Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Hannah Reinertsen CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Nicholas P. McMahon Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Joshua Keller Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2016 Gyneth Campbell Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Veronica Rojas, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Aaron Birt Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Jared Kepron, Abigail Cervelloni, Ian Limon, Christian Zelaya Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design and Test of a Radio-Frequency Electrothermal Thruster

Advisor: John Blandino
2016 Jacqueline Ngo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

"Durable Technologies for Producing Public Goods"

Advisor: Alex Smith 
2016 Megan Belval, Naumilda Como, Cameron Jones, Conrad Ruiz President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Preventing Violence Against Women: Training Resources to Empower the Broadmeadows Community"

Advisors: Professors Holly Ault and James Hanlan
2016 Richard M. Hooker WPI Award for Distinguished Service WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Jessica D'Agostino, Eve George, Toni Joy, Jessica Locke Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Fuel Poverty in Lawrence, MA
2016 Jake Hughes Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Jessica R. Caccioppoli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Alpha Xi Delta (The Mustard Seed) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Ken McPherson CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Meghan Dawe Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Satish Kumar Iyeemperumal, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Ali Valamanesh Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Allyson Smith, Yun Jae Sohn Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

"Building Energy Analysis of SGH Office in Waltham, Mass."

Advisor: Steven Van Dessel
2016 Jonathan Leitschuh, Thomas Clark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"GRIP: Graphically Represented Image Processing (Engine)"

Advisors: Brad Miller, Michael Gennert
2016 Natalie Diltz, Jena Mazzucco, Austin Scott, Jeffrey Sirocki President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Stakeholder Student: Resource Management of Wairarapa Moana"

Advisors: Professors Bethel Eddy and Robert Kinicki
2016 Stephen E. Rubin '74 Goat's Head Award for Lifetime Commitment to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Reynaldo Duran Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Painting a Bridge Between Past and Future," advisor: W.A. Bland Addison and Kristin Boudreau
2016 Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia
2016 Ingrid Marko Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Brace Yourself: Redesigning the Charleston Back Brace"
2016 Kelsey Ouellette CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Amanda Adkins Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Elizabeth Thompson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"What's Bugging Me About Literary Translation: Translating German to English"

Advisor: Ulrike Brisson
2016 Michael Ferro ’10 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Carl Soderhjelm, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2016 Nicholas Cyganski Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Hailey Cambra Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Transcriptional Evidence of the Role of the ROotstock in Different Artemisia annua Chemotypes"

Advisor: Pamela Weathers
2016 Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Alternative Water Treatment: Designing a floating island that integrates social & technical elements at American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece"

Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh
2016 Brittany Neumann Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2016 David Morgan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology
2016 Katherine A. Amato Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Mikayla Filippone CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Brian Savilonis Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2016 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 David Morgan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Kevin Ackerman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Robert Orr, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Xavier Little Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Max Fine Levine Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Exploring the Effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth"

Advisor: Luis Vidali
2016 Benjamin Huchley Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Online Avatars: An Expression of the User's Self," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2016 Kevin Ackerman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

MASH leader, Tutor and Tutor team leader, Academic Resources Center
2016 Xavier. J. Jackson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2016 Thomas Hoctor Andrew Holt Memorial Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Amy M. Stevens Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Diran Apelian Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty