Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2011 Lillian M Clark Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2019 Juliette Spitaels Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Linnea Palmer Paton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2019 Jacquelyn Roberge Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2016 Jessica L Faust National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2002 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Comp. Biology at Johns Hopkins

2010 Sahil S. Bhagat, Danielle C. Fontaine, Karl Gibson President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Privacy and Interoperability Issues Affecting Danish Consumers of Health IT Systems"

Advisor: H. Ault

2009 Marc Balboa, Ivo Dobrev, Ryan Fosset Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"MEMS for Real Time Imaging Applications"

Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazquez

2020 Urmila Mallick Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Social Integration: Feasibility of Free-Ranging Dogs for Animal: Welfare, Public Health, and Conservation Benefits.

2008 Maggie Allard Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Butterfly (animated short)," advisor: Joshua Rosenstock

1988 Jeanette M. Cheetham Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Mask: a Window to Understand the Eskimos," advisor: Ruth Smith

2021 Matthew J. Adiletta Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2015 Elizabeth Paulson, Kyla Rodger, and Adelle Milholland Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Interactive EKG Model" - This product is a teaching tool for medical students and can also be used in a cardiologist office during patient consultations. It includes a model heart that will show different cardiac conditions by demonstrating the electrical activity within the heart, as well as a 12-lead EKG wave to match it. The device interfaces with a computer screen. This device also includes a clear plastic torso that demonstrates where EKG electrodes should be placed, as well as a smaller model heart that will show the different views of the 12 leads.

2014 Paul R Bender Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Amanda Boehm, Aleye Momodu, Huyen Nguyen, Rosa Reynoso Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Educating Youth About Sexual Health

2022 Katelyn Quinn-Cyr Advisor: John Sanbonmatsu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Understanding the True Relationship Between Women and Mental Illness”

2015 Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India

Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg

WPI Advisors: Professors Lorraine Higgins and Ingrid Shockey

Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana  

1998 MariLisa Billa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2018 Leah Morales Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2023 Yihong Xu Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2015 Mark Mantell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013 Zehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Alisha Anderson, Sophie Antoniou, Abigail O'Sullivan, Hannah Schulz Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Angolan Housing Design for Congolese Refugees

2023 Arthur Ames, Charlotte Clark, Evelyn Dube, Declan Murphy Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"Creating the Pwnable Claw Machine"
Advisors: Loris Fichera, Robert Walls

 

2024 Lauren Abraham Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology 

2012 Anthony Ducimo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2005 Andrew L. DuFresne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Erin M. Morissette Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1989 Michelle D. Petkers Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Keith Gagnon The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2017 Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching."

Sponsor:  Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD)

2014 Satia Adele Marotta National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Social Psychology at Tufts University

2016 Eric Stolz Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"One- and Two-State Peace Solutions in Israel," advisor: W.A. Bland Addison

2008 Sanouri (Fernando) Ursprung Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"Battling Malaria: A History of International Health Aid"

Advisors: William A.B. Addison, Peter Hansen

2020 Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Robotic Water Monitoring

2003 Griffin R. Bryant Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Torment: a Story," advisor: Michelle K. Ephraim

2021 Jocelyn Mendes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Interfacial States, Energetics, and Passivation of Large-Grain and Thin-Film Antifluorite Cesium Titanium Bromide

2021 Sydney E. Messey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2016 Ryan Herrmann Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2015 James Macfarlane, Nelson Ndahiro, Katie Nugau, Rekik Tafesse Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Implementing Solar Energy in Desalination Plants in Libya

2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center

2015 Christopher Hango Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"The Five Stages of Grief: A Composition and Performance for Brass Ensemble"

Advisor: Douglas Weeks

2013 Cara L. DiIorio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 John P. Tassinari Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2023 Luke Barckholtz, Connor Dowgielewicz, Claire Higginson, Sydney Smith President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Story Bikes in Somers Town

Dominic Golding, Sarah Riddick

2024 Olivia Deckers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology