Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Department | Details |
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| 2020 | Leah Mitchell | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | |
| 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 |
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| 2021 | Yvonne Niebuhr | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | Improving Oral Contraceptives: Encouraging Research into Oral Contraceptives and Their Side Effects |
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| 2016 | Laura Antul | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mathematical Sciences | "Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Markets" Advisor: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm |
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| 2022 | Kirsten Bowers | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 2013 | Nick DeMarinis | Peer Learning Assistant of the Year | Honorable Mention | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Peer tutor, Writing Center |
| 2018 | Leah Morales | Salisbury Prize | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering | ||
| 2022 | Tyler Lizotte and Harrison Smith | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Aerospace Engineering | “Design of a 6U Cubesat for an Ionospheric Mission” Advisor: Nikolaos A. Gatsonis |
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| 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 |
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| 2019 | Erin M. Morissette | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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| 2017 | Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching." |
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| 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 |
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| 2024 | Olivia Deckers | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | |
| 2005 | Andrew L. DuFresne | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | |
| 2016 | Gaetano J. Scuderi | Salisbury Prize | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | ||
| 2014 | Paul R Bender | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 1989 | Michelle D. Petkers | Two Towers Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 1998 | MariLisa Billa | Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Physics | |
| 2009 | Joseph G. Politz | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science | |
| 2013 | Zehao Li | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2014 | Satia Adele Marotta | National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships | Honorable Mention | National Science Foundation | Undergraduate | For Social Psychology at Tufts University |
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| 2012 | Anthony Ducimo | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 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 |
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| 2020 | Samantha Lor, Megan Olson, Hannah Goddard, and Laura Boccio | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | Wildlife Crossing Development for Highway 1 in Batipa, Panama |
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| 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 |
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| 2015 | Angelica Zawada, Tyler Alexander, Nysa Casha | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Social Science & Policy Studies | "Determinants of Success in WPI Student-Led Organizations" Advisors: Jim Doyle, Sharon Wulf |
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| 2022 | Patrick O'Mullan | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Computer Science, Physics | |
| 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 |
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| 2023 | Gabriel Espinosa | Two Towers Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Physics | |
| 2022 | Christopher Guerrette, Natalie Mohn | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Business School | “Development of a Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning System for Gompei’s Goat Cheese” Advisors: Jim Ryan |
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| 2018 | Amanda Agdeppa | Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Outstanding Major Qualifying Project |
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| 2010 | Linnea M. Palmer Paton | Udall Scholarship | Honorable Mention | Udall Foundation | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 2003 | Ryan Patrick Jones | Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | "Ministry: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean O'Donnell |
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| 2019 | Shaun McCoy and Erika Stark | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Biochemistry | "Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and Their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC." |
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| 2024 | Samantha Curtis | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Psychological Science | |
| 2006 | Kevin J. LaMalva | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 2014 | Kristin Elizabeth Poti | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2008 | Lynn A. Worobey | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Biomedical Engineering | |
| 1997 | Jennifer E. Yambert | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering | |
| 1977 | Gregory E. Yeo | Two Towers Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2016 | Kathryn A. Gillis | Salisbury Prize | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Electrical & Computer Engineering | ||
| 2012 | Erin L. Armstrong | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2011 | Daniel W Carney | National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships | Honorable Mention | National Science Foundation | Undergraduate | For Chemistry at Brown University |
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| 2015 | Yan Zhang | Provost's MQP Awards | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Architectural Engineering | ||
| 2003 | Jennifer M. Persico | Salisbury Prize | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | ||
| 2004 | Krista Backiel, Andrew Day, Jaime Grouf, and Dimitri Stancioff | President's IQP Awards | Third Place | Undergraduate | "Noise Monitoring in San Juan, Puerto Rico" Advisors: Bland Addison and Tahar El-Korchi |