- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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 Provost's MQP Awards awardees
| Year | Recipient | Type | Department(s) | Details |
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| 2019 | Michael Cooke, Thomas Kouttron | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
"Recreating Steam Power at WPI." |
| 2019 | Nathaniel Mione and Bryannah Voydatch | Undergraduate | Physics |
"Constructing Two Dimensional Theories of Gravity for Schwrzchild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Non-Extremal Kerr Black Holes." |
| 2019 | Noah Hillman, Nick Sorensen, Marik Travnikar, Steven Viola | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"Oddisy Drone Dispatch System." |
| 2019 | Samuel Bacchiocchi, Daniela Baez, Michael Brooks, Nicholas Lewis, Miguel | Undergraduate |
"Process Improvement at Stacy's Pita Chips." |
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| 2019 | Sean Fraser | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Nanoionic Particle Composite Homogenization." |
| 2019 | Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC." |
| 2018 | Abigail Hanson, Joshua Mace, Frederick Metters, Nicole Sherlock | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"Design of a Topical Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris." |
| 2018 | Allyson Day | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"Physician Bias in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and the Importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs." |
| 2018 | Colby Johnson | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Design and Synthesis of Zika Virus Protease Inhibitors." |
| 2018 | Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model." |
| 2018 | Jordan Burklund, Hans Johnson, Travis Norris, Liam Shanahan | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"SailBot 2017-18." |
| 2018 | Katharine Dunphy, Sophia Gomarlo, Katherine Moore | Undergraduate |
"Analyzing Fast-Track Effectiveness at ReadyMED Plus Worcester."
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| 2018 | Matias Campos Abad, Robert Crockett, Matthew Escalante-Hurtado, Alexander Kant, Marcus Knodler, Lucas Mancinelli, Jacob Nichols | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
"Design and Analysis of CubeSats in Low Earth Orbit." |
| 2018 | Michael Giancola | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Permutation-Invariant Consensus over Crowdsourced Labels." |
| 2018 | Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
"Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization." |
| 2018 | Siddhant Pandey | Undergraduate | Physics |
"High Accuracy Electrodynamic Calculations using Hermite Finite Elements." |
| 2018 | Tristan Cano | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Copper Homeostasis is Important for Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Caenorhabditis elegans." |
| 2018 | Virginia Nunez | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
"Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." |
| 2017 | Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski | Undergraduate |
"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching." |
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| 2017 | Christopher Pierce | Undergraduate | Physics |
"Removal of Accidental Degeneracy in Cubic Quantum Dots." |
| 2017 | Dong Hyun Ko, Steven Laudage, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Pelgrift, Samuel Young | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
"Design and Analysis of the Sphinx-NG CubeSat (III)." |
| 2017 | Jeffrey Letourneau | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen." |
| 2017 | Kaitlin Beach (ME), Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark (ME), Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching." |
| 2017 | Kyle Morrison | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"The CRISPR Enzyme Cpf1 as a Tool for Gene Regulation." |
| 2017 | Max Levine | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
"Exploring the effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth." |
| 2017 | Natalie Wellen | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Modeling Over the Counter Derivative Trading with and without Central Clearing Parties." |
| 2017 | Nicholas Cyganski, Benjamin Gillette, Killian Henson, Keshuai Xu | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"The Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Project (ACAP)." |
| 2017 | Siro Fritzmann, Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Michael Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events." |
| 2017 | Tyler Chaulk, Rodrigo Rivas, Ann Votta, Jacob Wennersten | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
"Humanoid Stereoscopic Vision System." |
| 2017 | Zhehao Zhu | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Tailored Synthesis of Bi2S3 Thin Film to Enhance Optoelectronic Performance". |
| 2016 | Allyson Smith, Yun Jae Sohn | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering |
"Building Energy Analysis of SGH Office in Waltham, Mass." Advisor: Steven Van Dessel |
| 2016 | Amanda Adkins, William Barnard, Matthew Beardsley, Charles Frick, Samantha Swartz | Undergraduate | Robotics Engineering |
"Wearable Action Guidance System" Advisors: Michael Gennert, Fred Looft, Hugh Lauer |
| 2016 | Catherine Bonner, Jeremiah Campanelli | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
Pricing of XVA for Options in Discrete Time Advisors: Stephan Sturm, Gu Wang |
| 2016 | Daniel Driggs, William Frick, Jacob Hawes, Derek Johnson | Undergraduate | Interactive Media & Game Development |
“The Piper” |
| 2016 | Dennis Giaya, Rebecca Stolarczyk | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering |
"System for Continuous Postoperative Monitoring in Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer" Advisors: Yitzhak Mendelson, Raymond Dunn (UMMS), Samandar Dowlatshahi (UMMS) |
| 2016 | Elizabeth Thompson | Undergraduate | Humanities & Arts |
"What's Bugging Me About Literary Translation: Translating German to English" Advisor: Ulrike Brisson |
| 2016 | George Kuegler, Gianna Terravecchia | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering |
"Electrode Development of a Lactate Biosensor" Advisor: Susan Zhou |
| 2016 | Hailey Cambra | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Transcriptional Evidence of the Role of the ROotstock in Different Artemisia annua Chemotypes" Advisor: Pamela Weathers |
| 2016 | Hongii Yu | Undergraduate | Physics |
"Dynamics of Atomtronic Battery" Advisors: Burt Tilley, Alex Zozulya |
| 2016 | Jacqueline Ngo | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies |
"Durable Technologies for Producing Public Goods" Advisor: Alex Smith |
| 2016 | Jared Kepron, Abigail Cervelloni, Ian Limon, Christian Zelaya | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering |
Design and Test of a Radio-Frequency Electrothermal THruster Advisor: John Blandino |
| 2016 | Jonathan Leitschuh, Thomas Clark | Undergraduate | Computer Science |
"GRIP: Graphically Represented Image Processing (Engine)" Advisors: Brad Miller, Michael Gennert |
| 2016 | Karen Fitch, Kathy Gillis, Abby Harrison | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
"Digital Programmable Gaussian Noise Generator" Advisor: Edward Clancy |
| 2016 | Kelsey Brofford, John DeVries, Luis Pernia-Rovayo, Sebastian Vergara | Undergraduate |
"Process Improvement of Roller Housing Assembly at Siemens" Advisor: Walter Towner |
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| 2016 | Laura Antul | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences |
"Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Markets" Advisor: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm |
| 2016 | Mario Alvarado | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
"Developing Fluorescent Aminoazobenzene Metal-Organic Frameworks" Advisor: Shawn Burdette |
| 2016 | Max Fine Levine | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
"Exploring the Effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth" Advisor: Luis Vidali |
| 2016 | Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson | Undergraduate |
"Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies" Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo |
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| 2016 | Robert Antoine, Michael Bowen, Grace Howard | Undergraduate | Environmental Engineering |
"Reducing Phosphorous Contamination in Stormwater Runoff" Advisors: Fred Hart, Suzanne LePage |
| 2016 | Veroniki Nikolaki, Florentia Ong, Veronica Coyle | Undergraduate | Biology & Biotechnology |
"The Effects of Punicalagin and Tannic Acid on Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Alzheimer's Disease" Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan |