Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2012 Julie A Bliss National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Environmental Engineering at WPI
2012 Michael J. Shorr John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2012 William F Gasko '65 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award, William F Gasko
2012 Bill R. Lapp, Jr. '02 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Bill R. Lapp, Jr.
2012 Erin L. Armstrong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Sarah Mattessich Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2012 Janine Pizzimenti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2012 Jessica M Collins National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at WPI
2012 Myles A. Walton John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2012 James P Dunn '67 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award, James P Dunn
2012 Christopher Boucher Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Adam Cadwallader, Victoria Hewey, Evren Simsek, Santiago Isaza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Supporting Urban Beekeeping Livelihood Strategies in Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Steve Taylor 
2012 David P. Norton '62 Innovator of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2012 Sergey Makarov Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2012 Outstanding Teaching Award

2012 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2012 Marsha Rolle Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2012 Academic Advising Award

2012 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2012 Jose Arguello Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemistry & Biochemistry

Read the citation: 2012 Outstanding Research Award

2012 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2012 Rene LaPierre '67 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Posthumously, Read the citation: 2012 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Rene LaPierre
2012 Jennifer Mann Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Murtaza T. Thahirally Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies
2012 Wayne J. Miller '67 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Wayne J. Miller
2012 Amanda J. Bowden Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Amy T. Mazzucotelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2012 Diana Lados National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2012 Raymond P. Roberge '72 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Raymond P. Roberge
2012 Ivan E Ivanov Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2012 Allison R. Roche Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2012 Carrick Eggleston Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

India
2012 Jeanine Skorinko Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies

Read the citation: 2012 Romeo Award
2012 Thomas L Pajonas '77 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2012 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Thomas L Pajonas
2012 James Boyce Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Thomas Eisenbarth National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Taskin Padir Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2011 Romeo Award
2011 Sarah Sawatzki Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Women in Stone: Public Displays of Feminine Tenacity in London" Advisor John Delorey
2011 Gerald L. Burns, Jr. '91 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Matthew Connolly Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Gregory Schaalman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2011 Erik D Carlson National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University
2011 Valerie Anne Boutin, Caitlin Elyse Butler, Samuel James Kesseli, Mary Clare McCorry President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Improving Water and Sanitation in Rural Namibian Communities"

Advisors: I. Shockey and U. Brisson
2011 Robert Krueger Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Integrative & Global Studies

Read the citation: 2011 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2011 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2011 Mariah Seaboldt Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The House on Berkshire Street", Advisor: Michelle Ephraim
2011 Merrill E. Spiller, Jr. '51 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 James R. Gannoe '91 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Paul J Moan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2011 Elizabeth M. Dailey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2011 Christopher Kevorkian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Ramdas Ram-Mohan Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics

Ramdas Ram-Mohan Receives WPI's 2011 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement
2011 Hans H. Koehl '56 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Megan Wallent '91 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Rev. Peter Scanlon Alumni
2011 William L. Anthony '61 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni