Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Elizabeth J Stewart National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor

2009 David Munger Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"The Use of Photoresist Derived Carbon as Microelectrodes for Genetic Assays"

Advisor: Susan Zhou

2009 Daniel Tennant, Julia Berg, Joseph Strong Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"Petrified"

Advisor: Robert W. Lindeman

2009 Dmitry Korkin National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2009 Robert C. Labonte '54 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2009 Heather Bell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Celtic Music Throughout the UK," advisor: J. Delorey

2009 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Neal K. Humphrey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science
2009 Lynn A Worobey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Bioengineering at University of Pittsburgh

2009 Richard Pampuro Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Photoresist Derived Carbon as a Substratum for Nerve Cell Culture"

Advisor: Susan Zhou

2009 Elisabeth Beinke, Keilin Bickar, Joshua Doyle, Alexander Schwartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"Memory Dash - a Multiplayer iPhone Game"

Advisor: David Finkel

2009 Raymond R. Hagglund '56 William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2009 Don Havener Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Encyclopedia and the Third Estate," advisor B. Addison

2009 Roseann S. Gammal Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Philip N. Hanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2009 Alexia D. Bililies Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
2009 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical at University of Colorado at Boulder

2009 Daniel W. Carney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Singlet Oxygen Trapping Porphyrins"

Advisor: Robert E. Connors

2009 Samantha G. McGill Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering

"Market and Business Analysis of Microthreads"

Advisors: Helen Vassallo, George Pins

2009 Federick J. Costello '59 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2009 Everett Tripp Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Why They Fought: The Working Class in Empire," advisor: P. Hansen

2009 Daniel J. Asselin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2009 Christina Ernst National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Lynn Developmental Biology at WPI

2009 Jessie A. Brasefield, Douglas K. Tischer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Exploring Apoptin's Anti-Cancer Ability:  Uncoupling Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling and Multimerization"

2009 Matthew Dailey, Ilan Shomorony Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Physically Unclonable Functions"

Advisors: William Martin, Berk Sunar

2009 David Adams American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Wilfrid J. Houde '59 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2009 Kelly E. Johnson Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2009 Christina E. Grant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2009 Karen O'Sullivan, Phyllis Wall Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"The Effects of Warm Mix Asphalt Additives on Recycled Asphalt"

Advisors: Rajib Mallick, Mindjiang Tao

2009 Marc Balboa, Ivo Dobrev, Ryan Fosset Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"MEMS for Real Time Imaging Applications"

Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazquez

2009 Seth P. Tuler Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies

Thailand

New Fulbright Scholars from WPI Are Addressing Rural Development in Nepal and Risk Communication in Thailand
2009 Stephen J. Bitar Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award

2009 Sergey Makarov Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2009 Academic Advising Award

2009 Anthony Dixon Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Read the citation: 2009 Outstanding Research Award

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