Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2009 Jessie A. Brasefield, Douglas K. Tischer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Exploring Apoptin's Anti-Cancer Ability:  Uncoupling Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling and Multimerization"

1996 Karl F. Dicker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2017 Catherine Sherman Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Elizabeth Dailey Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Michael Sabbagh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Lewis Thomas Kotredes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2018 Patrick Bresnahan Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Angelina Maria Nicolella Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2019 Rosa Reynoso Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2020 Katherine Vaz Gomes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

Segurança e Pesquisa: A Case Study of Translation & Localization of Standard Operating Procedures in the BIOTAR Laboratory

2019 Alex Puhalski Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Eli Frank Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2021 Kweku Sam Colecraft Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

MOF-5 Cap and Guest Interplay

2021 Jocelyn L. Mendes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Katharine Dunphy Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2005 Stefan L. Slonevskiy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1993 Christopher S. Music Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Alexander Taglieri Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering

2008 Diana Damyanova Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Steven J. Tufo Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Considering the Absurd, Judgment, and Love: Albert Camus' Revolt Against Death," advisor: John Sanbonmatsu

2016 Damien Joseph Cabral National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Microbial Biology at Brown University

1983 JoAnne Shatkin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Samuel Darer, Sara Frunzi, Alexandria Sheehan President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Living with Fracking: Women’s Narratives from Zharrëz, Albania

Advisors: Leslie Lynn Dodson, Robert Hersh

2002 Lewis T Kotredes National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Astrophysics at Cal Tech

2010 Blake A. Kelly, Melanie K. Donahue, Joshua D. Matte President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Designing a Water and Sanitation Centre Prototype for Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: S. Jiusto and J. Petruccelli

2014 Nyansafo Aye-Addo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Matthew Dailey, Ilan Shomorony Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Physically Unclonable Functions"

Advisors: William Martin, Berk Sunar

1997 Cynthia C. Young Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies"

Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo

2000 Maureen Upton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2003 Deborah K. Shea Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2016 Adam Collins, Zach Huaman, MaryLouise Ross, Branden St.Jacques Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

River of Mercury: Solutions for Tomorrow

2018 Tyler McNeill Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Kyle Coleman, Aidan Mayer, Kelley Townley, Kristophe Zephyrin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Pedestrian and Environmentally Focused Infrastructure

2019 Gabriela Morales Castillo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Alissa Ostapenko Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2015 Katherine Amato The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Jeffrey Letourneau Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen."

Advisor:  Reeta Rao

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
2012 Amy T. Mazzucotelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2007 Artur A. Janc Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2011 Sarah Conlin Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Infamy: The Before After", Advisor James Cocola

2013 Alexander Chen Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

MASH leader, Academic Resources Center

1981 Carol L. D'Autrechy Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Quach B. Hai Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Self-Sponsoring Writing at WPI," advisor: John M. Trimbur

2022 Lexi Ferrini, Allison Lambert, Donovan Robilard Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

“Copula Modeling: “An Application to Workers' Compensation Claims”

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro

2014 Mary Clare McCorry National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

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

"Greatest Influences for Being a Well-Rounded Musician," advisor: Douglas Weeks

1995 Matthew W. Heath Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering