Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2015 James Macfarlane, Nelson Ndahiro, Katie Nugau, Rekik Tafesse Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Implementing Solar Energy in Desalination Plants in Libya

2017 Maeghan Desmarais, Kayla Krom, Patrick Macaulay, Lara Padir, Charlotte White Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

The Protection Page Plan

2017 Avery Ingegneri, Hannah Mikkila, Stephanie Salerno, Markus Zimmerman Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Screw Fossil Fuels

2010 Patrick DeSantis, James Montgomery, Sean Levesque President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"An Electronic Interface to Aid in Learning How to Play a Musical Instrument"

Advisors: F. Bianchi and A. Wyglinski

2018 Chris Chagnon Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Information Technology Services
2019 Suhas Srinivasan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Junbo Chen Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Elizabeth L. Casey, Michael A. Ciampa, Cailah S. DeRoo President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Designing Safe Playgrounds for the Klong Toey Community"

Advisors:  T. Robertson and B. Servatius

2019 Brian Zylich Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2018 Abhishek Easwarn Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2007 Danielle A. Dionne, Amanda L. Tichy, Jessica E. Sullivan-Keizer, Derrick DiConti President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"HIV/AIDS Prevention Education: A Look at the HIV/AIDS Awareness activities at the Polytechnic of Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Krueger & Fred Looft

2017 Lindsay Lozeau Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
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

2018 Milad Farzad Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Dekun Geng Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2007 Shannon E. O'Toole, Brandon R. Finzel, Justin Perron, Jacob E. Russell President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Noise Data Farming for the City of Boston"

Advisors: Chrysanthe Demetry & Kevin Clements

2010 Sahil S. Bhagat, Danielle C. Fontaine, Karl Gibson President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Privacy and Interoperability Issues Affecting Danish Consumers of Health IT Systems"

Advisor: H. Ault

2019 Jacob Crislip Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2018 Berk Gulmezoglu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2019 Nathan Hsu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2019 Binod Giri Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Michael Moukarzel Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2019 Umesh U. Nair Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Brandon Sanders Strage Innovation Award Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Alicorn is a novel cyber-physical framework that lets users control individual devices using a single language, coordinate large groups of devices using a common data format, and easily add support for new devices using extensible firmware.

2008 Steve H. Shin, Natasha L. Deschene, Daniel M. Morehouse, Max A. Kuhns President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hands-On-History at the Tower of London"

Advisors: Peter Hansen, Stanley Selkow

2017 Suhas Kiran Lakkundi Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering
2004 Chase Cote, Kevin Monahan and Steve Toddes President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"The Development of an Irrigation System in the Village Of Nong Din Dam"

Advisors: Joel Brattin and Steve Weininger

2018 Praneeth Nooli Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2008 Kenneth J. Barnett, Derek J. Eggiman, Jesse O. Sawyer President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Related to Food: A Study of Two Cafeterias in the Danish Municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk"

Advisor: Peter Christopher

2004 Adam Bryant, Andrew Campbell and Patrick Salmon President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Development of Communal Washing Facilities for the Northwest Settlements of Windhoek, Namibia"

Advisors: Art Gerstenfeld and Susan-Gerstenfeld

2017 Weijie Pang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Naveen Pothayath Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2008 Nicholas D. Careau, Martha F. Gray, Charlie A. Mezak, Phyllis A. Wall President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Managing Water and Sanitation in the Fish River Basin"

Advisors: Creighton Peet, Reinhold Ludwig

2017 Mark Lawrence Strauss Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2021 Elizabeth Belden Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2019 Robert Orr Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Karan Somaiah Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2008 Michael C. Hyde, Sean W. Seymour, Daniel W. Tennant, Minh H. Truong President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Four Tourists and Hong Kong's Harbourfront: A Survey of the Waterfront of Victoria Harbour"

Advisors: Kevin Clements, Paul Davis

2017 Maksim V. Tyufekchiev Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2021 Caroline Muirhead Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Habibeh Ashouri Choshali Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2018 Steven Robert Vandal Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics
2019 Noah C. Budris, Daniel P. Pelaez Strage Innovation Award Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

“Roadar” is a program working in conjunction with a laser scanner to offer municipalities a more efficient and cost-effective solution to road maintenance issues.

2021 Alp Sahin Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2018 Ying Zhou Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Debra-Ann Franck, William W. Mayo, Matthew R. Tomasko, Yanxuan Xie President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Mapping as a Foundation for Spatial Redevelopment in Monwabisi Park"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh

2021 Jidapa Thadajarassiri Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2019 Devdip Sen Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2005 Paul P. Kastner, J. Michael McHugh, Anne L. St. Martin and Jacquelyn Youssef President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Assessing Prepay Water Metering in the Informal Settlements of Windhoek"

Advisors: W. Bland Addison and Stephen J. Weininger

2009 Diana M. Berlo, Jennifer L. Hunt, Amanda L. Martori, Justin L. Skelly President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Wind Generation on Nantucket"

Advisor: Michael Elmes