Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Casey Broslawski Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2003 Nicholas T. Baker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2018 Hans Johnson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Rishi Gupta, Amelia Papi, Derek Byrne, Nicky Kring Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Improved Irrigation for Jordan's Farms

2019 Toni J. Joy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2019 Matthew Adiletta The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
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

2017 Zhehao Zhu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Tailored Synthesis of Bi2S3 Thin Film to Enhance Optoelectronic Performance".

Advisors:  Pratap M. Rao (ME), N. Aaron Deskins (CHE), Drew R. Brodeur

2021 Ariana Cruz-Rivera Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Ryan Herrmann Undergraduate
2021 Alison Drapeau advisor: Lindsay Davis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Proposing Universal Policy to De-Feminize Childcare"

2022 Adrian Orszulak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2006 Brian P. Day Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Lali Berelashvili, Samantha Braun, Cal Lebak, Colette Webster President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Help the Soup Kitchen β€˜Go Green’

Advisors: Esther Boucher-Yip and Gary Pollice

2010 Craig Mitchell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

β€œThe John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson

2011 SahagΒ Voskian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2023 Stephen Price Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1995 Nancy L. Round Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Origins of Violent Behavior: A Look at Behavior Genetics, Modern Biology, Serotonin, and the Ethics Involving Criminals," advisor: Thomas A. Shannon

2009 Linxiao Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
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

2023 David Datta Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Simulating Intestinal Microbiotic Interactions with Agent Based Modeling"
Advisors: Reeta Rao, Elizabeth Ryder

 

2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

2024 Isabell Hallal Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Luke Perreault Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2005 Simon D. Beckwith, Julia A. Cohn, Leigh C. Duren and Kyle R. Lewis President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Irrigation Development to Improve the Lives of Impoverished Children (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)"

Advisors: Robert Krueger and Stephen Pierson

2013 Zhehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Michael Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Educational Uses of COMSOL Multiphysics Carbon Dioxide Absorption with Chemical Reaction"

1998 Alicia Portrie Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Nigel Cochran Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2004 Jennifer M. Flynn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2015 Will Bass, Michelle Kerns, Alex Kim, Aylin Padir Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Modern Vector Control: Genetically Modifying Anopheles gambiae

2018 Thomas Leonard Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2020 Kate Olguin, Thomas Tawadros, Mikel Matticoli, Diana Kumykova Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

Call of Karen

2018 Allyson Day Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"Physician Bias in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and the Importance of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs."

Advisor:  Jill Rulfs

2021 Gelila D. Hailemariam, Tina Ly, Tam T. Tuong Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

Immersive Space: Using Kinetic Architecture Design to Regulate Human Emotional States

2015 Trae Jennette Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2021 Kyle R. Lang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Minh Anh Kieu Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 William A. Pfeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 Zoe Januszewski Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Business Industrial Engineering

2008 Carolyn S. Hunter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2023 Olivia Atkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
1990 Joseph M. Sabatini Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Machine Gun as a Reflection of America Industry"

2017 Huilin Yang National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI

2023 Rachel Chan, Mackenzie Damon, Giulia Herszage Rocha, Kelly McDonald, Madelyn Thrasher Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

: "Device to Aid in Mechanical Ventilation of Obese Patients"
Advisor: Kristen Billiar, Joseph Fehribach

 

2003 Sarah K House National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Geophysics at Arizona

2024 Jack Perriello Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
1994 Kirk F. Menanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2009 Aubrey D. Ortiz, Hilary A. Rotatori, Elizabeth A. Schreiber, George von Roth President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

Hydroponic Farming in Mahasarakham: Integrating Hydroponics into the Agricultural Curriculum While Introducing Entrepreneurial Skills