Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2015 | Elizabeth van Zyl | Kalenian Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |||
| 2015 | John Cotter, Victor Hu, Alejandro Miranda, Hannah Reinertsen | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate |
Advisors: Lauren Mathews and Tina-Marie Ranalli |
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| 2015 | Lena Pafumi | Peer Learning Assistant of the Year | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Sakshi Khurana | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Veronica Rivero Gorrin | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Suzanne Weekes | Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Faculty | Mathematical Sciences | Read the citation: 2015 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation |
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| 2015 | Michael Derryberry, Jermiah McCarthy | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "FPGA Real-Time Stoplight Detection" Advisor: Xinming Huang |
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| 2015 | Arial Goldner, Travis Roth, Gunnar Tornberg, Alexandra Wheeler, Jackson Whitehouse | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | A Renewable Energy Program for Bishop Kodji, Nigeria |
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| 2015 | Sarun Paisarnsrisomsuk | Peer Learning Assistant of the Year | Honorable Mention | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences | Peer Learning Assistant, Computer Science |
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| 2015 | Hajar Jafferji | Fulbright U.S. Student Award | Fulbright U.S. Student Program | Graduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | Morocco WPI Doctoral Student Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Help Restore Historic City of Fès in Morocco |
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| 2015 | A. Laurence Jones III | Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2015 | Brianna Sheldon | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Elliott Wiegman | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Jonathan Grasman | Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Graduate | Biomedical Engineering | Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation |
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| 2015 | Lina Tran | Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship | Undergraduate | ||||
| 2015 | Niamh Fennessy | ||||||
| 2015 | Christina Noyes, Samantha Ervin, Julia LaValley, Jacob Mercier, Jonathan Mirabito | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | Building Hope: Empowerment through Improving Facilities at the Sizakuyenza Safe House |
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| 2015 | Mingrui Wei | i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Graduate | Computer Science | Best Presentation |
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| 2015 | Melissa Dery, Kyle Gerlack, Zachery Johnson, Maya Rhinehard | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering | "Optimizing CoMag System Operations: Billerica, Mass., Wastewater Treatment Plant" Advisors: John Bergendahl, Jeanine Plummer |
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| 2015 | Tete Zhang | Student Employee of the Year | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | International House | ||
| 2015 | Ginger Adams, Melissa Galgano, Kylie Juarez, Mercedes McDermott | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Taking the Higher Ground: Growing Cleaner on Boston's Rooftop Farm |
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| 2015 | Thomas Washburn | Peer Learning Assistant of the Year | Honorable Mention | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar |
| 2015 | Joseph Hill, Hailey Cambra, David Knutson, Sunny Sang Nguyen | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | A Case Study in Costa Rica: The Impacts of Refrigerants Advisors: Professors Aarti Madan and Ryan Madan |
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| 2015 | Heather Cirka | i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Graduate | Biomedical Engineering | Best Concept |
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| 2015 | Andrew Beaupre, Tyle Collins, Aras Nehir Keskin, Cody Woodard-Wallace | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | "Design and Production of a 3-D Printed Wireless Hexapod" Advisor: David Planchard |
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| 2015 | Patrick Meehan, Ty Moquin, Zachary Weiland, Qindong Zhang | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Rain Gardens in Worcester |
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| 2015 | Katherine Amato | The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation | Winner | The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | |
| 2015 | Abigail M DaBoil-Lavoie, Jacquelyn M Fanning, Fernando Galvez, Richard E Thyden | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate |
Advisor: Professor Frederick Hart
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| 2015 | Christina Aiello | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Eric Lacroix | Crimson and Gray Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Luke Habib | Emerging Leader of the Year | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Nicole Maglione | Athletic Hall of Fame | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Alumni | |||
| 2015 | Sarun Paisarnsrisomsuk | Peer Learning Assistant of the Year | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||||
| 2015 | Morteza Khaleghi | i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Graduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | Overall People's Choice |
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| 2015 | Brian Eccles, Brendan McLeod, Timothy Murcko, Thomas Watson, Mitchell Wills | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "WALRUS Rover" Advisors: Sonia Chernova, Taskin Padir, Ken Stafford |
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| 2015 | Michael Andrew Ferro '10 | John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | Read the citation: 2015 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Michael Andrew Ferro |
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| 2015 | Elizabeth Paulson, Kyla Rodger, and Adelle Milholland | Strage Innovation Award | First Place | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Interactive EKG Model" - This product is a teaching tool for medical students and can also be used in a cardiologist office during patient consultations. It includes a model heart that will show different cardiac conditions by demonstrating the electrical activity within the heart, as well as a 12-lead EKG wave to match it. The device interfaces with a computer screen. This device also includes a clear plastic torso that demonstrates where EKG electrodes should be placed, as well as a smaller model heart that will show the different views of the 12 leads. |
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| 2015 | James Macfarlane, Nelson Ndahiro, Katie Nugau, Rekik Tafesse | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Implementing Solar Energy in Desalination Plants in Libya |
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| 2015 | Scott Jiusto | Professor of the Year (Massachusetts) | Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | Faculty | |||
| 2015 | Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana |
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| 2015 | Christopher Hango | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | "The Five Stages of Grief: A Composition and Performance for Brass Ensemble" Advisor: Douglas Weeks |
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| 2015 | Mark Mantell | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | ||
| 2015 | Nidhi Diwakar | ||||||
| 2015 | Xinxin Ding | Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | Outstanding Major Qualifying Project |
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| 2015 | Angelica Zawada, Tyler Alexander, Nysa Casha | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | "Determinants of Success in WPI Student-Led Organizations" Advisors: Jim Doyle, Sharon Wulf |
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| 2015 | William Louis Herbert '05 | John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | Read the citation: 2015 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, William Louis Herbert |
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| 2015 | Sarah Olson | National Science Foundation CAREER Award | National Science Foundation | Faculty | Mathematical Sciences | ||
| 2015 | Jordan Jones (BME), Rebecca Lee (BME), Mikayla Pasciuto (ME), and Shreyas Renganathan (BME) | Strage Innovation Award | First Place | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | MilkSafe Storage Device - The MilkSafe team is prototyping an affordable lean-in-concept cooling container to store mother’s milk at appropriate temperatures for up to 16 hours. In low-income nations, such as Haiti, where electricity, refrigeration, and ice are not readily or reliably available, the team intends to use this product to facilitate storing mother’s milk while she is away from her infant at work and help reduce the number of infant deaths there due to malnutrition. |
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| 2015 | Joseph Berger, Jamie Stephen, Taylor Stephen, Barrett Wolfson | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Algae Biofuel Enhancement Project |
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| 2015 | Glenn Gaudette | KEEN Outstanding Faculty Award | Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) | Faculty |