Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Elizabeth Gould Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions"

Advisor: P.K. Aravind

1998 Chi-Man Lock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Sarah E. Kwatinetz , Maggie A. Ostwald, Lily C. Spicer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Northern Strand Community Trail On-Road Extension

2016 William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle"

Advisor: David Planchard

2001 Amanda Kight Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2021 Kalani M. Picho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2004 Brooke Buchholz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Joseph Berger, Jamie Stephen, Taylor Stephen, Barrett Wolfson Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Algae Biofuel Enhancement Project

2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Student Assistant, Computer Science

2018 Ali Hussain Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2023 Tara Desrochers, Erin Murphey, Bailey Norris, Justin Weintraub President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Melbourne Project Center: Telling our Story through Engaging Media

Stephen M. McCauley, Lorraine D. Higgins

2019 Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC."

Advisor: Drew Brodeur

2024 Cassidy Williams Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Peer Learning Assistant, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

2005 Ryan M. Carey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Aaron P. Champagne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Rui Dai Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Red and the Rest (a memoir)," advisor: Lorraine Higgins

2009 Zubin H.Patel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Evan White Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1987 Shawn D. Harrison Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot: the Motives Behind the Men," advisor: E. Malcolm Parkinson

2014 Michelle Ly National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

2014 Sawin Areepipatkul, Marc Gelin, Nathan Longnecker, Phornphit Manageracharath, Laura Pumphrey, Corre Steele, Nontach Thanawatyanyong President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Development and Initiation of Sustainable Wastewater Management in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand"

Advisors: Creighton Peet, Gary Pollice, Patchanita Thamyongkit (Chulalongkorn University Advisor)

2010 Jason Gabriel Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Faith Kurtz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1996 John D. Corbeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics, Social Science & Policy Studies
2008 Dana R. Asplund, Kalun Fu, Yilmaz Kiymaz, Timothy Loughlin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"The Alligator: A Video Game History of a Civil War Submarine"

Advisor: Robert Lindeman

1999 Barry Posterro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2016 Everett Baker, Tyler Bennett, James Mosteller, John Williams President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Need for a Consumer Focused Smoke Alarm Performance System"

Advisors: Professors Fred Looft and Briggitte Servatius

2007 Krystal L. Parker Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Sean Burns Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Andrea Bayas, Maura Buckley, Cierra Ford, Javier Lawes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"A Citizen Science Platform for Long-Term Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution in Port Phillip Bay"

Advisors: Stephen McCauley and William Michalson

2013 Shane Fagan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tutor and MASH leader, Academic Resources Center

2022 Darius Luo, Erin Venard, and Hannah Whitney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

“WPI Campus Center Feasibility Study for LEED O+M Certification”

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Soroush Farzin, and Shichao Liu.

1994 Erik Alldredge The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
2024 Stephanie Reis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2006 Kevin J. LaMalva Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Lynn A. Worobey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2003 Ryan Patrick Jones Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Ministry: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean O'Donnell

1977 Gregory E. Yeo Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Kathryn A. Gillis Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Daniel W Carney National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry at Brown University

2015 Yan Zhang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2004 Krista Backiel, Andrew Day, Jaime Grouf, and Dimitri Stancioff President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Noise Monitoring in San Juan, Puerto Rico"

Advisors: Bland Addison and Tahar El-Korchi

2014 Kristin Elizabeth Poti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Stephanie Salerno and Jacquelyn Valsamis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

An Environmental Analysis of Recreational Cannabis Cultivation and Processing

2017 David Goodrich (Boy Scout Troup 54 and Cub Scout Pack 54) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Jennifer E. Yambert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2007 John Bosch, Joseph Hsu, Erin Mazuera, Kelly Osberg Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Demographic Preferences in Web Design: Usability Testing Through Eye Tracking"

Advisors: Soussan Djamasbi, Thomas Tullis

2012 Erin L. Armstrong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Lindsay M Gurska Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2003 Jennifer M. Persico Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate