Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Tim Petri Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2017 Mehrdad Givehchi Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Mehrdad Givehchi
2017 Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Suhas Kiran Lakkundi Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering
2017 Tyler Reese Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Xiaokong Yu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2017 William Bennett, Emily Chretien, Sophia Gomarlo, Peter Hurley President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"A Recommended Recycling Processing System for the Informal Waste Collectors of Oshakati, Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Sarah Wodin-Schwartz
2017 Avery Ingegneri, Hannah Mikkila, Stephanie Salerno, Markus Zimmerman Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Screw Fossil Fuels
2017 Kaitlin Beach, Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark, Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Expandable Blades for Precision Veterinary Myringotomy."

Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Andrea Lam (Tufts), Christine Zewe (Tufts)
2017 Doug Reilly Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Alicia Kimberly Aquino National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2017 Megan Belval Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Carolyn Detora Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar
2017 Arthur Heinricher Advisor of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Phi Kappa Theta
2017 Gareth Solbeck Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2017 Joseph Kilar Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Joseph Kilar
2017 Lucy Garvey Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Akshata Kamat Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Weijie Pang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Benjamin Cooper Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Alexander Alvarez, Julia Dunn, Katharine Dunphy, Alexander Lemmon President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Improving Eye Care Delivery Through Data Sharing Technology"

Advisors: Michael Aghajanian and Diran Apelian
2017 Jonathan Thomas Vardner National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Columbia University
2017 Ama Biney Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Student Assistant, Computer Science Department
2017 Unity in Diversity Fashion Show Diversity Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Black Student Union
2017 Alex Markoski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Zilu Tian Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 Naveen Selvadurai Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Naveen Selvadurai
2017 Lubna Hassan Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Mitchell Muller Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Seth Adjer Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Mark Lawrence Strauss Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2017 Nick Bograd, Brett Carbonneau, Alexander Krasa, Benjamin Preston President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Northborough Composting: A Peri-Urban Land Conflict"

Advisors: Corey Denenberg Dehner and Derren Rosbach
2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2017 Huilin Yang National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2017 Shanel Chisholm Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Alexander Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2017 Society of Women Engineers Organization of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Casey Broslawski Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 Zhiqiang Tan Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Zhiqiang Tan
2017 Kyla Nichols Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Shaowei Gong Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Ahmedul Kabir Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Maksim V. Tyufekchiev Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Alex Legere, Anthony Perullo, Amy Toscano, Justin Waters President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Stormwater Management Educational Materials for Central Massachusetts Municipalities"

Advisors: Corey Denenberg Dehner and Purvi Shah
2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Student Assistant, Computer Science
2017 Corey Allan Richards National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Photonic Materials at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 Elizabeth Coffey Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Sara Fitzpatrick