Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2007 Charles A. Gammal III Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Ann H. Bothmer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2022 Clara Dublin Advisor: John Galante Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Entrance to Evacuation: The Development and Destruction of Japanese Immigrants’ Community Network in Seattle"

2008 Michael J. Monfreda Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2023 Ashton Lyon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Alyssa Vincent Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Caylee Butler, Slater Campbell, Trevor Parks, Charles Snow Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Ropeless Lobster System: Resurfacing Oceanic Locator"
Advisor: William Michalson

 

2006 Warren J Schudy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at Brown University

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

2009 Krista Leigh Dietz, Alexandra Valeria Kulinkina Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Brackish Water Pretreatment"

Advisor: Jeanine Plummer

2015 Tete Zhang Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International House
2017 Lucy Garvey Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2016 Kristen Chan, Jessica Hatt, Maricella Ramirez Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Too Much Brown in the Puget Sound

2008 Ryan Whetstone Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Jazz Saxophone Performance; From Swing to Fusion," advisor: Richad Falco

2018 Rachel Santarsiero Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
1987 Richard D. June Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"William Carlos Williams' Paterson: the Voice of a Nation," advisor: Laura J. Menides

2019 Thomas V. Ralph Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, International & Global Studies
2020 Christopher Rene Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Nicholas J. Noons Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Jennifer Mann The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1996 Robert A. Borrelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization."

Advisor: Sarah Wodin-Schwartz

2016 Catherine Bonner, Jeremiah Campanelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Pricing of XVA for Options in Discrete Time

Advisors: Stephan Sturm, Gu Wang

2021 James Dooney, Stephen Nerkowski, Noah Roberts Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

Assistive Bass Guitar

2009 Roseann S. Gammal Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Matthew P. Rando Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2002 Kevin Michael Hawkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2005 Paul F. Messier Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2011 Paul J Moan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 David Morgan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology

2008 Benjamin E. Childs Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Blanche Sonia Ngo Mahop National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Applied Mathematics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2001 Nicholas F Arcolano National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at MIT

2012 Donal Boyd, Brennan Ashton, Lauren Bisacky, Jesscia Lopez President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Lights on the Horizon: A Socioeconomic Impact Evaluation of Rural Electrification in Tsumkwe, Namibia"

Advisors: Svetlana Nikitina and Thomas Robertson

2009 Brian C. Benson, Neal K. Humphrey Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Sand-Swimming Robot"

Advisors: Stephan Koehier, Kenneth Stafford

2016 Eric Salina Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Kimberly Johnstone Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The United States Supreme Court: The 2000 Presidential Election," advisor: JoAnn Manfra

2018 Victoria Loehle Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2024 Nora Smith. Advisor: Joseph Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "Burnout."

2020 Jessica Hatt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology, Humanities & Arts
1997 Heather M. St. Martin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Nathaniel Mione and Bryannah Voydatch Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Constructing Two Dimensional Theories of Gravity for Schwrzchild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Non-Extremal Kerr Black Holes."

Advisor: P.K. Aravind

2016 Amanda Adkins, William Barnard, Matthew Beardsley, Charles Frick, Samantha Swartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Wearable Action Guidance System"

Advisors: Michael Gennert, Fred Looft, Hugh Lauer

2021 Colleen O'Malley Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2000 Ravi S. Misra Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Gabriela Chong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2003 Thomas M. Livak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2005 Adam M. Bryant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Elizabeth M. Dailey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences