Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2015 Angelica Zawada, Tyler Alexander, Nysa Casha Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

"Determinants of Success in WPI Student-Led Organizations"

Advisors: Jim Doyle, Sharon Wulf
2024 Lauren Abraham Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology 
2020 Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Robotic Water Monitoring
2014 Paul R Bender Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 MariLisa Billa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2021 Jocelyn Mendes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Interfacial States, Energetics, and Passivation of Large-Grain and Thin-Film Antifluorite Cesium Titanium Bromide
2013 Zehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Sydney E. Messey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2012 Anthony Ducimo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Michael C. Brunetti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1983 Jack A. Nickerson, Jr. Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2010 Sean Philbrook Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 Warren J Schudy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Computer Science at Brown University
2023 Luke Barckholtz, Connor Dowgielewicz, Claire Higginson, Sydney Smith President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Story Bikes in Somers Town

Dominic Golding, Sarah Riddick
2016 Vincent N. Azzolino Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2007 Shannon E. O'Toole, Brandon R. Finzel, Justin Perron, Jacob E. Russell President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Noise Data Farming for the City of Boston"

Advisors: Chrysanthe Demetry & Kevin Clements
2009 Karen O'Sullivan, Phyllis Wall Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"The Effects of Warm Mix Asphalt Additives on Recycled Asphalt"

Advisors: Rajib Mallick, Mindjiang Tao
2017 Katherine Gomes Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Xinxin Ding Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2018 Alexander Mcmahon Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2001 Yakov Kronrod The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2003 Griffin R. Bryant Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Torment: a Story," advisor: Michelle K. Ephraim
2024 Olivia Deckers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Cara L. DiIorio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Yvonne Niebuhr Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

Improving Oral Contraceptives: Encouraging Research into Oral Contraceptives and Their Side Effects
2000 John P. Tassinari Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2012 Ivan E Ivanov Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2022 Kirsten Bowers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2003 Robert J. Sartorelli, Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Lillian M Clark Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2011 Linnea Palmer Paton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2013 Nick DeMarinis Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Peer tutor, Writing Center
2016 Jessica L Faust National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2022 Tyler Lizotte and Harrison Smith Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

“Design of a 6U Cubesat for an Ionospheric Mission”

Advisor: Nikolaos A. Gatsonis 
2002 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Comp. Biology at Johns Hopkins
2010 Sahil S. Bhagat, Danielle C. Fontaine, Karl Gibson President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Privacy and Interoperability Issues Affecting Danish Consumers of Health IT Systems"

Advisor: H. Ault
2015 Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India

Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg

WPI Advisors: Professors Lorraine Higgins and Ingrid Shockey

Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana  
2009 Marc Balboa, Ivo Dobrev, Ryan Fosset Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"MEMS for Real Time Imaging Applications"

Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazquez
2018 Jordan Burklund Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Mark Mantell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Amanda Toledo Barrios Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2019 Alissa Ostapenko Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2019 Juliette Spitaels Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Ashik Gowdar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Muted Musing", Advisor: Joseph Farbook
2019 Jacquelyn Roberge Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1998 Siu L. Ng Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Interwar Progress in Aerial Photographic Mapping," advisor: E. Malcolm Parkinson
2024 Stephanie Steriti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering