Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners
Great Problems Seminar (GPS) poster presentation winners are selected during events held each year at the ends of B- and D-Terms, following the conclusion of each first-year, two-term GPS course. First-year student teams showcase, and are judged, on a wide range of innovative solutions they present to some of the world’s most critical challenges.
Browse Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Marcus Guarracino, Christian Altomonte, Avery Reed, Max Messina, Tess Briden | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Tech 4 Tomorrow" |
| 2024 | Amelia Davis, John DiMarino, Christina Ilie, Zach Zastawny | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Impacts of the Urban Heat Island Effect on the Migration Patterns of the American Robin in NYC |
| 2024 | Natalie Bouffard, Tynan Lucey, Ekin Chau | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Cultural and Technological Pathways to Sustainable Energy: Reducing Fossil Fuel Dependence in Seoul, South Korea |
| 2024 | Andrew Porter, Daymien Waterman, Carter Cermak, Noah Krantz | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Southbridge Resource Center |
| 2024 | Catherine Polo, Jula Doucet, Emma Normand | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Fashionably Late |
| 2024 | Norah Anderson, Eva Elkington, Colby Hales, Grace Kiernan, Connor Parson, Belen Quispe Almendro | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Perfecting "Plastic" Packaging |
| 2024 | Vanshita Patel, Aditi Bhattamishra, Jack Myers, Agata Romero | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mind Your Steps: Physical Lifestyle Remedies for Cognitive and Mobility Decline from Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias |
| 2024 | Henry Eberman, Ahmad Hamiroune, Rebecca Joesten, Andrew Flamini | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Fostering Tuvaluan Culture in Australia |
| 2024 | Abby Belding, Connor Gordreau, Sam Loy, Elliot Stadtmauer | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | From Fields to Reefs: The Nitrogen Runoff Crisis |
| 2024 | James Crotty, Charles Lantz, Duncan O'Mara, Jack Van Buren | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | How to Handle the Heat |
| 2023 | Emily Grace Cater, Emma Gemmill, Ryan Martinkat, Sydney Sheehan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Buzz Off!: Advertisement Plan for Use of Wolbachia |
| 2023 | Joseph Bailey, Jerry Hill, Teague Jones, Joseph Tully | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Crystal Clear Solutions |
| 2023 | Zoe Lang, Matthew Laudares, Kenny Maurin, Hannah Parisella | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Worcester Affordable Housing |
| 2023 | Kenerson Cronin, Crow Goudemond, Madeline Jaszek, Matthew Mueller | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | A Modern Victory Garden in Worcester |
| 2023 | Jessica Duda, Annika Swanson, Yasmin Issa, Helena Kottmeier | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Addressing Infertility in Female Physicians in New England |
| 2023 | Matthew Singh, Toluwani Akomolafe, Connor Sagan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Racial Wealth Divide in Montgomery County, MD |
| 2023 | Zoe Lang, Matthew Laudares, Kenny Maurin, Hannah Parisella | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Worcester Affordable Housing |
| 2023 | Kenerson Cronin, Crow Goudemond, Madeline Jaszek, Matthew Mueller | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | A Modern Victory Garden in Worcester |
| 2023 | Izabel Gaines, Charlotte Bourne, Thea Clermont, McAlister Marshall, Jessica Revis, Daniel Cho, Mason Affricano | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Rice Remedy |
| 2023 | Jessica Duda, Annika Swanson, Yasmin Issa, Helena Kottmeier | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Addressing Infertility in Female Physicians in New England |
| 2023 | Matthew Singh, Toluwani Akomolafe, Connor Sagan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Racial Wealth Divide in Montgomery County, MD |
| 2023 | Rudy Arsenault, Nathaniel Craiglow, Lucas Marchese, Mason Medina, John Regan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electric Vehicle Implementation in India |
| 2022 | Samuel Kelly, Rodrigo Marcenaro Palacios, Keenan Porter, Juan Andres Sanchez | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Housing in Venezuela |
| 2022 | Donovan Bowley, Evan Lutz, Giampaolo Maneri, Gianni Rosato, Chenxi Zeng | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Thorius: Powering our Green Future |
| 2022 | Chantalle Chhoeuk, Kimberly Cummings, Brandon Engerman, Beth Irwin | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Deer Population Control Measures in the Adirondacks |
| 2022 | Ashley Amaro, Emma Corley-Bustin, Phoebe Cutter, Riya Patel | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | South Bronx Bodegas: Ground Zero for the Obesity Endemic |
| 2022 | Ashley Amaro, Emma Corley-Bustin, Phoebe Cutter, Riya Patel | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | South Bronx Bodegas: Ground Zero for the Obesity Endemic |
| 2022 | Paula Gibbons, Sophia Kouznetsov, Kaelie Newell | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mending Hearts: Combating Congenital heart Disease in Kerala, India |
| 2022 | Ryan Addeche, Annarose Avery, Jack Denny, Brian Gomez, Emre Sunar | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Ingenious Music: Bottle Marimba |
| 2022 | John Diamond, Kane Kyer, Sri Mukunthraj, Willem van Oosterum, Rishabh Venkatesan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Vali-Melt |
| 2022 | Corryn Fisher, Corinn Ouellette, Abigail Rivers, Jessica Shepard, Grace Venagro | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Moving fashion Forward |
| 2022 | Paula Gibbons, Sophia Kouznetsov, Kaelie Newell | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mending Hearts: Combating Congenital Heart Disease in Kerala, India |
| 2022 | Carter Alday, Caleb Cress, Sophia Gross, and Brinson Wyche | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Shining a List on the Sunshine State: Increasing Access to Disability Services in Florida |
| 2022 | Nicholas Carignan, Ben Cruse, Julian Loleng, Jack Rooney, Stephen Sequira | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Vali-Yard |
| 2021 | Benjamin Brooks, Jordan Heffernan, Nicholas Ishigami, Megan Jordan | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Coastal Catastrophe: Rising Sea Level and Effects on Coastal Regions |
| 2021 | Alexse LaGuerre, Keanna Bruce, Andrew Mesa, Ligia Portugal | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2021 | Marissa Burati, Juliana Fox, Sona Hansila, Nicolas Valentino | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2021 | Mackenzie Appleyard, Vera Close, Sofia Eckerson, Madison Quattlander | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2021 | Allen Cheung, Jameson Courtney, Andrew Cunningham, Marcel Guzik | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2021 | Nylah Andrews, Ashleigh Perez, Ava Labik, Meghan Doane | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | G.O.M.P.E.I: Girls On a Mission Preventing Education Inequality |
| 2021 | Alyson Crawford, Sean Maguire, Lindsay Masamery, Mickey Mikitarian, Jack Pszeniczny | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2021 | Nylah Andrews, Ashleigh Perez, Ava Labik, Meghan Doane | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | G.O.M.P.E.I: Girls On a Mission Preventing Education Inequality |
| 2021 | Lucy Bosch, Andrew Kovacs, Seamus O'Connor, Jonah Potter, Nicholas Sirota | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | |
| 2020 | Zoe Swartley, Joseph Caponigro,Luke Regan, Ethan Vaz Falcao, Ethan Vaz Falcao | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Trash Cache |
| 2020 | Ana Roure, Brian English,Jack Yebba, Bennet Kracz, Bennet Kracz | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Musical Revolution: Recovering the World Through a Recycled Orchestra |
| 2020 | Elliot Dunham, Max Frail, Natanel Pinkhasov, Nina Quattromani | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Paving a Path for Public Transit |
| 2020 | Guinevere Ferrira, Chase Herberich, Kristin Lavoie, Cole Ouellette, Cole Ouellette | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Coral Restoration Efforts in the Florida Keys |
| 2020 | Natalie Tierney, Komlavi Touglo, Roshini Uthayakumar, Nicholas Uy | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Therapy Limitations for Children with Late-Onset Pompe Disease |
| 2020 | Nathalie Larrea, Cortina Barbieri, Natalia Neira | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Spreading Cochabamba’s Approach to Climate Justice |
| 2020 | Habeeb Ismail, Bryce Kennedy, Eric Montiverdi | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Kibera: Reblocking Kenya’s Largest Slum |