Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Kyla Nichols Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2024 Ryan Malaquias Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2014 Giovanna Cutietta Olson Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2004 Andrew Mumford, Jessica Sulzmann and Jesse Tippett President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Energy Efficiency Guidelines for Low-Cost Housing"

Advisors: Art Gerstenfeld and Susan-Gerstenfeld
2020 Faye Gauthier Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
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
2007 Lori A. Ferris Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
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
2018 Jared Grier Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1997 Nicholas G. Bulat Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2007 Samuel Feller, Nathan Malatesta, Nicholas McMahon Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Advisor: Kenneth Stafford
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
2021 Mihn Anh Kieu Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2001 Frederick Tan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Bernat Navarro-Serer Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2022 Anna Eng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Kyle L. Richards Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2006 Amanda McCullough Two Towers 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
2013 Shane Waterman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Tutor, Physics
2018 Colby Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Design and Synthesis of Zika Virus Protease Inhibitors."

Advisor:  Drew Brodeur
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
2007 Krista J. Smith Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Katarzyna A. Koscielska Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1991 Stephen T. Kapushoc Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Knowledge and Vision of Loren Eiseley"
2010 Yuk-Kwan Brian Yuen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Tyler D Ames National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Yale University
1994 Stefan Randholm Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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
2019 Shreeshti Chuke Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2017 Hope Shevchuk Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1996 Douglast P. Wilson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
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
2021 Ardavasd Ardhaldjia Emerging Leader of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

IFC
2011 Sarah Mattessich Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Nicholas Mondor Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Office of the Provost
2016 Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Alternative Water Treatment: Designing a floating island that integrates social & technical elements at American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece"

Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh
2007 Jill M. Goldstein Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Adraesteia Wong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2007 Lynn A. Worobey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2023 Santiago Rivero Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2019 Haylea Northcott, Amanda Moulaison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Pubmed AuthorMap: A study of Research Collaboration in the Life Science Fields."

Advisors:  Liz Ryder and Dimitry Korkin
2022 Benjamin Draper Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Stair Capable Robotic Vacuum”

Advisors: Siavash Farzan, Jing Xiao
2004 Sidharth G. Rupani Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Nathan T. Nesbitt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2007 Lucas Samuel Lincoln Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Analysis of Pat Metheny as a Jazz Composer,” advisor Richard Falco
2009 Allison P. Smyth Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1986 Nancy Teasdale Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"I Don't Have to Cry for the Rest of My Life," advisor: Susan Vick
2016 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism at Yale University
2000 Alicia C Briggs National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI