Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2022 Cooper Bennet Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2010 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado

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
2020 Kyra Bresnahan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 David Dolivo Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
1997 Neeraj P Khare National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley

2018 Harold Terry Hearst III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

 “The Music of Mario Galaxy,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks

2019 Camryn Berry Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“16:91,” Advisor: Katharine McIntyre

2024 Olivia Dunn Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2013 Jason M Sardell National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Evolutionary Biology at University of Miami

2017 Rui Ma Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2013 Victoria Carlson Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The President's Shot, Now What?", advisor: M. David Samson

2022 Isabelle Cordova Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies

Peer Learning Assistant, Psychology

2010 Richard Paul Pampuro National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Cornell University

2020 Julia Milks Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Psychiatric Healthcare in Morocco,” advisor: Rebecca Moody

2008 Shawn P. Carey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2015 Thomas Washburn Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar

2023 Paula Gibbons Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Katie L Gagnon National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Marine Geology at Scripps Research Institute

2017 Cheng Deng Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Brian Kodalen Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2015 Sheila Patricia Werth National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

1997 Heather M St Martin National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Organic Chemistry at Boston College

2014 Luke Perreault Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jackson Powell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The impact of Government Intervention of Global Industry: A Case of China and the Solar Energy Industry,” advisor: John Galante

2024 Isabell Hallal Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

2020 Payton Bielawski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Sheltered: A Look into the Connection Between Nature and Humankind,” advisor: Marie Keller

2023 Ronak Wani Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Huilin Yang National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI

2003 Sarah K House National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Geophysics at Arizona

2003 Rebecca A MacDonald National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell

2017 Qiuyi Hong Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Yizhou Yan Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Olivia Leavitt Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Repeat and Refrain:  Making A Renaissance Villancico Modern,” advisor: Douglas Weeks

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"

2008 Nicholas L. Pelletier Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Kristen Antunes Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Local Knowledge and Climate Adaptation,” advisor: William San Martin

2014 Lucine Bahtiarian, Tyler Collins, Kathering Connors, Zachary Goddard President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Maitland Garden Village Perseverance Park Redevelopment"

Advisors: Lorraine Higgins and Scott Jiusto

2013 Sarah Ann Cote Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Rui Xiang Du Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Shawn P Carey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

2020 Samuel Hopkins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Development of Single-use Plastics in a Throwaway Culture,” advisor: Joseph Cullon

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

2017 Corey Allan Richards National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Photonic Materials at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2017 Ramoza Ahsan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Amanda Boehm, Aleye Momodu, Huyen Nguyen, Rosa Reynoso Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Educating Youth About Sexual Health