Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Zachary Harmony, Erin Murphy, Jillian Proulx, Jeremy Soderholm Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Gateway Student Center"

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Leffi Cewe-Molloy, Kenneth Elovitz
2016 Joseph B. Szialo '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Thomas J Moutinho National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia Main Campus
2016 Michael Dorsey Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Marketing Communications
2016 Brandon Clark The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Sakshi Khurana Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Arthur Heinricher Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2016 Victor Hu Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Samanatha Swartz Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2016 Heather Cirka American Heart Association Fellowship Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Stephen E. Rubin Alumni
2016 Karen Fitch, Kathryn Gillis, Abby Harrison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Digital Programmable Gaussian Noise Generator"

Advisor: Edward Clancy
2016 William F. Kiczuk '81 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association
2016 Blanche Sonia Ngo Mahop National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Applied Mathematics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Austin Hartshorn, Nicoli Liedtke, Joseph Petitti, Julian Pinzer Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Group Effort: Study Group Matching Service
2016 Rhonda Podell Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Mathematical Sciences
2016 Jeffrey Letourneau The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Caroline Mazzola Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Conrad M. Ruiz Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Victor W. Hu Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Montana Paige Myatt Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Abigail Ismail Undergraduate
2016 Celeste Marsan Undergraduate
2016 Emma Healey Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Career Development Center
2016 Lindsay Gurska
2016 Niamh Fennessy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Victor Hu Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Haize Galarraga Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2016 Heather Cirka Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Robert Antoine, Michael Bowen, Grace Howard Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

"Reducing Phosphorous Contamination in Stormwater Runoff"

Advisors: Fred Hart, Suzanne LePage
2016 Kathleen M. Loftus '86 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Melanie Li Sing How National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Cornell
2016 Scarlet Shell National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Adam Collins, Zach Huaman, MaryLouise Ross, Branden St.Jacques Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

River of Mercury: Solutions for Tomorrow
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
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
2016 Katharine Dunphy Undergraduate
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
2016 Sarah Hernandez Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
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
2016 Zvi Szafran '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Kathryn Bumila National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2016 Brian Meacham Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Fire Protection Engineering

Sweden, Spain, Japan 

Inaugural Fulbright Global Scholar
2016 Amanda Boehm, Aleye Momodu, Huyen Nguyen, Rosa Reynoso Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Educating Youth About Sexual Health
2016 Ryan Herrmann Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Gaetano J. Scuderi Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Vincent N. Azzolino Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry