Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2007 Shannon E. O'Toole, Brandon R. Finzel, Justin Perron, Jacob E. Russell President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Noise Data Farming for the City of Boston"

Advisors: Chrysanthe Demetry & Kevin Clements
2007 Kevin Bobrowski, Christopher Korzeniowski, Francisco de Molina Cobo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Search and Rescue Robot"

Advisor: James Duckworth
2007 Aaron Sakulich Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Morocco
2007 Richard D. Sisson Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 George H. Long Jr. '57 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
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
2007 Jill M. Goldstein Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2007 Jason P. Frey, Ryan S. Kendrick, Jodi M. Lowell, John M. Rothermel President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Energy Profiling for Off-Grid Energization Solutions in Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Krueger & Fred Looft
2007 John Bosch, Joseph Hsu, Erin Mazuera, Kelly Osberg Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Demographic Preferences in Web Design: Usability Testing Through Eye Tracking"

Advisors: Soussan Djamasbi, Thomas Tullis
2006 Benjamin W. Dwyer Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Spirits of the Dead: a Musical Composition," advisor: Richard Falco
2006 Ravi Srinivasan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics at Brown University
2006 Amanda J. Tarbet Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Multimodal Tensions in the Graphic Novel," advisor: Ruth Smith
2006 Sanjayan Manivannan Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Paul M. Ingemi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2006 Ann H. Bothmer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2006 Warren J Schudy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at Brown University
2006 Jeanine Plummer Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Read the citation: 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award
2006 Carolann Koleci Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics

Read the citation: 2006 Academic Advising Award
2006 Diran Apelian Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2006 Outstanding Research Award
2006 Eric G. Wilusz Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Competing Visions for Technical Education: the Founding of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Worcester Polytechnic Institute," advisor: David Spanagel
2006 Laura E. Baldassari Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2006 Yuko Oku National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2006 H. J. Manzari Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

Read the citation: 2006 Romeo Award
2006 Jonathan E. Gronlund Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Laura M. Amodeo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Humanities & Arts
2006 Elizabeth A Norgard National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Washington University
2006 Amanda E. Lewis Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2006 Tyler D Ames National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Molecular Biology at Yale University
2006 Allen H. Hoffman Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2006 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award
2006 Richard C. Liebich ‘66 Edwin “Ted” Coghlin Jr. ’56 Humanitarian Leadership Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2006 Kathleen M. Ferguson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Helena C. Zec Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2006 Kimberly M. Ware Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2006 Brian P. Day Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Jennifer L. Schweers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2006 Brian Foley, Hans Jensen, Tyler Forbes, Adam Young President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Holy Name Central Catholic Jr. / Sr. High School Wind Turbine Feasibility IQP"

Advisor: Alexander Emanuel 
2006 Molly Conforte Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2006 Nicole J Labbe, Nicholas S McBride, Ethan Malcolm Ray President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

Erosion and Flood Control in the Informal Settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
2006 James Michael McHugh Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2006 Ryan W. Carley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Sanjayan Manivannan The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Andrew J. Law Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2006 Holger Droessler Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Humanities & Arts

USA/Germany
2006 Amanda McCullough Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Michael C. Brunetti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2006 Kevin J. LaMalva Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2006 Isaac J Waldron National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at WPI
2005 Antonio Sangermano Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2005 Paul F. Messier Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts