Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Katharine Dunphy, Sophia Gomarlo, Katherine Moore Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Analyzing Fast-Track Effectiveness at ReadyMED Plus Worcester."

Advisor:  Renata Konrad

Sponsor:  Reliant Medical Group

 
1994 Scott J. Higgins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Who Am I? The Problem of Identity," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2017 Sarah Kaptur National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Cell Biology at Brown University
2003 Matthew J Streeter National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Computer Science at Stanford
2014 Damien J. Cabral Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Adam Cadwallader, Victoria Hewey, Evren Simsek, Santiago Isaza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Supporting Urban Beekeeping Livelihood Strategies in Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Steve Taylor 
2020 Ramona Bago Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Kun Peng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Elisabeth Beinke, Keilin Bickar, Joshua Doyle, Alexander Schwartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"Memory Dash - a Multiplayer iPhone Game"

Advisor: David Finkel
1998 Emma Palmacci Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Lina Tran Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2007 Nate Piper Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Undergraduate Admissions
2001 Paul Laplume Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Alyssa Moore Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2023 Adam Bartlett Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2022 Adraesteia Wong Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

“Never Set in Stone: The Creative Process in Transformative Fiction”   

Advisor: Kate McIntyre
2018 Ana Restrepo Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2005 Brian L. Ellis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2007 Katherine A. Kelly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2003 Ann C. Skulas The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1989 Paul F. Wojiak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Obstinacy and Naïveté: The Organized Labor Movement in Worcester, Massachusetts, During the 1930's," advisor: Robert L. Kolesar
2014 Michal Talmor National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2020 Mbolle Akume Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

ACE
1994 Matthew W. Martin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1996 Elena Florintsev Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2008 Neal Orman Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"GPU Optimization of an Existing Free-Viewpoint Video System"

Advisor: Robert Lindeman
2021 Jillian Forauer Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1999 Isaac B. Rutel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2022 Nick Tomasetti, Nico Alvarado, Ben Mason, Anonymous Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Office of Sustainability

Using Media to Influence Agricultural Perceptions on Climate Change
2002 Rocco William Moretti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2002 Yakov Kronrod Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Benjamin Antupit Advisor: Laura Eckelman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Shaping the Light of New Voices 39: A Practicum in Theatre Lighting Design”
2023 Dayna Tang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2016 Robert Antoine, Michael Bowen, Grace Howard Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

"Reducing Phosphorous Contamination in Stormwater Runoff"

Advisors: Fred Hart, Suzanne LePage
2023 Abigail Berube Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

“Silanes Form Strong Bond to UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Surfaces"

Advisor: Ronald Grimm
2018 Elizabeth Towle Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
2017 Abigail Elizabeth King Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2019 Erika Miyajima Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2000 Nicholas F. Arcolano Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Kathryn P. Carpenter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2004 Patrick A. Hogan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Dying by Inches: Imperialism and Asian Famines," advisor: Peter H. Hansen
2009 Philip N. Hanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1983 Martin Joseph Pierce Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Andrew D Marchese National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at MIT
2016 Conrad M. Ruiz Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2003 Brad Pelletier, Eryn Samuels, Adam Levesque President's IQP Awards Undergraduate

"Solid Waste Management in Costa Rica and the United States - A Comparative Analysis of Five Municipalities"

Advisors: Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld, H.J. Manzari
1995 Maria A. Valencia Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology