President's IQP Awards
Browse Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Type | Details |
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| 2022 | Abigael Kihu, Heather McGlauflin, Julia Toplyn, Kyra Tripp | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Digital Preservation of Artisanal Culture in the Fez Medina Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Mohammed El Hamzaoui |
| 2022 | Students: Lali Berelashvili, Samantha Braun, Cal Lebak, Colette Webster | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Help the Soup Kitchen ‘Go Green’ Advisors: Esther Boucher-Yip and Gary Pollice |
| 2022 | Melissa Hauman, Samantha Havel, Logan Rinaldi | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Power, Responsibility, and Justice in Research with Indigenous Communities Advisors: Shana Lessing and Yunus Dogan Telliel |
| 2022 | Megan Cyr, Tovah Lockwood, Alyssa Magaha, Anne McNamara | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | Restoring Mrigadayavan Palace Advisors: Holly Ault and Stephan Sturm |
| 2022 | Hao Chen, Alexander Demirs, Kelsey Leach, Samuel Mather, John Winship | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | Indoor Navigation for Blind Individuals Using Computer Vision & Machine Learning Advisors: Ivan Mardilovich and Svetlana Nikitina |
| 2021 | Augustine K. Asumadu (MIS), Devan Blechinger-Slocum (ME), Margaret R. Gunville (ME), Sarah A. MacDonald (BME) | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Launching a Competitive Robotics Team for Physically Active Youth Advisors: Nancy Burnham, Alexander Smith |
| 2021 | Elaine Chen (CS), Ruchita Y. Choksey (ME), Danielle D. Upton (CME), Casey J. Willis (ME) | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate |
Advisor: Robert Krueger |
| 2021 | Caroline E. Dalton (CE), Daniel C. Dietrich (ME), Meng Lian (CME), Brooklynn Paris (BME) | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | The Role of Wetlands in the Ruamahanga Catchment Advisors: Fred Looft, Ingrid Shockey |
| 2021 | Minh Anh Kieu (BME), Noah C. Brennick (PW), Sophia H. Cheng (ME/RBE), Darius Luo (AE) | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Mobile Farm Stand: A Vehicle for Education Advisor: Derren Rosbach |
| 2021 | Mairead E. O'Neill (CS), Ciara R. Young (CME), Matthew B. Adams (ME), Christopher R. Davenport (AREN) | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate |
Advisors: J. Scott Jiusto, Gbetonmasse Somasse |
| 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 | Alejandra Garza, Dante Knight, Nancy Nguyen, James Witt | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Improving Emergency Preparedness in Monte Verde Costa Rica WPI Advisors: R.Creighton Peet and William San Martin |
| 2020 | Mikel Matticoli, Lucas Varella | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Jazz History Database Global Contributor Project WPI Advisors: Keith Zizza |
| 2020 | Michael Clements, Leo Gross, Elizabeth Kirschner, Zetta Rajaniemi | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Memorialization of the Spaç Labor Camp: An Investigation into Digital Methods WPI Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Robert Hersh |
| 2020 | Ryan Johnson, Paul Bonarrigo, Matthew Iaconis, Brendan McCann | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Using Behavior-Change Strategies to Reduce Littering in Lambeth WPI Advisors: John Orr and Paul Marrone |
| 2020 | Payton Bielawski, Nathan Kaplan, Brian Preiss, Alyssa Sousa, Rebekah Vernon | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate | Developing a Sustainability Plan for Hammams in Morocco WPI Advisors: Mohammed El Hamzaoui and Laura Roberts |
| 2019 | Ellen Clarrissimeaux, Sawnaz Shaidani, Emily Staknis, Jeremiah Valero Araujo | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Creating Methods for SINGA Lyon to Determine and Demonstrate their Impact WPI Advisors: Peter Hansen and Fabienne Miller |
| 2019 | Sarat Buasai, Benen ElShakhs, Brian Kelsey, Monica leigh Whitehorn | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | The Development of an Interactive Data Portal for Rural Electrification in Namibia WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy |
| 2019 | Colin Ancalmo, Hannah Baez, Noah Budris, Alexander Spielman | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Interactive Museum Exhibit Featuring Pueblo Influence on New Mexican Contemporary Architecture WPI Advisor: Lauren Mathews |
| 2019 | Kyle Foley, Walker Christie, Michael Kola and Natasha Honcharik | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | A Mobile Application for Locating Treatment and Support WPI Advisors: Thomas Balistrieri |
| 2019 | Olivia Gibbs, Samantha Lor, Ariana Rozen, Gavin Sabol | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Upper Primary Science Curriculum Development for Physically Active Youth WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy |
| 2018 | Erik Langberg, Thomas Mackintosh, Stephanie Marcucci, Eli Skeggs | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Weighing Perceived Values of Tinguely's Sculptures Against Technically Advanced Conservation Advisors: Daniel DiMassa |
| 2018 | Kylie Dickinson, Donald Dione, Sarah St. Pierre, Tyler Weiss | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | Reducing Flood Risk in Shkodra Through Community Engagement Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh |
| 2018 | Talon Boie, Kerry Muenchow, Theodore Vangos, Kelly Vodola | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Designing a Sustainable Water Supply Network for El Cuerpo de Bomberos Training Practices Advisors: James Chiarelli and Stephen McCauley |
| 2018 | Sierra Palmer, Glenndon McCormick, Nico Fabbrini, Utkrisht Dhankar, Archit Kumar, Rushil Singhal | President's IQP Awards | First Runner Up | Undergraduate | Developing Drowsy Driving Mitigation Strategies for Himachal Pradesh WPI Advisors: Ingrid Shockey and Seth Tuler |
| 2018 | Ryan Herrmann, Fang Han, Morgan DeAngelis, Dasia Aldarondo | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate |
Advisors: Leslie Dodson and Robert Hersh |
| 2017 | Andrea Bayas, Maura Buckley, Cierra Ford, Javier Lawes | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "A Citizen Science Platform for Long-Term Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution in Port Phillip Bay" Advisors: Stephen McCauley and William Michalson |
| 2017 | William Bennett, Emily Chretien, Sophia Gomarlo, Peter Hurley | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | "A Recommended Recycling Processing System for the Informal Waste Collectors of Oshakati, Namibia" Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Sarah Wodin-Schwartz |
| 2017 | Alexander Alvarez, Julia Dunn, Katharine Dunphy, Alexander Lemmon | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | "Improving Eye Care Delivery Through Data Sharing Technology" Advisors: Michael Aghajanian and Diran Apelian |
| 2017 | Nick Bograd, Brett Carbonneau, Alexander Krasa, Benjamin Preston | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Northborough Composting: A Peri-Urban Land Conflict" Advisors: Corey Denenberg Dehner and Derren Rosbach |
| 2017 | Alex Legere, Anthony Perullo, Amy Toscano, Justin Waters | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Stormwater Management Educational Materials for Central Massachusetts Municipalities" Advisors: Corey Denenberg Dehner and Purvi Shah |
| 2016 | Everett Baker, Tyler Bennett, James Mosteller, John Williams | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Evaluating the Need for a Consumer Focused Smoke Alarm Performance System" Advisors: Professors Fred Looft and Briggitte Servatius |
| 2016 | Cara Bereznai, Bryce Kaw-Uh, Benjamin Parent, Catherine Souza | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Examining the Development of Nature-Urban Routes in San Jose, Costa Rica" Advisors: Professors Melissa Belz and Derren Rosbach |
| 2016 | Edward Dring, Victoria Johnson, Jacob Maalouf | President's IQP Awards | First Runner Up | Undergraduate | "Improving Healthcare Coordination in the Mandi District" ITT Mandi Students: Gopal Aggarwal, Naman Gupta Advisors: Drs. S. McCauley, Ingrid Shockey, Varun Dutt & R. Padmanabhan |
| 2016 | Megan Belval, Naumilda Como, Cameron Jones, Conrad Ruiz | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Preventing Violence Against Women: Training Resources to Empower the Broadmeadows Community" Advisors: Professors Holly Ault and James Hanlan |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate |
Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh |
| 2015 | Abigail M DaBoil-Lavoie, Jacquelyn M Fanning, Fernando Galvez, Richard E Thyden | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate |
Advisor: Professor Frederick Hart
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| 2015 | Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana |
| 2015 | Connor Gillespie, Brien Hard, Casey Rota, Saloni Sachar | President's IQP Awards | First Runner Up | Undergraduate | Lighting the Way to Fire Safety: Reducing Fire Risk in Namibia's Informal Sector Housing
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| 2015 | John Cotter, Victor Hu, Alejandro Miranda, Hannah Reinertsen | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate |
Advisors: Lauren Mathews and Tina-Marie Ranalli |
| 2015 | Joseph Hill, Hailey Cambra, David Knutson, Sunny Sang Nguyen | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | A Case Study in Costa Rica: The Impacts of Refrigerants Advisors: Professors Aarti Madan and Ryan Madan |
| 2015 | Kevin Ackerman, John Colfer | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate | A Bicycle Share Plan for Worcester Polytechnic Institute Advisors: Professors Kristin Boudreau and Richard Vaz |
| 2015 | Christina Noyes, Samantha Ervin, Julia LaValley, Jacob Mercier, Jonathan Mirabito | President's IQP Awards | Winner | Undergraduate | Building Hope: Empowerment through Improving Facilities at the Sizakuyenza Safe House |
| 2014 | Shiv Sankar Baishya, Alyssa Bornstein, Shoubhik Debnath, Jan Keleher, Suraj Malode, Lena Pafumi, Sachin Saini | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Proposal for Traffic Congestion Alleviation in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India" Advisors: Ingrid Shockey, Arti Kashyap (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Advisor) |
| 2014 | Bror Axelsson, Jaclyn DeCristoforo, Kyla Rodger, Aida Waller | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Worcester Earn-A-Bike: Creating an Adaptive Bicycle" Advisors: Corey Dehner and Stephen McCauley |
| 2014 | Kanv Garg, Sampath Kumar, Brianna Mikolich, Fiona Ogren, Justin Rice, Mahesh Yadav | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Implications of Introducing the IIT Mandi to the Rural Kamand Region" Advisors: Ingrid Shockey, Rajeshwari Dutt (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Advisor) |
| 2014 | Matthew Jackson, Thomas Kostelak, Leah Pervere, Sarah Quatieri | President's IQP Awards | Finalist | Undergraduate | "Development of the Inspire Engineering Mentoring Program" Advisors: Laureen Elgert and Scott Jiusto |
| 2014 | Lucine Bahtiarian, Tyler Collins, Kathering Connors, Zachary Goddard | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate | "Maitland Garden Village Perseverance Park Redevelopment" Advisors: Lorraine Higgins and Scott Jiusto |
| 2014 | Anne Jacobsen, Malick Kelly, Logan Roche, Evan White | President's IQP Awards | Honorable Mention | Undergraduate | "Recycling by Bicycle: A Green Alternative to Expand Recycling and Create Jobs in Windhoek" Melissa Belz and Robert Hersh |
