Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Ally Salvino Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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
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
2010 Jason Gabriel Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 Krystal L. Parker Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Timothy DeFreitas The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2024 Cassidy Williams Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Peer Learning Assistant, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2016 Jake Hughes Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2014 Michelle Ly National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
2016 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Alden Johnson Advisor: Rebecca Moody Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Gender in Wrestling: A Breakdown Beyond the Takedown" 
2011 Erik D Carlson National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University
2020 Amanda Lowther Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Alexander Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2009 Heather Bell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Celtic Music Throughout the UK," advisor: J. Delorey
2006 Ravi Srinivasan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics at Brown University
2019 Marissa Langille Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Jennifer Mann Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2008 Kirk Lanciani Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Soaring on the Ground: The Flight Simulator," advisor: E. Malcom Parkinson
2007 Akanksha Sharma Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Marissa Bennett Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2013 Kristin E. Poti The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2015 Michael Delph Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Samim Safaei i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering

Advisor: Ali Rangwala; "The Enabling Radiant Heat Flux Gauge"
2014 Ross Charles Lagoy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2016 Celeste Marsan Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Clara Dublin Advisor: John Galante Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Entrance to Evacuation: The Development and Destruction of Japanese Immigrants’ Community Network in Seattle"
2009 Don Havener Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Encyclopedia and the Third Estate," advisor B. Addison
2006 Warren J Schudy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at Brown University
2012 Jennifer Mann Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Shannon O’Connor Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Yunqiu "Barbara" Sun Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing

Tutor and MASH leader, Academic Resources Center
2008 Ryan Whetstone Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Jazz Saxophone Performance; From Swing to Fusion," advisor: Richad Falco
2001 Nicholas F Arcolano National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at MIT
2020 Kaoutar Diouri Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2015 Nick DeMarinis Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2014 Katelyn Ashley Cabral National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2016 Eric Salina Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Seth Adjer Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2014 Xuan He Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Faith Healing” Major: Biomedical Engineering. Advisor: Bethel Eddy
2020 Brooke Honzel Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2024 Alexandra Harrison Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2009 Everett Tripp Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Why They Fought: The Working Class in Empire," advisor: P. Hansen
2006 Yuko Oku National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2016 Gyneth Campbell Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Cosette Domkofski Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Xiaojing "Cathy" Wang Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics

Tutor, Academic Resources Center and Peer Learning Assistant,Mathematical Sciences
2016 Melanie Li Sing How National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Cornell
2001 Derek P Bond National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2018 Jessica Locke Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering