Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2001 Marco Fontecchio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2024 Kristin Lavoie Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science
2019 Rosanna S. Heidt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Kathleen M. Ferguson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Hilal Tetik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2006 Amanda J. Tarbet Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Multimodal Tensions in the Graphic Novel," advisor: Ruth Smith
1973 Leonard J. Brzozowski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1985 Charles Champagne Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Konrad Adenauer Erster Kanzler der Bundesrepublik," and "Ahnlichkeiten zwichen der Franzozischen Revolution und der Deutschen Revolution von 1848"
2021 Lauren A. Kaija Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2014 Andrew Peter Wolff Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1996 Shawn P. Brennan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2023 Catherine Salvaggio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2013 Kaung Myat Win Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 William Lucas Churchill Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Anthony G. Spangenberger Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2015 Eva Barinelli, Brian King, Daniel Wivagg Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Replacing Blackboard: Finding a New Learning Management System for WPI
2018 Maria Daigle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Psychological Science
2019 Trung T. Tran Trong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Douglas K. Tischer The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2007 Megan Rose Slonski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Allison Ross Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2008 Russell R. Kernan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Cosette Domkofski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Those Who Endure,” advisor: Joseph Aguilar
2001 Lauren Wojtkun Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Like the World of Dreams Itself': An Analysis of William Shakespeare's Use of the Green World in A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It," advisor: Michelle Ephraim
2017 Alicia Kimberly Aquino National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2004 Heather C Maisey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biology at UC San Diego
2021 Kamryn P. Spinelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1995 Benjamin N. Lipchak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1995 David J. Lamb Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1995 David S. Ricketts Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2000 Aimee Fitzpatrick Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2003 Heather J. Blackwell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Yuwei Zhai Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2005 Molly L. Conforte The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2003 Jessica M. McAlear Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Lisa Pugsley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2020 Madeline Chudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Kassondra Hickey Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Interactive Media Art,” advisor: Joseph Farbrook
2009 Indraneel Sircar Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1995 Patricia L. Panlillo Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Toni Morrison's Women: Strengths and Variations," advisor: Laura J. Menides
2015 Lydia Wermer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2021 Megan Mancuso Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2022 Kaamil Lokhandwala Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Interactive Media & Game Development
2012 Chelsea Ross Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2014 Thanacha Choopojcharoen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Jonathan M. Reynolds Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2012 Zhen Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Najmuddin J. Gunja Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Aviv Brest Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Ethical Framework for the Genetic Engineering of Animals,” advisor: John Sanbonmatsu
2006 Kimberly M. Ware Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences