Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2021 Andrew Wilzman Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2021 Ariana Cruz-Rivera Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Gelila D. Hailemariam, Tina Ly, Tam T. Tuong Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

Immersive Space: Using Kinetic Architecture Design to Regulate Human Emotional States

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

Equivalent Resistances of Polytope Networks

2021 Diego Vargas Blanco Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

2021 Alison Drapeau advisor: Lindsay Davis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Proposing Universal Policy to De-Feminize Childcare"

2021 Kyle R. Lang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Samantha L. Wile Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2022 Darius Luo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2022 Adrian Orszulak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Minh Anh Kieu Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Brian Kodalen Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2021 Zoe Januszewski Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Business Industrial Engineering

2014 Meena Khayami Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Mathematical Sciences

2023 Lindsay Davis and Rebecca Moody Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts
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2023 Stephen Price Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Olivia Atkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Ronak Wani Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention 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

2023 David Datta Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Simulating Intestinal Microbiotic Interactions with Agent Based Modeling"
Advisors: Reeta Rao, Elizabeth Ryder

 

2023 Rachel Chan, Mackenzie Damon, Giulia Herszage Rocha, Kelly McDonald, Madelyn Thrasher Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

: "Device to Aid in Mechanical Ventilation of Obese Patients"
Advisor: Kristen Billiar, Joseph Fehribach

 

2024 Patrick J. Healey. Advisor: Kevin Lewis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "P.J. Haus."

2024 Ryan Malaquias Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2024 Rebecca Gilchrist Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
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2016 Katharine Dunphy Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Dirk Albrecht Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2016 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2014 Bohao Li Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Lee Teng-hui and a New Taiwanese Nationalism” Major: Computer Science. Advisor: Jennifer Rudolph

2016 Jon Abraham Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

 

 

 

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Omesh Kamat Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2015 Christina Aiello Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Eric Lacroix Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Luke Habib Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2015 Nicole Maglione Athletic Hall of Fame Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2015 Sarun Paisarnsrisomsuk Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 WPI Engineers Without Borders Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Heather Cirka Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

2008 Christopher Bartley Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics

Read the citation: 2008 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2005 Robert Norton Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2005 Outstanding Teaching Award

1989 Harold W. Hilsinger Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics
1974 Raymond R. Hagglund Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Jeanine D. Plummer Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Read the citation: 2005 Academic Advising Award

2005 Homer Walker Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Read the citation: 2005 Outstanding Research Award

1991 Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 H. J. Manzari Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2006 Romeo Award

2012 Yi Hua (Ed) Ma Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Yi Hua (Ed) Ma Receives WPI's 2012 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement

2015 Morteza Khaleghi i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Overall People's Choice

2016 Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies"

Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo

2015 Brian Eccles, Brendan McLeod, Timothy Murcko, Thomas Watson, Mitchell Wills Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"WALRUS Rover" 

Advisors: Sonia Chernova, Taskin Padir, Ken Stafford

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

2010 Craig Mitchell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson