Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Cosme Furlong Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher

2021 Ardavasd Ardhaldjia Emerging Leader of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

IFC

2022 Adraesteia Wong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2005 Matthew J. Black Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 Kerri L. George Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2023 Santiago Rivero Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Nicholas B. LeCompte Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics
2013 Ruowang Li National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Genomics at Pennsylvania State University

2007 Lucas Samuel Lincoln Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Analysis of Pat Metheny as a Jazz Composer,” advisor Richard Falco

1986 Nancy Teasdale Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"I Don't Have to Cry for the Rest of My Life," advisor: Susan Vick

1985 Jeanne M. Benjamin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Pet-Facilitated Therapy for the Elderly"

2017 Muping Chen Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics

Outstanding Master's Thesis

2024 Robert Oleynick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1994 Susan E. Daly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia

2013 Patrick B. Ford Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1999 Adam El-Khishin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2002 Elizabeth Ann Donovan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2019 Zayla D. Schaeffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2021 Munevver Elif Asar Sarikaya Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Office of Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint of Energy-Intensive Industrial Drying by Smart Dryers

2021 Matthew R. Iaconis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2012 Antonio S. Talledo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Julia Bryant Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center

2011 Yizheng Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Kalina Bonofiglio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Alexander G. Christakis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2001 Jennifer Persico Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Jump From Resentment to Revolution," advisor: Deborah Gray

1997 Seychelle A. Ricard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2000 Brian A. Greenlaw Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Jeffrey Bibeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

2003 Jacob M. Collins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2020 Dung Pham Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2020 Minh Anh Kieu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Insiders, Outsiders, and In-Between: Asian Nonimmigrant Experience in the American Context of Intersectional Racism" advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2021 Connor J. Skinner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2007 Danielle N. Sorenson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2015 Lena Pafumi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute The Business School

Peer Learning Assistant, Drama/Theatre

2011 Olufunmilayo O. Adebayo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2023 Samantha DeFrancesco Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Hannah Brown Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1996 Mickey Lacroix Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Critique of Husserlian Phenomenology," advisor: Bettina Bergo

2013 Cassandra Lynn Stacy Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
1995 Derek N. Adams Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1998 Michael F. Willock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2012 Thomas Carlone Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Hillary L. Hayes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2020 Olivia Foster Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2019 Cassandra Brzycki Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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2019 Petra Kumi Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Understanding the Effects of Highly Ideological Music in Thailand From a Structural and Sociocultural Perspective,” advisor: Carlos Odriz

2022 Braden Foley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering