Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2022 Callan Moriarty Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2012 Murtaza T. Thahirally Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies
2008 Russell Morin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2023 Amanda Holbrook Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Alexia D. Bililies Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
2022 Clarissa Casilla Luzardo, Hannah Gelman, Alejandro Gerov Armas, Abigail Perlee Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

β€œWPI Dining Services Delivery Plan”

Advisor: Sara Saberi

2009 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical at University of Colorado at Boulder

2007 Michael A. Irace, James P. Chryssanthaacopoulos, Chukwunomso Agunwamba, Eyuel Abebe, Muzhtaba Tawkeer Islam President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

Demand Response Programs in the Greater Boston Area

2009 Daniel W. Carney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Singlet Oxygen Trapping Porphyrins"

Advisor: Robert E. Connors

2018 Elizabeth Towle Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
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

2017 Ana Giacoman Favela Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Abigail Elizabeth King Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
1983 Martin Joseph Pierce Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Nicholas Shannon Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Erika Miyajima Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
1995 Maria A. Valencia Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Abigail Ismail Undergraduate
1996 Noah L. Weisleder Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Ross S. Desmond Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Isabelle Benson-Clarke, Ben Breslov, Amitai Erfanian, Zoe Goodman, Theo Winter President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Damage Behind the Bruises

Svetlana Nikitina, Ivan P. Mardilovich

2003 Nina K. Simon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Nicolas Amato, Zachary Huaman, Alicea Hyland, Jacob Koslow, Jordan Pickunka, Jack Procaccini, Saiyab Ranjit, William Roe, Jarod Romankiw, David Santamaria, Jake Scarponi, Braden St. Jacques, Jake Tappen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design, Analysis, and Test of a High-Powered Model Rocket

2021 Kyla Egenberger Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Rafaello Adler-Abramo Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Office of Sustainability

Massachusetts Climate Resilience Policy, Planning, and the Needs of People with Disabilities:  Paths to Improvement

2005 Martin D. Driggs Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Fernando M. Olloqui Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Benjamin Antupit Advisor: Laura Eckelman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œShaping the Light of New Voices 39: A Practicum in Theatre Lighting Design”

2008 Christina L. Ernst Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Dayna Tang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2017 Christine Elizabeth Carbone National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at WPI

2023 Abigail Berube Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

β€œSilanes Form Strong Bond to UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Surfaces"

Advisor: Ronald Grimm

2016 Damien Joseph Cabral National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Microbial Biology at Brown University

2023 Melanie Castillo, Jacob Gassenheimer, Michael Maffeo, Kristen Stilin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"A Structural Redesign of Terminal E at Logan Airport"
Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi


 

2002 Lewis T Kotredes National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Astrophysics at Cal Tech

2010 Blake A. Kelly, Melanie K. Donahue, Joshua D. Matte President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Designing a Water and Sanitation Centre Prototype for Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: S. Jiusto and J. Petruccelli

2016 Adam Collins, Zach Huaman, MaryLouise Ross, Branden St.Jacques Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

River of Mercury: Solutions for Tomorrow

2011 Sarah Conlin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Infamy: The Before After", Advisor James Cocola

2009 Matthew Dailey, Ilan Shomorony Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Physically Unclonable Functions"

Advisors: William Martin, Berk Sunar

2018 Tyler McNeill Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1998 Quach B. Hai Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Self-Sponsoring Writing at WPI," advisor: John M. Trimbur

2017 Kyle Coleman, Aidan Mayer, Kelley Townley, Kristophe Zephyrin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Pedestrian and Environmentally Focused Infrastructure

2016 Katharine Dunphy Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Gabriela Morales Castillo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2015 Katherine Amato The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1995 Matthew W. Heath Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 Jeffrey Letourneau Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen."

Advisor:  Reeta Rao

2013 Nouran Abdelfattah Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Anthony Zamarro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2004 Meghan E. Smith Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering