Provost's MQP Awards
These awards offer recognition to those students who have completed outstanding Major Qualifying Projects (MQPs) as a demonstration of their competency in a chosen academic discipline. Each academic department conducts its own competition to select the winners. In 2016, nearly 50 students were recognized for their innovation and achievements in WPI’s project-based learning curriculum.
Browse Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2015 | Paulo Carvalho, Sean Weaver, Anurag Kesari | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | "Phlebot: The Robotic Phlebotomist" Advisors: Patrick Flaherty, Gregory Fischer |
| 2007 | Eugene Douglass (Chemistry) | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Synthesis and Quantitative Testing of Electrochemical and Optical Sensors in Surface Formats" Advisor: Grant McGimpsey |
| 2020 | Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Robotic Water Monitoring |
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| 2023 | Claire Behning, Amanda Holbrook | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies, Psychological Science | "Exploring the Effect of CBD on C. elegans with 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson's Disease to Determine Potential Therapeutic Effects " |
| 2009 | Michael Morin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Educational Uses of COMSOL Multiphysics Carbon Dioxide Absorption with Chemical Reaction" |
| 2017 | Kyle Morrison | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "The CRISPR Enzyme Cpf1 as a Tool for Gene Regulation." |
| 2021 | Emma E. Burleson, Annemarie N. Eastwood, Lauren O. Mitchell, Molly W. Youngs | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering | Acid Leachate Active Treatment Pilot System for Cooledge Brook, MA |
| 2009 | Charlie Mezak | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | "Life in the Ledges" Advisor: Constance Clark |
| 2018 | Virginia Nunez | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | "Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." |
| 2022 | Silvana Reid | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | “Assessment of Nucleotide Labeling to Determine Organization of DNA Replication” Advisor: Destin Heilman |
| 2016 | Veroniki Nikolaki, Florentia Ong, Veronica Coyle | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | "The Effects of Punicalagin and Tannic Acid on Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Alzheimer's Disease" Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan |
| 2008 | Kataryzna Koscielska, Oliver Salmon | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Mapping of HTLV-1 Tax Functional Domain Conferring Cellular Senescence" Advisor: Destin Heilman |
| 2020 | Catherine Sherman | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | |
| 2022 | Anna Catlett, Dominick Gravante, Casey Willis | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | “Repurposing PLA into 3D Printing Filament” Advisor: John Sullivan |
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| 2016 | Kelsey Brofford, John DeVries, Luis Pernia-Rovayo, Sebastian Vergara | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Process Improvement of Roller Housing Assembly at Siemens" Advisor: Walter Towner |
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| 2007 | Kerri George (Biochemistry) | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "The Effects of Ajulemic Acid on Osteoclast Differentiation" Advisor: Jill Rulfs |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Caylee Butler, Slater Campbell, Trevor Parks, Charles Snow | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "Ropeless Lobster System: Resurfacing Oceanic Locator" |
| 2009 | Alisha Begin, Stepen Shin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Adsorption of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Using ZSM-5" Advisors: Robert Thompson, John Bergendahl |
| 2017 | Christopher Pierce | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | "Removal of Accidental Degeneracy in Cubic Quantum Dots." |
| 2021 | Olivia Lattanzi | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | |
| 2009 | Daniel Tennant, Julia Berg, Joseph Strong | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development | "Petrified" Advisor: Robert W. Lindeman |
| 2018 | Abigail Hanson, Joshua Mace, Frederick Metters, Nicole Sherlock | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | "Design of a Topical Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris." |
| 2022 | Kylie Belanger | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | “Metaphase Chromosome Alignment is Sensitive to Dynein-Dependent Forces at the Cell Cortex” Advisor: Amity Manning |
| 2016 | Dennis Giaya, Rebecca Stolarczyk | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | "System for Continuous Postoperative Monitoring in Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer" Advisors: Yitzhak Mendelson, Raymond Dunn (UMMS), Samandar Dowlatshahi (UMMS) |
| 2008 | Chelsea Bierkan, Courtney Rheault, Katharine Woodman | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "Adaptive Reuse Plan for the Worcester County Courthouse" Advisor: Leonard ALbano |
| 2020 | Urmila Mallick | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology | |
| 2022 | Brock Jolicoeur | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | “Development of a Microcollimator Array for Neutron Imaging” Advisor: David Medich |
| 2015 | Jose Andrade, Austin Holliday, William Michalski, Juan Hernan Parra, Veronica Rivero Gorrin | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | "Growing Power Vertical Farm" Advisors: Leonard Albano, Leffi Cewe-Malloy |
| 2007 | Todor Kiryazov, Gregory McHale, Daniel Mezynski, Phillip Sweeney | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | "ComputerWorld Survey System" Advisors: David Brown, Diane Strong |
| 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 |
| 2023 | Adele Brochu, Evan Rios, Kali Sander, Caitlin Strzegowski | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering | "Stormwater Management and Design in Framingham, Massachusetts" |
| 2009 | David Munger | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "The Use of Photoresist Derived Carbon as Microelectrodes for Genetic Assays" Advisor: Susan Zhou |
| 2017 | Natalie Wellen | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Modeling Over the Counter Derivative Trading with and without Central Clearing Parties." |
| 2021 | Jacob Borges, Jihan Nabahani, John Tanny | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Industrial Engineering | |
| 2016 | Elizabeth Thompson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | "What's Bugging Me About Literary Translation: Translating German to English" Advisor: Ulrike Brisson |
| 2009 | Elisabeth Beinke, Keilin Bickar, Joshua Doyle, Alexander Schwartz | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development | "Memory Dash - a Multiplayer iPhone Game" Advisor: David Finkel |
| 2018 | Katharine Dunphy, Sophia Gomarlo, Katherine Moore | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Analyzing Fast-Track Effectiveness at ReadyMED Plus Worcester."
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| 2022 | Justin Moy | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | “Predicting Becker and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Progression through the Neuromuscular Observational Datahub” Advisor: Liz Ryder |
| 2016 | George Kuegler, Gianna Terravecchia | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | "Electrode Development of a Lactate Biosensor" Advisor: Susan Zhou |
| 2008 | Neal Orman | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | "GPU Optimization of an Existing Free-Viewpoint Video System" Advisor: Robert Lindeman |
| 2020 | Matthew Liberacki, James Junker, Olivia Wisniewski, Brianna Owen | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | |
| 2022 | Elaine Chen | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Professional Writing | “A Tsuboniwa: A Garden Dream” Advisors: Yunus Telliel, Jennifer deWinter |
| 2015 | Zachary Arnold, Danielle LeRose | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | "Smartphone Gait Inference" Advisors: Emmanuel Agu, Joseph Petruccelli |
| 2007 | Jeffrey Pelligrino, John Scimone, Kaushal Shrestha | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | "AMISR RF Amplifier Test Station" Advisor: John Orr |
| 2020 | Adam Collins, William Kopellas, David Simpson | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering | Analyzing the Built Environment and Human Behavior through the Creation of an Immersive Space |
| 2023 | Sophia Togneri | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts | "Integrating Herbal Medicine into Modern Healthcare Systems: A Case Study on Artemisia annua in China, the US, and Kenya" |
| 2009 | Daniel W. Carney | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Singlet Oxygen Trapping Porphyrins" Advisor: Robert E. Connors |
| 2017 | Siro Fritzmann, Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Michael Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events." |
| 2021 | Christian Adler, Raymond Dolan, Elizabeth Kirschner, Henry Stadolnik | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development |