Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2015 Daniela Ruiz Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2021 Mihn Anh Kieu Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2022 Anna Eng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Laura M. Amodeo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Humanities & Arts
2011 Andrew K Capulli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Shane Waterman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Tutor, Physics
2010 Mary Yovina Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2016 Jonathan Leitschuh, Thomas Clark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"GRIP: Graphically Represented Image Processing (Engine)"

Advisors: Brad Miller, Michael Gennert
2022 Hannah Borges, Alexis Nichols, Shreya Puttagunta, Meghan Slaney, Chris Son Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

“Feeding Device for Premature Infants in Low Middle-Income Countries”

Advisors: Solomon Mensah, Dirk Albrecht
2006 Elizabeth A Norgard National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Washington University
2017 Kyla Nichols Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
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
2016 Andrea Claudio, Alexander Johnson, Sofia Reyes Castillo, Sean Tidd Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

From "citizenshit" to "citizenship" in Northern India
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
2018 Jared Grier Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2013 Samuel Francois Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Career Development Center
1991 Matthew R. Bontell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Flood: A Suite for Brass Quartet"
2024 Patrick J. Healey. Advisor: Kevin Lewis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "P.J. Haus."
2019 Kyle L. Richards Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2014 Daniel Boudreau Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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
2001 Karen C. Kosinski Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Colby Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Design and Synthesis of Zika Virus Protease Inhibitors."

Advisor:  Drew Brodeur
1998 Matthew S. Freimuth Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2001 Karen Hoffman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2015 Paulo Carvalho Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Developing and Composing for a Robotic Organ,” major: Biomedical Engineering and Robotics Engineering, minor: Electrical and Computer Engineering, advisor: Scott Barton
2019 Khadijah Ibrahim Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2005 Nina E. Mallozzi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Laura Staugler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1991 Susan C. Moser Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Andrew Black Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2023 Samantha Havel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Kathryn Bumila National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2016 Natalie Diltz, Jena Mazzucco, Austin Scott, Jeffrey Sirocki President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Stakeholder Student: Resource Management of Wairarapa Moana"

Advisors: Professors Bethel Eddy and Robert Kinicki
2022 Lilly-Beth Linnell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science

“Neuroanatomical Biomarkers for Suicidality in Dissociative Identity”

Advisors: Ben Nephew, Jeanine Skorinko
2001 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biology at Washington University
2012 Sarah Bober, Devin Harrison, Rachel Hickcox, Chelsea Miller, Collaborating Thai students: Gun Charoensiri, Suthamma Sa-nguankulchai, Piyada Sutthanusorn President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Heat Impacts on Occupational Health: A Comparison Between Agricultural and Industrial Settings in the Time of Climate Change"

Advisors: Ingrid Shockey, and Bland Addison
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
2007 Craig D. DiGiovanni Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Planning and Implementation of Denazification in Post War Germany,” advisor David Dollenmayer
1986 Robert Provost Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"African Percussion," advisors: David McKay and Richard Falco
2018 Matthew Ryder Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2024 Ryan Malaquias Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2014 Ryan B. Weitz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Jared R. Snell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Hammad Sadiq Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Transcriptional Regulation of Non-coding RNAs by Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein."

Advisor:  Amity Manning
1999 John M. Markow Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2002 Jason Michael Field Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Jessica R. Caccioppoli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2020 Zachary Emil, Andrew Robbertz, Richard Valente, Cole Winsor Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Enhanced Alternative Communications Using AI and NLP
2015 Katherine Picchione Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Pokomchi Pictorial Literacy,” major: Mechanical Engineering and Society, Technology, and Policy, advisor: Ryan Madan