Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2009 | Diran S. Apelian | Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Faculty | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 2009 | Katherine Kruczek Vignaly '84 | Alumni | |||||
| 2009 | Alison J. LeFlore | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2009 | Daniel Asselin, David Beavers, Stephan Jakubowski | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering | "Investigation of Plasma Charging Effects" Advisor: John Blandino |
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| 2009 | Aaron Holroyd, Punsak Koakiettaveechai, Brett Ponsler | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | "Hand-Eye Coordination in a Humanoid Robot" Advisor: Brad Miller, Charles Rich |
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| 2009 | Mark Macaulay '89 | John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Krista L. Dietz | Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 2009 | Allison P. Smyth | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| 2009 | Nicholas B. LeCompte | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences, Physics | |
| 2009 | Shreelekha Mandal | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | "Functional Specificity of Lipid Elongases in Development" Advisor: Joseph Duffy |
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| 2009 | Christopher M. Drouin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | "The Mindful Reader: Learning- Augmented News Aggregation" Advisor: David C. Brown |
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| 2009 | Alexia D. Bililies | Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship | Winner | Rotary Foundation | Graduate | Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies | |
| 2009 | Michael G. Bruce '94 | Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Daniel J. Smaltz | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | |
| 2009 | Alexander G. Christakis | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | |
| 2009 | Debra-Ann Franck, William W. Mayo, Matthew R. Tomasko, Yanxuan Xie | President's IQP Awards | Second Place | Undergraduate | "Mapping as a Foundation for Spatial Redevelopment in Monwabisi Park" Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh |
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| 2009 | Meghan Pasquali, Nicholas Pelletier, Jennifer Richards, Jonathan Shoemaker | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | "Development of a New System to Treat Hip Dislocation in Canines" Advisor: Glenn Gaudette |
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| 2009 | Allison P. Smyth | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "Drag-Aid MK, Race Car Crash Detection" Advisor: Stephen J. Bitar |
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| 2009 | Theodore L. Dysart '94 | Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Joseph A. Krasinskas | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 2009 | Diana M. Berlo, Jennifer L. Hunt, Amanda L. Martori, Justin L. Skelly | President's IQP Awards | Second Place | Undergraduate | "Wind Generation on Nantucket" Advisor: Michael Elmes |
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| 2009 | Nicholas Alden, Zachary Humerick, Andrew Teixeira | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Molten Salt Gasification of Biomass" Advisors: Ravindra Datta, James Dittami |
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| 2009 | Tahsin Hassan, Vasil K. Savov, Alihusain Y. Sirohiwala | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "An Interactive Application Demo for the AD8295" Advisor: John McNeil |
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| 2009 | Kristen L. Billiar | Fulbright Scholars | Fulbright Program | Faculty | Biomedical Engineering | Ireland WPI Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Conduct Research on Tissue Engineering in Ireland |
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| 2009 | Robert H. Mason '94 | Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Indraneel Sircar | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | |
| 2009 | Eugene Choi | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| 2009 | Christopher D. Gabrielson, Stephen W. Hanly, Laura E. Montville | President's IQP Awards | Second Place | Undergraduate |
Advisor: Fred Looft |
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| 2009 | Eric Connelly | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Imaging L-Alanine and Inosine-Induced Germination of Bacillus Anthracis Using Atomic Force Microscopy" Advisor: Terri Camesano |
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| 2009 | Jonathan E. Hayden, Hiroshi Mita, Jason R. Ogasian | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "Autonomous Mapping Robot" Advisors: R. James Duckworth, David Cyganski |
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| 2009 | Will Grudzinski | Student Employee of the Year | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Academic Technology Center | ||
| 2009 | Robert E. Hart ‘79 | Edwin “Ted” Coghlin Jr. ’56 Humanitarian Leadership Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Warren D. Smale '94 | John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Sarah Albrecht | Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Motives for Change: Signac's Stylistic Shift," advisor: D. Samson |
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| 2009 | Linxiao Chen | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | |
| 2009 | Aubrey D. Ortiz, Hilary A. Rotatori, Elizabeth A. Schreiber, George von Roth | President's IQP Awards | Second Place | Undergraduate | Hydroponic Farming in Mahasarakham: Integrating Hydroponics into the Agricultural Curriculum While Introducing Entrepreneurial Skills |
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| 2009 | Michael Morin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Educational Uses of COMSOL Multiphysics Carbon Dioxide Absorption with Chemical Reaction" |
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| 2009 | Nicholas Amendolare | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Conserving Energy through Fuel Poverty Mapping in Worcester, Massachusetts" Advisor: Robert Krueger |
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| 2009 | Thomas B. Robertson | Fulbright Scholars | Fulbright Program | Faculty | Humanities & Arts | Nepal New Fulbright Scholars from WPI Are Addressing Rural Development in Nepal and Risk Communication in Thailand |
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| 2009 | Warren D. Smale | John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Harry M. Wotton '94 | Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement | WPI Alumni Association | Alumni | |||
| 2009 | Jeffrey Marrion | Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Philosophy and Film: Existentialism and Place," advisor: J. Sanbonmatsu |
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| 2009 | Joseph A. Krasinskas | Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize | Honorable Mention | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 2009 | Geoffrey I. Karasic | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering | |
| 2009 | Christopher R. Lizewski, Marcella C. Granfone, Daniel J. Olecki | President's IQP Awards | First Place | Undergraduate | "Water and Sanitation in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town" Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh |
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| 2009 | Alisha Begin, Stepen Shin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Adsorption of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Using ZSM-5" Advisors: Robert Thompson, John Bergendahl |
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| 2009 | Charlie Mezak | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | "Life in the Ledges" Advisor: Constance Clark |
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| 2009 | Michael Szkutak | Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Presidential Electioneering in the Television Age," advisor: J. Hanlan |
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| 2009 | Ilan Shomorony | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences | |
| 2009 | Shawn P. Carey | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |