Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Caitlin Sara Burner Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2017 Jessica Wedell Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Myles Walton Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Myles Walton
2017 Allison Paquin Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Neehar Mukra Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Christopher Chagnon Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Payam Razavi Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Manufacturing Engineering
2017 Hope Shevchuk Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Kyumin Lee National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Student Assistant, Computer Science
2017 Ben Pulver National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2017 Whitney Davis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Toni Joy
2017 Lifelong Learning Chambers Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Phi Sigma Sigma
2017 Rebecca L Burns Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science
2017 Natalie S Wellen Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Diane Strong Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Diane Strong Receives WPI's 2017 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize
2017 Muping Chen Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2017 Zheng Nie Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Shari Worthington Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Joel K. Kearns Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2017 Ivon Arroyo National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies
2017 Alexander Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2017 Sarah Kaptur National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Cell Biology at Brown University
2017 Drew DeRubeis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Jessica Grabinsky
2017 Pedro de Vasoncellos Oporto Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Gyneth Campbell Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2017 Zhehao Zhu Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Anthony G. Spangenberger Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2017 Feiyi Wang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Kyle Fitzpatrick-Schmidt Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2017 Craig Shue National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2017 Tyler Chaulk, Rodrigo Rivas, Ann Votta, Jacob Wennersten Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Humanoid Stereoscopic Vision System."

Advisors:  Cagdas Onal, Holly Ault
2017 Christine Elizabeth Carbone National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at WPI
2017 Elizabeth Desjardins Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Carolyn Detora Marietta E. Anderson Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Ana Giacoman Favela Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Muping Chen Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 Nicholas Shannon Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Patricia Stapleton Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies

Read the citation: 2017 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Raghvendra V. Cowlagi Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Aerospace Engineering
2017 Boya Zhou Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Ramoza Ahsan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Rui Ma Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Aviv Brest Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Ethical Framework for the Genetic Engineering of Animals,” advisor: John Sanbonmatsu
2017 Dong Hyun Ko, Steven Laudage, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Pelgrift, Samuel Young Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"Design and Analysis of the Sphinx-NG CubeSat (III)."

Advisor:  John Blandino
2017 Zachary Ericson Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Rachel Welch Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Satellite Development Club