Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2003 Rebecca A MacDonald National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell

2022 Stephen Price Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2009 Christopher R. Lizewski, Marcella C. Granfone, Daniel J. Olecki President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Water and Sanitation in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh

2013 Sarah Ann Cote Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Tess Hudak, Muhammad Hussian, Angela MacLeod, Daniel Ottey, Rasheeda Samih Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

From Trash to Cash: Helping Paraguayan waste pickers turn glass from the streets to money in their pockets

2009 Charlie Mezak Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"Life in the Ledges"

Advisor: Constance Clark

2015 Ben Pulver Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Aaron Benjamin Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Tutor and MASH leader in the Academic Resources Center

1996 Shaun P. Heaney Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Hannah Schultz Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Yilmaz Kiymaz Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Information Technology Services
2013 Chuqiao Yang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Allysa Grant Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2002 Rachel E. Zimet Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2018 Virginia Nunez Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa."

Advisor:  Jose Arguello

2016 Mario Alvarado Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Developing Fluorescent Aminoazobenzene Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Advisor: Shawn Burdette

2005 Andrea R. Hafner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2024 Lauren Eppinger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2007 Neil D. Lettenberger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Sarah Butts Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
1982 Heather D. MacDonald Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2005 Karim G. Makram Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Breaking Out," advisor: Lorraine Higgins

2014 Fioleda Prifti National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Materials Research – Biomaterials at WPI

1984 Walter F. Precourt, III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Henry V: Shakespeare's Ideal King"

1996 Rebecca A Kupcinskas National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI

2022 Rachel Maurice Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing
2009 Krista L. Dietz Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Kataryzna Koscielska, Oliver Salmon Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Mapping of HTLV-1 Tax Functional Domain Conferring Cellular Senescence"

Advisor: Destin Heilman

2023 Jack Adiletta The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Data Science
2013 Mariah R. Seaboldt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Maya Flores, Colin Stevens, Devon Poisson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

“5G User Equipment Selective Jammer” 

Advisors: Alexander Wyglinski

1999 Man Ching Cheung Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2003 Jack N. Waddell, Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2004 Helen A. Hanson The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
2015 Zachary Arnold, Danielle LeRose Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"Smartphone Gait Inference"

Advisors: Emmanuel Agu, Joseph Petruccelli

2006 Jennifer L. Schweers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2007 Eugene F. Douglass Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Colin Ancalmo, Hannah Baez, Noah Budris, Alexander Spielman President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Interactive Museum Exhibit Featuring Pueblo Influence on New Mexican Contemporary Architecture

WPI Advisor: Lauren Mathews

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

"Origins and Characteristics of Chinese Cyber Nationalism”, Advisor:  Jennifer Rudolph

2009 Geoffrey I. Karasic Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Noah Roberts Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Emily Reynolds Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Becoming a Woman: A Look at the Influences of Patriarchy, Materialism and Relationships in The Great Gatsby and The Color Purple," advisor: Lisa Lebduska