Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2019 Jessica Antoine Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2002 Meredith Leigh Campbell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2018 Harold Terry Hearst III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

 “The Music of Mario Galaxy,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks

2020 Catherine Sherman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Julia Milks Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Psychiatric Healthcare in Morocco,” advisor: Rebecca Moody

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)

2019 Camryn Berry Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“16:91,” Advisor: Katharine McIntyre

2021 Allison E. Steeves Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
1997 Michael T. Willock Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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

2006 Brian P. Day Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Mairead E. O'Neill (CS), Ciara R. Young (CME), Matthew B. Adams (ME), Christopher R. Davenport (AREN) President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Therapeutic Gardening

Advisors:  J. Scott Jiusto, Gbetonmasse Somasse

2011 Sahag Voskian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2014 Meena Khayami Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Mathematical Sciences

2009 Linxiao Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2023 Ronak Wani Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

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

2012 Christopher Bannon Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Transgenic Animals and the Catholic Church”, Advisor:  Bethel Eddy

2009 Michael Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

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

2000 Janaki Kirloskar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Glimpse of Reality in the Hindu Temple," advisor: Ruth Smith

2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2012 Nouran Abdelfattah Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Hans Johnson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Erika S. DiLorenzo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Ryan Herrmann 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

2000 Kyriacos N. Felekkis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Toni J. Joy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2003 Nicholas T. Baker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
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
2020 Kristen Chan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
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

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

2022 Darius Luo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2007 William A. Pfeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 Carolyn S. Hunter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Huilin Yang National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI

2022 Cole Peterson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School

“A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets”

 Advisor: Alexander Smith

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

For Geophysics at Arizona

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

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

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson

2009 Nicholas Amendolare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Conserving Energy through Fuel Poverty Mapping in Worcester, Massachusetts"

Advisor: Robert Krueger

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

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
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

2013 Zhehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Thomas Leonard Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1998 Alicia Portrie Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate