Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2011 Jeffrey C. Marrion Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2000 Emrah Diril Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2004 Ravi Srinivasan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2020 Kyle Wood Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2022 Caitlin Kuzma Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2003 Ann C. Skulas The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013 Zijian "Donnie" Xia Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Peer Learning Assistant, Chemistry
2024 John Edward Carrotta Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
1994 Scott J. Higgins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Who Am I? The Problem of Identity," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2005 Brian L. Ellis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2014 Damien J. Cabral Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Katherine A. Kelly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Kun Peng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1998 Emma Palmacci Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2001 Paul Laplume Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Ramona Bago Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2021 Alexander Wyglinski Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Christina Noyes, Samantha Ervin, Julia LaValley, Jacob Mercier, Jonathan Mirabito President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Building Hope: Empowerment through Improving Facilities at the Sizakuyenza Safe House

Advisors: Professors Scott Jiusto and Stephen McCauley  
2022 Alyssa Moore Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1989 Paul F. Wojiak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Obstinacy and Naïveté: The Organized Labor Movement in Worcester, Massachusetts, During the 1930's," advisor: Robert L. Kolesar
2006 James Michael McHugh Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1994 Matthew W. Martin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2007 Colin J. DeGraf Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1996 Elena Florintsev Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Neal K. Humphrey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science
1999 Isaac B. Rutel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2011 Shawn P Carey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2002 Rocco William Moretti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2002 Yakov Kronrod Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2017 Tanek Zhang Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Austin Hartshorn, Nicoli Liedtke, Joseph Petitti, Julian Pinzer Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Group Effort: Study Group Matching Service
2016 Montana Paige Myatt Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Camryn Berry, Shanna Bonanno, Michelle Fleming, Deborah Fontanez, Talia Vaughn Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Are You the One? Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Worcester, MA
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
2019 Vincent C. Miller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2022 Benjamin Antupit Advisor: Laura Eckelman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Shaping the Light of New Voices 39: A Practicum in Theatre Lighting Design”
2023 Dayna Tang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
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
1983 Martin Joseph Pierce Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Murtaza T. Thahirally Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies
1995 Maria A. Valencia Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2008 Russell Morin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1996 Noah L. Weisleder Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Alexia D. Bililies Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
2013 Ross S. Desmond Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Nina K. Simon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Ginger Adams, Melissa Galgano, Kylie Juarez, Mercedes McDermott Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Taking the Higher Ground: Growing Cleaner on Boston's Rooftop Farm