Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2011 Douglas K Tischer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Cell Biology at UC-San Francisco
2011 Rev. Peter J. Scanlon Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Richard K. Allen '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Lillian M Clark Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2011 Linnea Palmer Paton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2011 Jonathan M Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2011 Melissa M. Besse (Lichwan) '91 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2011 Celena Dopart Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Sarah Mattessich Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Aaron P. Champagne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2011 Mark Tyler Hawthorne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Daniel W Carney National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry at Brown University
2010 John FitzPatrick '75 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 William Trask Alumni
2010 Rui Dai Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Tanvir Madan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Manasi Vartak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2010 William "Tuna" Trask Goat's Head Award for Lifetime Commitment to WPI WPI Alumni Association
2010 Constance Clark Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2010 Romeo Award
2010 Elke Rudensteiner Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science

Computer Science Professor Elke Rundensteiner Receives WPI's 2010 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize
2010 Virginia Giordano FitzPatrick '75 Alumni
2010 Olufunmilayo Olatokunbo Adebayo Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Alyssa Vincent Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2010 Lynn Anne Worobey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh
2010 Kenneth Stafford Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Read the citation: 2010 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2010 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2010 Judith Nitsch '75 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Kassondra Hickey Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Interactive Media Art,” advisor: Joseph Farbrook
2010 Andrew Marchese Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Danielle Volpe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2010 Kevin James Gagnon National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Inorganic at Texas A&M University
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Udall Foundation Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2010 Craig Mitchell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson
2010 Mary Yovina Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2010 Sara Ingrid Duran National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Engineering - Electrical and Electronic at Duke University
2010 Mortada Najem Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Human Applicable Cloning: the Islamic Debate,” advisor: Bethel Eddy
2010 John William Meklenburg Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Yuk-Kwan Brian Yuen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Melinda Susanna Belisle National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Ecology at Stanford University
2010 Aakrit Bhakhri Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Muslim Separatism and Identity in India: Aftermath of the Partition of 1947,” advisor: Ruth Smith
2010 Daniel Jonathan Smaltz National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Organic at Harvard University
2010 Mark Hayden Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Transmarginal Inhibition in Gravity’s Rainbow,” advisor: Lance Schachterle
2010 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado
2010 Jairo Argueta Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Rubin Campus Center
2010 Xiaoyun Wang & Chang Liu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Saint Archer” (animated short film), advisor: Joshua Rosenstock
2010 Roseann Gammal Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2010 Richard Paul Pampuro National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Cornell University
2010 Andrew Black The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Karen Tegan Padir John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Elizabeth Dailey Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Debora Afezolli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology