Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2011 Keith A. Barret '96 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Melanie Donahue Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Andrew K Capulli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Andrew Black Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2011 John J. Gabarro '61 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Kathleen A. Pereira (Daly) '96 Alumni
2011 Nathan T. Nesbitt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2011 Stuart C. Kazin '61 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Laura M. Amodeo '06 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Lydia George Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Elliot Neil Borenstein Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2011 Yizheng Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Olufunmilayo O. Adebayo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Georgi Karkzhaliyski Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
2011 Morgan R. Rees '61 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Warner S. Fletcher WPI Award for Distinguished Service WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Tayeisha Jackson Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Sarah E. Lax Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Shawn Burdette National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Chemistry & Biochemistry
2011 Kathleen Pereira John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Father Peter Scanlon Goat's Head Award for Lifetime Commitment to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Lisa Pugsley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2011 Sarah Mattessich The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Sarah Conlin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Infamy: The Before After", Advisor James Cocola
2011 John Vilk Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2011 Sahag Voskian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2011 Ashik Gowdar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Muted Musing", Advisor: Joseph Farbook
2011 James F. Fee '65 William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Posthumously
2011 Courtney Gilbert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2011 Peter Osswald Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"America's War in Afghanistan", Advisor Bland Addison
2011 James P. Baum '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Nathan Horvath Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2011 Dan Bjorge Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2011 James P. Baum '86 Innovator of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2011 Warner Fletcher WPI Award for Distinguished Service WPI Alumni Association
2011 Joseph E. Laptewicz, Jr. '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Evald Muraj Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Felipe Polido Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Jeffrey C. Marrion Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Shawn P Carey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2011 Melissa Besse John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Claude P. Mancel '71 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Evald Muraj Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2011 Andrew D Marchese National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at MIT
2011 William San Martin Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Humanities & Arts

USA/Chile
2011 William W. Farr Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Read the citation: 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award

2011 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2011 David Adams Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Read the citation: 2011 Academic Advising Award
2011 Kaveh Pahlavan Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2011 Outstanding Research Award

2011 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2011 Michael P. Zarrilli '71 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Karen Anundson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering