Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Jackson Powell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The impact of Government Intervention of Global Industry: A Case of China and the Solar Energy Industry,” advisor: John Galante
2021 Alison Drapeau advisor: Lindsay Davis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Proposing Universal Policy to De-Feminize Childcare"

2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2021 Paul A. Pacheco Jr. & Vanessa Van DeMark advisor: Kristin Boudreau Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Addressing the Gender Gap in STEM Education with Classroom Interventions"

2017 Jessica Wedell Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Melissa Hauman, Samantha Havel, Logan Rinaldi President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Power, Responsibility, and Justice in Research with Indigenous Communities

Advisors: Shana Lessing and Yunus Dogan Telliel
2023 Alex Friedman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Alex Boucher Jr Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Structural Analysis of Kek1's Interaction with the EGFR"
Advisor:  Joe Duffy

 
2005 Karim G. Makram Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Breaking Out," advisor: Lorraine Higgins
1984 Walter F. Precourt, III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Henry V: Shakespeare's Ideal King"
2016 Veronica Rivera Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Office of Accessibility Services
2012 Joseph Worthy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Krista L. Dietz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2011 Courtney Gilbert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013 Mariah R. Seaboldt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Javier Lawes Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2017 Corey Allan Richards National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Photonic Materials at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1999 Man Ching Cheung Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Kathleen Donovan, Samantha Grillo, Cameron LeBlanc, Elijah Levi Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Bringing Back Bats: Management Systems for White Nose Syndrome
2003 Rebecca A MacDonald National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell
2003 Jack N. Waddell, Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2019 Olivia M. Leavitt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Olivia Gulezian, Evan LeBeau, Ken Snoddy, Ilana Zeldin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Developing Patient-Centered Mobile Application for Understanding Fatigue in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
2009 Christopher R. Lizewski, Marcella C. Granfone, Daniel J. Olecki President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Water and Sanitation in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh
2019 Brian Zylich National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Computer Science at WPI
2009 Charlie Mezak Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"Life in the Ledges"

Advisor: Constance Clark
2017 Kyle Morrison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"The CRISPR Enzyme Cpf1 as a Tool for Gene Regulation."

Advisor:  Destin Heilman
2021 Caroline Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Structure/Function Studies of EGFR Family and Kek1
2008 Yilmaz Kiymaz Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
2021 Olivia L. Lattanzi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Lauren Paul Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2023 Ally Breen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Nicole Dombrowski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Feasibility of Using a PIPs Detector for Neutron Detection"
Advisors: Marcel Blais, David Medich


 
2012 Xiuping Chen Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Origins and Characteristics of Chinese Cyber Nationalism”, Advisor:  Jennifer Rudolph
2000 Emily Reynolds Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Becoming a Woman: A Look at the Influences of Patriarchy, Materialism and Relationships in The Great Gatsby and The Color Purple," advisor: Lisa Lebduska
2016 Matthew Beardsley Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2005 Andrea R. Hafner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2007 Neil D. Lettenberger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Tess Hudak, Muhammad Hussian, Angela MacLeod, Daniel Ottey, Rasheeda Samih Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

From Trash to Cash: Helping Paraguayan waste pickers turn glass from the streets to money in their pockets
1982 Heather D. MacDonald Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Jeremy P. Olszewski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Hannah Schultz Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Fioleda Prifti National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Materials Research – Biomaterials at WPI
2008 Indraneel Sircar Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1996 Rebecca A Kupcinskas National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2004 Iavor N. Trifonov Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2020 Katherine Vasconcelos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2020 Samuel Hopkins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Development of Single-use Plastics in a Throwaway Culture,” advisor: Joseph Cullon