Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Richard D. Sisson Jr. Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation​

2016 Eric Salina
2016 Katherine Picchione Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Sigma Phi Epsilon (St. Baldrick's Foundation) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Rajib Mallick Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Christina Aiello Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Lindsay Lozeau i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Advisor: Terri A. Camesano;  "AMProtection: Tomorrow’s Antimicrobials Fighting Today’s Infections"

Best Overall

2016 Laura Antul Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Markets"

Advisor: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm 

2016 Rachel M. Delisle '96, '06 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism at Yale University

2016 Luis Vidali Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Spain

2016 Alexa Itsines, Katie Long, Trinity Tedsten, Carly Whittle, Kristen Southan Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Increasing Accessible HIV Screening in Zimbabwe

2016 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Kristin Wobbe Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2016 Coleman Horsley Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Kathryn A. Gillis Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Nyoca Davis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Mashael Alghmadi, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics
2016 Lindsay Lozeau i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Advisor: Terri A. Camesano;  "AMProtection: Tomorrow’s Antimicrobials Fighting Today’s Infections"

People's Choice Award

2016 William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle"

Advisor: David Planchard

2016 Everett Baker, Tyler Bennett, James Mosteller, John Williams President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Need for a Consumer Focused Smoke Alarm Performance System"

Advisors: Professors Fred Looft and Briggitte Servatius

2016 Erica A. Mason '96 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Michael DeFrancesco, Sinead Flanagan, Olivia Gibbs, Emily Schneider Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Perish to Profit: Processing Ripe Tomatoes to Generate an Income Stream for the Paraguayan Food Bank

2016 Celeste Marsan Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Kevin S Ackerman Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Ali Yalaz Carl F. Meyer Improvement Award in CEE Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Alexander Zitoli Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Matthew Dunster Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Zoe Schwartz Undergraduate
2016 Ermal Toto, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Samim Safaei i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering

Advisor: Ali Rangwala; "The Enabling Radiant Heat Flux Gauge"

2016 Hongii Yu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Dynamics of Atomtronic Battery"

Advisors: Burt Tilley, Alex Zozulya

2016 Cara Bereznai, Bryce Kaw-Uh, Benjamin Parent, Catherine Souza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Examining the Development of Nature-Urban Routes in San Jose, Costa Rica"

Advisors: Professors Melissa Belz and Derren Rosbach

2016 Michael E. Grilli '66 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Kristen Chan, Jessica Hatt, Maricella Ramirez Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Too Much Brown in the Puget Sound

2016 Christina Aiello Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Eric Salina Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Deanna Clark CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Matthew Murphy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Jagan Srinivasan Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Neehar Mukne, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Kathy Loftus '86 Innovator of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2016 Catherine Bonner, Jeremiah Campanelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Pricing of XVA for Options in Discrete Time

Advisors: Stephan Sturm, Gu Wang

2016 Amanda Adkins, William Barnard, Matthew Beardsley, Charles Frick, Samantha Swartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Wearable Action Guidance System"

Advisors: Michael Gennert, Fred Looft, Hugh Lauer

2016 Edward Dring, Victoria Johnson, Jacob Maalouf President's IQP Awards First Runner Up Undergraduate

"Improving Healthcare Coordination in the Mandi District"

ITT Mandi Students: Gopal Aggarwal, Naman Gupta

Advisors: Drs. S. McCauley, Ingrid Shockey, Varun Dutt & R. Padmanabhan

2016 Stuart C. Kazin '61 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Julien Ataya, Gregory Kashmanian, Jeremy Koen, Gavin Sabol, Joseph Yuen Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Providing Potable Water to Peruvian Informal Settlements

2016 Amirmahdi Ghasemi Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Hannah Reinertsen CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Nicholas P. McMahon Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science