Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Gareth Solbeck Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2001 Lauren Wojtkun Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Like the World of Dreams Itself': An Analysis of William Shakespeare's Use of the Green World in A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It," advisor: Michelle Ephraim
2016 Xavier. J. Jackson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2016 Amy M. Stevens Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1995 Benjamin N. Lipchak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2015 Eva Barinelli, Brian King, Daniel Wivagg Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Replacing Blackboard: Finding a New Learning Management System for WPI
2013 Kevin Hufnagle Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Maria Daigle Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Psychological Science
2009 Manasi P. Vartak Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Blake D. Carter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2019 Trung T. Tran Trong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2007 Megan Rose Slonski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Jared DeMaio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2008 Douglas K. Tischer The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2008 Russell R. Kernan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Madeline Chudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2008 Shawn P. Carey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2008 Kristoffer G. Jensen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2018 Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro
2017 Jonathan Thomas Vardner National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Columbia University
2016 Kelsey Brofford, John DeVries, Luis Pernia-Rovayo, Sebastian Vergara Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Process Improvement of Roller Housing Assembly at Siemens"

Advisor: Walter Towner
2004 Katie L Gagnon National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Marine Geology at Scripps Research Institute
2022 Kaamil Lokhandwala Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Interactive Media & Game Development
2009 Christopher D. Gabrielson, Stephen W. Hanly, Laura E. Montville President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Leicester Energy Study"

Advisor: Fred Looft
2009 Jonathan E. Hayden, Hiroshi Mita, Jason R. Ogasian Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Autonomous Mapping Robot"

Advisors: R. James Duckworth, David Cyganski
2009 Will Grudzinski Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Academic Technology Center
2022 Collin Broderick, Adrianna Staszewska Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science

“Defect Detection Automation for Metal Additive Manufacturing with Deep Learning”

Advisors: Diana Lados, Rodica Neamtu
2010 Kassondra Hickey Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Interactive Media Art,” advisor: Joseph Farbrook
1995 Patricia L. Panlillo Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Toni Morrison's Women: Strengths and Variations," advisor: Laura J. Menides
2012 Chelsea Ross Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2014 Thanacha Choopojcharoen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Jonathan M. Reynolds Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2012 Zhen Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Jessica M. McAlear Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Najmuddin J. Gunja Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Lisa Pugsley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2019 Ellen Clarrissimeaux, Sawnaz Shaidani, Emily Staknis, Jeremiah Valero Araujo President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Creating Methods for SINGA Lyon to Determine and Demonstrate their Impact

WPI Advisors: Peter Hansen and Fabienne Miller
2005 Molly L. Conforte The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Indraneel Sircar Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Ryan Candy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Noah Hillman, Nick Sorensen, Marik Travnikar, Steven Viola Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Oddisy Drone Dispatch System."

Advisors: Profs. Nicholas Bertozzi, Reinhold Ludwig, Brad Miller, Carlo Pinciroli
2015 Lydia Wermer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2021 Kalina Bonofiglio advisor: Joe Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Blue Sky Society"

1997 Neeraj P Khare National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley
2024 Olivia Dunn Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2022 Justin Moy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2022 Abigael Kihu, Heather McGlauflin, Julia Toplyn, Kyra Tripp President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Digital Preservation of Artisanal Culture in the Fez Medina

Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Mohammed El Hamzaoui
2008 Catherine Casey, Katie Hudon, Elizabeth Stewart Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Design of a Multipollutant Sorbent for Coal Gasification"

Advisors: Jennifer Wilcox, Erdem Sasmaz
2023 Patrick J. Nieman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2023 Jeffrey Marsh Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Copper Homeostasis in Salmonella enterica: cloning, expression, and purification of CopA transporter and CueO cuproprotein"

Advisor: José Argüello