Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Sarat Buasai, Benen ElShakhs, Brian Kelsey, Monica leigh Whitehorn President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Development of an Interactive Data Portal for Rural Electrification in Namibia

WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy
2019 Alissa Ostapenko Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2019 Erin M. Morissette Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2019 Jacob Crislip Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2019 Nathan Hsu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2019 Juliette Spitaels Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jacquelyn Roberge Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2019 Alexander Alvarez, Grace Gerhardt, Evan Kelly, John O’Neill, Jackson Whitehouse Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"Design and Integration of a High-Powered Model Rocket - II."

Advisor:  Michael Demetriou
2019 Colleges Against Cancer Organization of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2019 Amparo Cosio
2019 Toni Joy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Nicholas C. Cyganski Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2019 Colin Ancalmo, Hannah Baez, Noah Budris, Alexander Spielman President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Interactive Museum Exhibit Featuring Pueblo Influence on New Mexican Contemporary Architecture

WPI Advisor: Lauren Mathews
2019 Nikhil Karanjgaokar National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Aerospace Engineering
2019 Joshua Driscoll Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Haylea T. Northcott Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Binod Giri Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Umesh U. Nair Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2019 Ally Salvino Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jessica Walsh Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2019 Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC."

Advisor: Drew Brodeur
2019 Mbolle Akume
2019 Maggie Kuck Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Killian Henson Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2019 Peggy Isaacson Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Marketing Communications
2019 Kyra Bresnahan Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2019 Aylin L. Padir Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Taylyn Hulse Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Learning Sciences & Technologies
2019 Lucia Carichino Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2019 Marissa Langille Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Sharon Johnson Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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2019 Ross Lagoy Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2019 Erica Davis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Autoimmune Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis."

Advisor: Destin Heilman

 
2019 Ethan Lauer Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Jessica Locke Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Laura Rosen Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Student Development & Counseling Center
2019 Ryan E. Darnley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Thomas V. Ralph Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, International & Global Studies
2019 Diego Vargas Blanco Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Shannon O’Connor Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Kenneth Stafford Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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2019 Benjamin Cooper Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2019 Nathaniel Mione and Bryannah Voydatch Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Constructing Two Dimensional Theories of Gravity for Schwrzchild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Non-Extremal Kerr Black Holes."

Advisor: P.K. Aravind
2019 Benjamin Ward, Solomon Greenberg Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Copperforge provides simple, well documented, and competition-grade electrical and mechanical components for robotics.
2019 Rosie McCarthy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Daniel Ottey Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Peer Learning Assistance, Academic Resource Center
2019 Nathaniel S. Dennler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2019 Samantha Randall Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Robert Orr Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Yan Wang Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

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