Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Ankur Gupta Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Chris Chagnon Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Information Technology Services
2018 Jeevan Ramapriya '98 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the Citation: 2018 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Jeevan Ramapriya

2018 Cielo Sharkus Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Abigail Hanson, Joshua Mace, Frederick Metters, Nicole Sherlock Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Design of a Topical Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris."

Advisor: Marsha Rolle

2018 Reid Billings CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Jeremy Honig Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Brandon King Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Aaron Pepin (GrierStrong) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Guy Katz, Ethan Merrill, Eric Solorzano, Ilana Zeldin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Microgrids: Electrical Independence for WPI

2017 Bryce C Kaw-Uh Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2017 Marni Hall John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Marni Hall

2017 Adrienne Hall-Phillips Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation

2017 Caidan Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Douglas Reilly Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Zachary Ligham Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2017 Lokesh Gangaramaney, Manon Miller, Despina Tomboulides Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Fighting Ignorance: Freshmen Malnutrition

2017 Natalie Wellen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Modeling Over the Counter Derivative Trading with and without Central Clearing Parties."

Advisor: Stephan Sturm

2017 Dou Dou Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Miranda Lawell Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Zeta Psi Fraternity (Extra Life) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Victoria Loehle Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 James Mayer Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, James Mayer

2017 Tanek Zhang Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation

2017 Jiaqi Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Christopher Chute Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Abigail Elizabeth King Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2017 Camryn Berry, Shanna Bonanno, Michelle Fleming, Deborah Fontanez, Talia Vaughn Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Are You the One? Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Worcester, MA

2017 Siro Fritzmann, Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Michael Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro

2017 Joe Stabile Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty
2017 Jack Murphy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Peter H. Hansen Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Humanities & Arts

France

Peter H. Hansen Receives Fulbright IEA Grant

2017 Peter Melander Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 John Kelly Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, John Kelly

2017 Abhishek Easwaran Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Lindsay Lozeau Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Lisa Wall Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Biomedical Engineering
2017 Angelina Maria Nicolella Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2017 Kyle Coleman, Aidan Mayer, Kelley Townley, Kristophe Zephyrin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Pedestrian and Environmentally Focused Infrastructure

2017 Jeffrey Letourneau Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen."

Advisor:  Reeta Rao

2017 Daniel Shrives Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Aaron Pepin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Bernat Navarro-Serer Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Douglas Klauber William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 William R. Grogan Award

2017 Zhiyuan Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Daniel Lawer Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Paul Reilly Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Academic Advising Office
2017 Alisha Anderson, Sophie Antoniou, Abigail O'Sullivan, Hannah Schulz Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Angolan Housing Design for Congolese Refugees

2017 Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching."

Sponsor:  Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD)