Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2023 Julia Sheats Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Guy Katz, Ethan Merrill, Eric Solorzano, Ilana Zeldin Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Microgrids: Electrical Independence for WPI
2019 Kyra Bresnahan Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2019 Ross Lagoy Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
1987 Edward C. Hein Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Psychological Assessment of Lee Iacocca," advisor: Patrick P. Dunn
2005 Antonio Sangermano Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1994 Daniel M. Gaines Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
1992 Juliet K. Vescio Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Daniel Ruiz Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis
2013 Pattipong Wisanpitayakorn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Gregory Schaalman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1999 Michael Pockoski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Thomas J Moutinho National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia Main Campus
2021 Coulter Q. Ralston Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2001 Jocelyn E Songer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2017 Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2024 Calvin Page Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Robotics Engineering
2016 Michael DeFrancesco, Sinead Flanagan, Olivia Gibbs, Emily Schneider Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Perish to Profit: Processing Ripe Tomatoes to Generate an Income Stream for the Paraguayan Food Bank
2019 Aylin L. Padir Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2003 Gregory I. Ratner Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Outcomes of the 'Record War': History of the Record Industry, 1930-1955," advisor: Michael M. Sokal
2005 Adam M. Bryant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Jessica Hatt Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology, Humanities & Arts
2011 Elizabeth M. Dailey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1997 Heather M. St. Martin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2009 Meghan A. Pasquali Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2021 Colleen O'Malley Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2000 Ravi S. Misra Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Gabriela Chong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2003 Thomas M. Livak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2018 Victoria Loehle Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2006 Helena C. Zec Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Biomedical Engineering
1997 Janet L. Brennan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Consideration of Consciousness Explained," advisor: Roger S. Gottlieb
2014 Ross Lagoy Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

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2006 Paul M. Ingemi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2014 Katelyn Cabral Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Christopher Kevorkian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 American Cancer Society on Campus Organization of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
1997 Konstantin Grebelsky Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2009 Michael L. Diamant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Eric Tapley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Integrative & Global Studies
2010 Lynn Anne Worobey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh
2024 Nora Smith. Advisor: Joseph Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "Burnout."
2022 Madison Rutherford Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2004 Laura A. Matejik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Alexander Alvarez, Julia Dunn, Katharine Dunphy, Alexander Lemmon President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Improving Eye Care Delivery Through Data Sharing Technology"

Advisors: Michael Aghajanian and Diran Apelian
2023 Michael Beskid Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2018 Jared Grier Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acquired Disability and Disruption of the Self,”  advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
1992 Kevin M. Parker Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Society of Friends - Antislavery Pioneers," advisor: Steven C. Bullock
2014 Ran Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate