Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
1997 Jennifer E. Yambert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2017 Mona Elokda Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2022 Ben Gobler Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

“The Calkin-Wilf Tree; Extensions and Applications”

Advisors: Brigitte Servatius, Herman Servatius
2012 Erin L. Armstrong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Joshua Driscoll Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2003 Jennifer M. Persico Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Ally Salvino Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jessica Walsh Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2005 Warren J. Schudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2020 Matthew Liberacki, James Junker, Olivia Wisniewski, Brianna Owen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

Patellofemoral Unloader Knee Brace
2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Sarah Boermeester, Marissa Gonzales, Katy Jessop, Griffin St. Onge President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Opportunities to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Brewery Waste in Albania

WPI Advisors: Robert Hersh and Robert Kinicki
2011 Peter Osswald Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"America's War in Afghanistan", Advisor Bland Addison
2008 James P. Chryssanthacopoulos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2021 Salvatore Lombardo Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Ian E. Parmenter Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Work in Progress: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean M. O'Donnell
2016 Megan Elizabeth Mancuso National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2021 Jacob Ciolfi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Rachel Zimet National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering - Materials at MIT
2015 Jordan Jones (BME), Rebecca Lee (BME), Mikayla Pasciuto (ME), and Shreyas Renganathan (BME) Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

MilkSafe Storage Device - The MilkSafe team is prototyping an affordable lean-in-concept cooling container to store mother’s milk at appropriate temperatures for up to 16 hours. In low-income nations, such as Haiti, where electricity, refrigeration, and ice are not readily or reliably available, the team intends to use this product to facilitate storing mother’s milk while she is away from her infant at work and help reduce the number of infant deaths there due to malnutrition.
2010 Chelsea C. Sheehan, Heidi P. Robertson President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Evaluating ‘Business Opportunities with Solar Energy in Un-Electrified Areas’ in Namibia"

Advisors:  R. Ludwig and S. Nikitina
2016 Alexa Itsines, Katie Long, Trinity Tedsten, Carly Whittle, Kristen Southan Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Increasing Accessible HIV Screening in Zimbabwe
2022 Kseniia Romanova Advisor: Adryen Gonzales Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"2D Design to 3D Sculpture" 
2014 Timothy O'Neil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Elizabeth Gould Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions"

Advisor: P.K. Aravind
2018 Virginia Nunez Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2023 Ben Gobler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1997 Gregory T. Krueger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Maeghan Desmarais, Kayla Krom, Patrick Macaulay, Lara Padir, Charlotte White Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

The Protection Page Plan
2023 Sirut Buasai, Jason Dykstra, Dillon McCarthy, Cindy Trac Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science

Advancing Diffusion Models for Human Activity Recognition"
Advisor: Elke Rundensteiner


 
2008 Syed M. Ali Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Haylea T. Northcott Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2004 Matea L. Peterson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2014 Timothy DeFreitas The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2017 Nicholas Cyganski, Benjamin Gillette, Killian Henson, Keshuai Xu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Project (ACAP)."

Advisors: Profs. Michael Ciaraldi, Fred Looft
2016 William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle"

Advisor: David Planchard
2024 Cassidy Williams Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Peer Learning Assistant, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2005 Ryan M. Carey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Mark Bray Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Aaron P. Champagne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Michael Szkutak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Presidential Electioneering in the Television Age," advisor: J. Hanlan
2009 Zubin H.Patel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2021 Sarah E. Kwatinetz , Maggie A. Ostwald, Lily C. Spicer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Northern Strand Community Trail On-Road Extension
1992 Chad L. Council Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Love Comes the Pieces of a Broken Heart - A Play," advisor: Susan Vick
2014 Michelle Ly National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
2021 Kalani M. Picho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Sawin Areepipatkul, Marc Gelin, Nathan Longnecker, Phornphit Manageracharath, Laura Pumphrey, Corre Steele, Nontach Thanawatyanyong President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Development and Initiation of Sustainable Wastewater Management in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand"

Advisors: Creighton Peet, Gary Pollice, Patchanita Thamyongkit (Chulalongkorn University Advisor)
2011 Nathan Horvath Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering