Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Mark Lawrence Strauss Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2018 Soussan Djamasbi Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2018 Cagdas Onal      National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Robert D. Woog '68 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the Citation: 2018 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Robert D. Woog
2018 Lindsay Lozeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Ted Clancy Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Convocation Honors Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, Service
2018 Eliot M. Fine Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Worcester: A Farewell Tour,” advisor: Joshua Harmon
2018 Michael Giancola Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Permutation-Invariant Consensus over Crowdsourced Labels."

Advisor: Randy Paffenroth
2018 Cole Jeznach Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Rachael Lanni Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Meng Wang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Arthur C. Heinricher Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2018 Lyubov Titova National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Physics
2018 Arly C. Dungca '08 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the Citation: 2018 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Arly C. Dungca
2018 Yuwei Zhai Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Harold Terry Hearst III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

 “The Music of Mario Galaxy,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks
2018 Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro
2018 Spencer Austin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Hans Johnson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Thomas Leonard Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Susmitha Wunnava Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Natalie Farny Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

2018 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2018 John H. McCabe '68 William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the Citation: 2018 William R. Grogan Award
2018 Lydia Shi Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow
2018 Allyson Day Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Physician Bias in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and the Importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs."

Advisor:  Jill Rulfs
2018 Alex Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Ama Biney Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Javier Lawes Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2018 Hannah Schultz Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Arkar Min Aung Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2018 George F. Gamache '68 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Posthumously

Read the Citation: 2018 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award, George F. Gamache
2018 Nima Rahbar Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher
2018 Virginia Nunez Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa."

Advisor:  Jose Arguello
2018 Veronica Gurnawan
2018 Kayleah Griffin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Charles Lovering Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
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