Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2021 Brooke Dawson, Hannah Gallagher, Amelia Harvey, Lilly Nardelli, Aram Soultanian Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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2021 Maria Martini Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Post-Doctoral

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"

2021 Olivia L. Lattanzi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Stephen Price Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Rachel Maurice Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing
2022 Zoe Reidinger Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
2022 Lauren Paul Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Yizhou Yan Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2014 Aaron Benjamin Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Tutor and MASH leader in the Academic Resources Center

2023 Alex Friedman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Ally Breen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Songbai Ji Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
2022 Maya Flores, Colin Stevens, Devon Poisson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

“5G User Equipment Selective Jammer” 

Advisors: Alexander Wyglinski

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

 

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


 

2024 Olivia Spielberger. Advisor: Roshanak Bigonah Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Creative Arts:  "Visual Persuasion, Ocean Empathy."

2024 Duncan Soiffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2024 Rose Bohrer Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science
2016 Katharine Dunphy Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Dirk Albrecht Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2016 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2014 Bohao Li Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Lee Teng-hui and a New Taiwanese Nationalism” Major: Computer Science. Advisor: Jennifer Rudolph

2016 Jon Abraham Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

 

 

 

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Omesh Kamat Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2015 Christina Aiello Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Eric Lacroix Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Luke Habib Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Nicole Maglione Athletic Hall of Fame Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2015 Sarun Paisarnsrisomsuk Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 WPI Engineers Without Borders Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Heather Cirka Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

2008 Christopher Bartley Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics

Read the citation: 2008 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2005 Robert Norton Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2005 Outstanding Teaching Award

1989 Harold W. Hilsinger Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics
1974 Raymond R. Hagglund Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Jeanine D. Plummer Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Read the citation: 2005 Academic Advising Award

2005 Homer Walker Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Read the citation: 2005 Outstanding Research Award

1991 Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 H. J. Manzari Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2006 Romeo Award

2012 Yi Hua (Ed) Ma Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Yi Hua (Ed) Ma Receives WPI's 2012 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement

2015 Morteza Khaleghi i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Overall People's Choice

2016 Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies"

Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo

2015 Brian Eccles, Brendan McLeod, Timothy Murcko, Thomas Watson, Mitchell Wills Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"WALRUS Rover" 

Advisors: Sonia Chernova, Taskin Padir, Ken Stafford

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

“Transgenic Animals and the Catholic Church”, Advisor:  Bethel Eddy

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

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson

2005 Charles A. Gammal III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"John Boynton: Farmer to Founder," advisor: David Rawson

2000 Janaki Kirloskar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Glimpse of Reality in the Hindu Temple," advisor: Ruth Smith

1995 Nancy L. Round Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Origins of Violent Behavior: A Look at Behavior Genetics, Modern Biology, Serotonin, and the Ethics Involving Criminals," advisor: Thomas A. Shannon

1990 Joseph M. Sabatini Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Machine Gun as a Reflection of America Industry"