Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

2004 Jennifer M. Flynn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2005 Simon D. Beckwith, Julia A. Cohn, Leigh C. Duren and Kyle R. Lewis President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Irrigation Development to Improve the Lives of Impoverished Children (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)"

Advisors: Robert Krueger and Stephen Pierson

2009 Michael Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Educational Uses of COMSOL Multiphysics Carbon Dioxide Absorption with Chemical Reaction"

2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2020 Allison Sichler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
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

1990 Joseph M. Sabatini Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Machine Gun as a Reflection of America Industry"

2021 Kevin Stern Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Equivalent Resistances of Polytope Networks

2021 Samantha L. Wile Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
1994 Kirk F. Menanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2021 Mairead E. O'Neill (CS), Ciara R. Young (CME), Matthew B. Adams (ME), Christopher R. Davenport (AREN) President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Therapeutic Gardening

Advisors:  J. Scott Jiusto, Gbetonmasse Somasse

2007 William A. Pfeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2004 Matthew J. Black The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2000 Paul J. Kaplo Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Meena Khayami Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Mathematical Sciences

2008 Carolyn S. Hunter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1999 Jeffrey T. Webster Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
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

2016 George Kuegler, Gianna Terravecchia Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Electrode Development of a Lactate Biosensor"

Advisor: Susan Zhou

2001 Brian L. Ball Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics
2003 Sarah K House National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Geophysics at Arizona

2009 Aubrey D. Ortiz, Hilary A. Rotatori, Elizabeth A. Schreiber, George von Roth President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

Hydroponic Farming in Mahasarakham: Integrating Hydroponics into the Agricultural Curriculum While Introducing Entrepreneurial Skills

2009 Nicholas Amendolare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Conserving Energy through Fuel Poverty Mapping in Worcester, Massachusetts"

Advisor: Robert Krueger

2020 Kristen Chan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2017 Erin Morissette Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acoustics of the Clarinet and Spaulding Recital Hall,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks

2005 Charles A. Gammal III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"John Boynton: Farmer to Founder," advisor: David Rawson

1984 Barbara Jean Gray Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Development of American Blackfaced Minstrelsy"

2016 Ryan Herrmann Undergraduate
2019 Gabrielle Brown Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2022 Darius Luo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2005 David J. LeRay Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Cornman Scott Paul Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1990 Athena Demetry Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1996 Teri L. Brehio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Debora Afezolli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
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

2013 Sheila Werth Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Cole Peterson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School

“A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets”

 Advisor: Alexander Smith

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

2015 Jose Andrade, Austin Holliday, William Michalski, Juan Hernan Parra, Veronica Rivero Gorrin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Growing Power Vertical Farm"

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Leffi Cewe-Malloy

2002 Jason G. Brown Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1997 Heather M St Martin National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Organic Chemistry at Boston College

2008 Kevin Gagnon Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Synthesis of Multipyridyl Ligands for Multipoint Photodimerization"

Advisor: Venkat Thalladi

2012 Christopher Bannon Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Transgenic Animals and the Catholic Church”, Advisor:  Bethel Eddy

2019 Sarat Buasai, Benen ElShakhs, Brian Kelsey, Monica leigh Whitehorn President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Development of an Interactive Data Portal for Rural Electrification in Namibia

WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy

2018 Hans Johnson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Janaki Kirloskar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Glimpse of Reality in the Hindu Temple," advisor: Ruth Smith

2021 Ariana Cruz-Rivera Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate