Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2020 Petra Kumi Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Anomaly Detection in Time Series Brain Data Generated by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

2020 Robert Wondolowski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2020 Natalie Bloniarz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2020 William Battelle Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Events Office
2020 Yanhua Li National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2020 Nazanin Beigi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Psychology

2020 Mbolle Akume Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Mbolle Akume Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

ACE

2020 Chester Barber, Timothy Esworthy, Sydney Palmer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Tree Seedling Planter

2020 Kyle Wood Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2020 Ramona Bago Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Tom Partington Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Chemical Engineering
2020 Andrew Teixeira National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Chemical Engineering
2020 Kyra Bresnahan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Drama/Theatre

2020 Recognizing and Responding Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council

2020 Casey Willis Marietta E. Anderson Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Timothy Esworthy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Nicolas Amato, Zachary Huaman, Alicea Hyland, Jacob Koslow, Jordan Pickunka, Jack Procaccini, Saiyab Ranjit, William Roe, Jarod Romankiw, David Santamaria, Jake Scarponi, Braden St. Jacques, Jake Tappen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design, Analysis, and Test of a High-Powered Model Rocket

2020 Thomas Young Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Physics

Engaging Students in Energy Related Topics Using Contextualized Lessons

2020 Karitta Zellerbach Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2020 Tiffiny A Butler Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Division of Talent & Inclusion

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation

2020 Sathwik Bharadwaj Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation

2020 Bids for Kids Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Phi Sigma Sigma

2020 Amber Foote Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Catherine Sherman Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Moss Fungal Interactions

2020 Katherine Vaz Gomes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

Segurança e Pesquisa: A Case Study of Translation & Localization of Standard Operating Procedures in the BIOTAR Laboratory

2020 Alissa Ostapenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2020 Carlo Pinciroli Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

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2020 Douglas Reilly Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation

2020 Meredith Forcier Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Urmila Mallick Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Social Integration: Feasibility of Free-Ranging Dogs for Animal: Welfare, Public Health, and Conservation Benefits.

2020 Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Robotic Water Monitoring

2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2020 Samantha Lor, Megan Olson, Hannah Goddard, and Laura Boccio Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Wildlife Crossing Development for Highway 1 in Batipa, Panama

2020 Elisabeth Ann Stoddard Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Office of the Provost, Social Science & Policy Studies

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2020 Matt Desrosiers Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation

2020 Justin Amevor Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Kristy Giacoman Favela Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Noah McQueen Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

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2020 Matthew Liberacki, James Junker, Olivia Wisniewski, Brianna Owen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

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2020 Mark Bray Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Faith Kurtz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Stephanie Salerno and Jacquelyn Valsamis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

An Environmental Analysis of Recreational Cannabis Cultivation and Processing

2020 Sarah Boermeester, Marissa Gonzales, Katy Jessop, Griffin St. Onge President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Opportunities to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Brewery Waste in Albania

WPI Advisors: Robert Hersh and Robert Kinicki

2020 Danielle Snider Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis

2020 Nazanin Beigi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Katherine Gomes Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Marissa Bennett Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2020 James Andon, Katherine Vasconcelos Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

BaNCE: A Simplified Model for in vivo Non-Continuous Evolution