Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Philip N. Hanson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Abigail Berube Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

“Silanes Form Strong Bond to UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Surfaces"

Advisor: Ronald Grimm
2011 Andrew D Marchese National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Artificial Intelligence at MIT
2003 Brad Pelletier, Eryn Samuels, Adam Levesque President's IQP Awards Undergraduate

"Solid Waste Management in Costa Rica and the United States - A Comparative Analysis of Five Municipalities"

Advisors: Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld, H.J. Manzari
2014 Elisabeth Boulanger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Corey N. Maynard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 Jeffrey Pelligrino, John Scimone, Kaushal Shrestha Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"AMISR RF Amplifier Test Station"

Advisor: John Orr
2000 Jovanna R. Baptista Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Muping Chen Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2004 Stephanie C. Thomas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Austin Hartshorn, Nicoli Liedtke, Joseph Petitti, Julian Pinzer Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Group Effort: Study Group Matching Service
2018 Swarnadeep Majumder Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 Camryn Berry, Shanna Bonanno, Michelle Fleming, Deborah Fontanez, Talia Vaughn Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Are You the One? Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Worcester, MA
2019 Vincent C. Miller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2016 Jeffrey Letourneau The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Celeste Marsan Undergraduate
2017 Siro Fritzmann, Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Michael Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro
2021 Elizabeth Butler Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

The Research and Development of an Equine Endotracheal Y-Piece Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (EETYPEEP) Valve
2021 Jake A. Marko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2024 Alex Ballentine Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2022 Casey Willis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Murtaza T. Thahirally Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies
2019 Daniel Ottey Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Peer Learning Assistance, Academic Resource Center
2010 Xiaoyun Wang & Chang Liu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Saint Archer” (animated short film), advisor: Joshua Rosenstock
2008 Russell Morin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1993 Ahmed S. Al-Baiti Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Decorative Art of Door Carving on Zanzibar and Pemba Islands," advisor: David Samson
2009 Alexia D. Bililies Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, International & Global Studies
2016 Robert Antoine, Michael Bowen, Grace Howard Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

"Reducing Phosphorous Contamination in Stormwater Runoff"

Advisors: Fred Hart, Suzanne LePage
2023 Colby Frechette, Iris Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

Monitoring Ocean Microplastics Through Citizen Science"
Advisors: Laureen Elgert, George Heineman

 
2009 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical at University of Colorado at Boulder
1994 Derek W. Sykes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 Michael A. Irace, James P. Chryssanthaacopoulos, Chukwunomso Agunwamba, Eyuel Abebe, Muzhtaba Tawkeer Islam President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

Demand Response Programs in the Greater Boston Area
2005 Katrina Hildebrand Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2009 Daniel W. Carney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Singlet Oxygen Trapping Porphyrins"

Advisor: Robert E. Connors
2013 Alexandra Clemente Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Ana Giacoman Favela Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Daniel J. Smaltz Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Nicholas Shannon Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Keith Lepine Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Michael Sabbagh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Andrei Ilyashenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2015 Patrick Meehan, Ty Moquin, Zachary Weiland, Qindong Zhang Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Rain Gardens in Worcester
2020 Alissa Ostapenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1983 Marion S. Keeler Truman Scholarship Winner Harry S. Truman Foundation Undergraduate
2019 Michael Cooke, Thomas Kouttron Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Recreating Steam Power at WPI."

Advisor: Robert Daniello
2021 Mia Buccowich, Andrew Strauss Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Partial Hand Prosthetic
2022 Sydney Borrello Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Stefan L. Slonevskiy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2024 Gabriel Espinosa Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
1993 Christopher S. Music Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate