Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Windle B. Priem '59 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2009 Zubin H.Patel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Jennifer Ann Himottu, Alyson J Stuer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Analysis of Bridge Connections: A Comparative Study of Bridge & Joint Design"

Advisor: Leonardo Albano

2009 Elizabeth Gould Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions"

Advisor: P.K. Aravind

2008 Peter Christopher Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Read the citation: 2008 Outstanding Teaching Award

2008 Kristen L. Billiar Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2008 Academic Advising Award

2008 Joel J. Brattin Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2008 Outstanding Research Award

2008 Robert A. Brown III '78 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Casey M. Raasumaa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Ryan T. Moniz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 Steve H. Shin, Natasha L. Deschene, Daniel M. Morehouse, Max A. Kuhns President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hands-On-History at the Tower of London"

Advisors: Peter Hansen, Stanley Selkow

2008 Daniel Capozzo, Robert Groezinger, Keet-Fung (Frankie) Ng, Marisa Siegel Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering

"Generation Y, Baby Boomers and Web Design: Usability Through Eye Tracking"

Advisor: Soussan Djamasbi

2008 Stephan A. Mezak '78 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Michael J. Monfreda Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2008 Benjamin E. Childs Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2008 Kenneth J. Barnett, Derek J. Eggiman, Jesse O. Sawyer President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Related to Food: A Study of Two Cafeterias in the Danish Municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk"

Advisor: Peter Christopher

2008 Michael Demers, Ryan Lehrmitt, Robert Pantalone Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering

"High-efficiency Coolant Nozzle Design for Abrasive Wire Wafer Slicing Machine"

Advisor: Yiming Rong

2008 Helen G. Vassallo '82 William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Katherine H. Woodman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2008 Oana Luca Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Tyler A. Chase Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2008 Nicholas D. Careau, Martha F. Gray, Charlie A. Mezak, Phyllis A. Wall President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Managing Water and Sanitation in the Fish River Basin"

Advisors: Creighton Peet, Reinhold Ludwig

2008 Benjamin Dwyer, Martin Maccaferri, Christian Wester Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Realization of a Laser Holographic Otoscope"

Advisor: Cosme Furlong

2008 Christopher Bartley Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics

Read the citation: 2008 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2008 Walter T. Towner, Jr. '83 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Michael C. Hyde, Sean W. Seymour, Daniel W. Tennant, Minh H. Truong President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Four Tourists and Hong Kong's Harbourfront: A Survey of the Waterfront of Victoria Harbour"

Advisors: Kevin Clements, Paul Davis

2008 Jared Buhler, Troy Coverstone, Nicholas Cummings, Siobhan Fleming, Thomas Huleatt, Theodore McDonald, Patrick Renaud, Megan Yocom Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. III – WPI AIAA Research Rocket"

Advisor: John Blandino

2008 Justin Carmichael Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"DC Glow-Discharge Plasma Gun"

Advisor: Rafael Garcia

2008 James M. Welch '83 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Indraneel Sircar Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Nicholas L. Pelletier Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Cosmin Tudor Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2008 Katarzyna A. Koscielska Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2008 Lauren N. Alex, Jessy L. Cusack, Augustina I. Mills, Alejandro E. Sosa-Boyd President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Design and Construction of a Communal Laundry Station in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto, Stephen Weininger

2008 Christina Ernst Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Structure/Function Studies of kekkon5, a Putative Novel Component of the Cellular Adhesion Machinery"

Advisor: Joseph Duffy

2008 Belin Beyoglu, Martin Ivanonv Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

"Technical Analysis of CAN SLIM Stocks"

Advisor: Michael Radzicki

2008 Robert Lindeman Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science

Read the citation: 2008 Romeo Award

2008 David S. Adams Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Two Outstanding WPI Faculty Members Receive Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prizes at Commencement

2008 Chrysanthe Demetry '88 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Lisa Marie DiTroia, Heather Hassett, Justine Roberts Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Microthreads for Stem Cell Delivery in Cardiac Applications"

Advisors: Glenn Gaudette, Marsha Rolle

2008 Akanksha Sharma Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2008 Joshua Rosenstock Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2008 Romeo Award

2008 Alexander E. Emanuel Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 John J. West, Jr. '88 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2008 Hilal Tetik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2008 Russell R. Kernan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 Denise Gleason, Kristoffer Jensen, Garima Painuly Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Proton Exchange Membranes and Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Enhanced Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance"

Advisor: Ravindra Datta

2008 Edwin B. Coghlin, Jr. ‘56 Edwin “Ted” Coghlin Jr. ’56 Humanitarian Leadership Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2008 Matthew J. Friend '93 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni