Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2013 Kelsey K Graham National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences – Ecology at Tufts University

2020 Andrew Ressler Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Victor Hu Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Tutor, Academic Resources Center

2015 Katherine Picchione Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Pokomchi Pictorial Literacy,” major: Mechanical Engineering and Society, Technology, and Policy, advisor: Ryan Madan

2021 Mihn Anh Kieu Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2022 Alexandra Cabral Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Shane Waterman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Tutor, Physics

2024 Patrick J. Healey. Advisor: Kevin Lewis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "P.J. Haus."

2006 Elizabeth A Norgard National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Washington University

2014 Abigail Charest Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Kathryn Bumila National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor

2001 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biology at Washington University

2017 Ahmedul Kabir Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2020 Payton Bielawski, Nathan Kaplan, Brian Preiss, Alyssa Sousa, Rebekah Vernon President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

Developing a Sustainability Plan for Hammams in Morocco

WPI Advisors: Mohammed El Hamzaoui and Laura Roberts

2018 Nde Nkimbeng Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Multiple Selves of the Oppressed,” advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

 

2019 Alana Lue Chee Lip Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology

2016 Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Alternative Water Treatment: Designing a floating island that integrates social & technical elements at American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece"

Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh

2016 Jessica Orr Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Chemical Engineering

2018 Toni Joy Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
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."

2011 Sarah Mattessich Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Jill M. Goldstein Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Tyler D Ames National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Yale University

2014 Douglas MacFarland Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2010 John Upton Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism at Yale University

2000 Man C Cheung National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Neuroscience at Tufts

2017 Shari Worthington Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2018 Rosa Reynoso Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Muslim World in Transition—Rediscovering True Islam,”  advisor: W.A. Bland Addison

 

2008 Casey M. Raasumaa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013 Robert Dabrowski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Do Robots Have Freedom?", advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2011 Sarah Sawatzki Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Women in Stone: Public Displays of Feminine Tenacity in London" Advisor John Delorey

2010 Daniel Jonathan Smaltz National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Organic at Harvard University

2018 Brian Zylich Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2021 Mikel Matticoli Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2019 Alexandra Valiton Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2020 Nazanin Beigi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2024 Xavier Morales. Advisor: Joseph Cullon Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Scholarship:  Systemic Racisn as an Environmetnal Detriment:  The Warren County Protests and Legacy of PCBs in America."

2014 Ali Fuat Becan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Producer as Composer Practicum” Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering. Advisor: Scott Barton (honorable mention)

2005 Katie A Bush National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI

2007 Charles A. Gammal III The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2015 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Catalysis Yale University

2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2018 Eliot M. Fine Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Worcester: A Farewell Tour,” advisor: Joshua Harmon

2022 Cooper Bennet Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2009 Manasi P. Vartak Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Kyle Fitzpatrick-Schmidt Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2013 Rachel Handel Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Towers Sesquicentennial Edition", advisor: James Cocola

2015 Sarun Paisarnsrisomsuk Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Computer Science

2023 Caitlin Veltrup Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate