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Year	Recipient	Name	Title	Awarded by	Type	Department	Details
2018	Erik Langberg, Thomas Mackintosh, Stephanie Marcucci, Eli Skeggs	President's IQP Awards	Finalist		Undergraduate		Weighing Perceived Values of Tinguely's Sculptures Against Technically Advanced Conservation Advisors: Daniel DiMassa
2018	Jared Grier	Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		“Acquired Disability and Disruption of the Self,” advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2018	Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi	Provost's MQP Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Mechanical & Materials Engineering	"Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization." Advisor: Sarah Wodin-Schwartz
2018	Margarite Vaccaro	Crimson and Gray Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018	Megan Errichetti	Salisbury Prize		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018	Jessica Locke	Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize	Honorable Mention	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Environmental Engineering
2018	Nadia Mofidi	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	First Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Fire Protection Engineering
2018	Karan Somaiah	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	Second Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Data Science
2018	Mary Rose Davis	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship			Undergraduate
2018	Lynn M. Foden '03 MBA	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement		WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the Citation: 2018 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Lynn Foden
2018	Siddhant Pandey	Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2018	Kylie Dickinson, Donald Dione, Sarah St. Pierre, Tyler Weiss	President's IQP Awards	Winner		Undergraduate		Reducing Flood Risk in Shkodra Through Community Engagement Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh
2018	Neel Dhanaraj	Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		“An Analysis of the Potential Endangerment of Immigrants Due to Merit-Based Immigration,” advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2018	Matias Campos Abad, Robert Crockett, Matthew Escalante-Hurtado, Alexander Kant, Marcus Knodler, Lucas Mancinelli, Jacob Nichols	Provost's MQP Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Aerospace Engineering	"Design and Analysis of CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit." Advisor: John Blandino
2018	Kyle Young	Crimson and Gray Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018	Alexander Taglieri	Peer Learning Assistant of the Year	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Computer Science	Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2018	Patrick Fitzgerald	Salisbury Prize		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Physics
2018	Jared Grier	Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018	Tyler Michael Reese	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	First Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Mathematical Sciences
2018	Steven Robert Vandal	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	Second Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Physics
2018	Maria Elizabeth Daigle	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship			Undergraduate
2018	Bari Hamami '93	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement		WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the Citation: 2018 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Bari Hamami
2018	Matthew Ryder	Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		Outstanding Master's Thesis
2018	Talon Boie, Kerry Muenchow, Theodore Vangos, Kelly Vodola	President's IQP Awards	Finalist		Undergraduate		Designing a Sustainable Water Supply Network for El Cuerpo de Bomberos Training Practices Advisors: James Chiarelli and Stephen McCauley
2018	Jessica Hatt	Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		“The Drug that Shattered the Nuclear Family,” advisor: Constance Clark
2018	Colby Johnson	Provost's MQP Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Chemistry & Biochemistry	"Design and Synthesis of Zika Virus Protease Inhibitors." Advisor: Drew Brodeur
2018	Faria Kader	Marietta E. Anderson Award		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018	Adrienne Weishaar	Crimson and Gray Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018	Cierra Ford	Salisbury Prize		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2018	Toni Joy	Two Towers Prize	Honorable Mention	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Industrial Engineering
2018	Huimin Ren	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	First Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Data Science
2018	Ying Zhou	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	Second Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Biology & Biotechnology
2018	Sara Cardona	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship			Undergraduate
2018	Steven P. Vassallo '93	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement		WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the Citation: 2018 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Steven P. Vassallo
2018	Josh Gershlak	Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate		Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018	Sierra Palmer, Glenndon McCormick, Nico Fabbrini, Utkrisht Dhankar, Archit Kumar, Rushil Singhal	President's IQP Awards	First Runner Up		Undergraduate		Developing Drowsy Driving Mitigation Strategies for Himachal Pradesh WPI Advisors: Ingrid Shockey and Seth Tuler IIT Advisor: Dr. Varun Dutt
2018	Nde Nkimbeng	Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities	Honorable Mention	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		“The Multiple Selves of the Oppressed,” advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2018	Tristan Cano	Provost's MQP Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Chemistry & Biochemistry	"Copper Homeostasis is Important for Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Caenorhabditis elegans." Advisor: José Argüello
2018	Alex Hebert	Salisbury Prize		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Interactive Media & Game Development
2018	Brian Zylich	Two Towers Prize	Honorable Mention	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Computer Science
2018	Suhas Srinivasan	Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards	First Place	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Data Science
2018	Kristin Boudreau	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Humanities & Arts	2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2018	Renata Konrad	Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty		Read the citation: 2018 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award 2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2018	Wesley P. Wheeler '78	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement		WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the Citation: 2018 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Wesley P. Wheeler
2018	Jeffrey Bibeau	Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate		Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018	Ryan Herrmann, Fang Han, Morgan DeAngelis, Dasia Aldarondo	President's IQP Awards	Finalist		Undergraduate		Exploring Community Perceptions of Rural Wastewater Treatment Development: A Case Study on Kamenicë, Korçë Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh
2018	Rosa Reynoso	Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities	Honorable Mention	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		“The Muslim World in Transition—Rediscovering True Islam,” advisor: W.A. Bland Addison
2018	Siddhant Pandey	Provost's MQP Awards		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Physics	"High Accuracy Electrodynamic Calculations using Hermite Finite Elements." Advisor: L. R. Ram-Mohan
2018	Megan Hoppe	Salisbury Prize		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Biology & Biotechnology
2018	Maria Daigle	Two Towers Prize	Winner	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Biomedical Engineering, Psychological Science