitzpatrick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2024 Olivia Dunn Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2003 Jennifer Flynn, Paul Fydenkevez, Brian McCarthy, Christine O'Connell President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Optimizing Parking Regulations Enforcement and Revenue Collection in the City of Cambridge"

Advisors: Fabio Carrera, Angel Rivera

2003 Heather J. Blackwell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Olivia S. Gibbs, Suzanne K. Opalka, Daniela A. Schumacher, Carol T. Wang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Optimizing Space and Workflow at the Family Health Center of Worcester

2007 Charles Gammal (ME/ECE), Erika Hall, Rachelle Horwitz, Stephanie LeGare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"A Device for Monitoring the Severity of Peripheral Edema"

Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Yitzhak Mendelson, John McNeill, Raymond Dunn

2021 Sophie Balkind, Matthew Barrett, Matthew Karns, Brendan Marion, Mark Payne, David Robie, Adam Sochacki, Krystina Waters Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design, Analysis, and Test of a High-Powered Model Rocket-1

2017 Alex Markoski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Nicholas J. Krichevsky Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Isabelle Cordova Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies

Peer Learning Assistant, Psychology

2023 Josephine Kim Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2023 Jessica Wang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Tiling of Prime and Composite Kirchhoff Graphs "

2010 Kassondra Hickey Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Interactive Media Art,” advisor: Joseph Farbrook

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
2015 Angelia Giannone Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1995 Patricia L. Panlillo Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Toni Morrison's Women: Strengths and Variations," advisor: Laura J. Menides

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

1997 Michael T. Willock Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Chelsea Ross Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology