Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2005 Matthew J. Black Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2024 Duncan Soiffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2007 Kerri L. George Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Nicholas B. LeCompte Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics
2001 Brendan Morris Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Rastro: The Essence of Madrid," advisor: Lee Fontanella
2013 Ruowang Li National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Genomics at Pennsylvania State University
2020 Brandon Fox Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
1995 Eric Pearson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2013 Jillian Sauer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Rose Noggle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2000 Virginia A. Jerome Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2000 Brian A. Greenlaw Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Braden Foley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2003 Jacob M. Collins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Nicol F. Garcia Andrade Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2019 John Perkoski Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2012 Antonio S. Talledo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Yizheng Liao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Alexander G. Christakis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1996 Mickey Lacroix Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Critique of Husserlian Phenomenology," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2013 Cassandra Lynn Stacy Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
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
1995 Derek N. Adams Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1998 Michael F. Willock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2012 Thomas Carlone Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Muping Chen Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2004 Hillary L. Hayes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2022 Megan Cyr, Tovah Lockwood, Alyssa Magaha, Anne McNamara President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Restoring Mrigadayavan Palace

Advisors: Holly Ault and Stephan Sturm
2016 Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia
2023 Kyra Tripp Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Zayla D. Schaeffer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2007 Danielle N. Sorenson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Olufunmilayo O. Adebayo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2015 Hannah Brown Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1990 Athena Demetry Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Individual in Israeli and Palestinian Literature"
1994 Dena N. Niedzwiecki Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Matthew Connolly Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Munevver Elif Asar Sarikaya Sustainability Project Competition Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Office of Sustainability

Reducing Carbon Footprint of Energy-Intensive Industrial Drying by Smart Dryers
1998 Richard Cheng Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2021 Matthew R. Iaconis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2001 Jennifer Hardy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2022 Julia Bryant Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2023 Kalina Bonofiglio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Jeffrey Bibeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2005 James T. Lescoe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Brian T. Marsland Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Daniel J. Smaltz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2006 Benjamin W. Dwyer Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Spirits of the Dead: a Musical Composition," advisor: Richard Falco
2015 Christina Mary Bailey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI