Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2007 Brandon Germain, Robert Shaw Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"From FPS into Strategy CTF in UT2k4"

Advisor: David Finkel

1997 Jeffrey L. Bayko Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Road to Jensenism (1923-1969)," advisor: Michael M. Sokal

2019 Erica Davis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Autoimmune Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis."

Advisor: Destin Heilman

 

2016 Hongii Yu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Dynamics of Atomtronic Battery"

Advisors: Burt Tilley, Alex Zozulya

2023 Claire Behning, Amanda Holbrook Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies, Psychological Science

"Exploring the Effect of CBD on C. elegans with 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson's Disease to Determine Potential Therapeutic Effects "
Advisors: Michael Buckholt, James Doyle, Jill Rulfs, Suzanne Scarlata, Jagan Srinivasan

2017 Bryce C Kaw-Uh Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2024 Jillian Crandall. Advisor: Despoina Giapoudzi Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Performing Arts:  “Directing is Like a FishBowl: A Project Portfolio.”   

 

 

1995 David J. Custodio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
1997 Joyelle K. Howk Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Christopher Boucher Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Elizabeth A. Norgard Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Kevin S Ackerman Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Amanda Lowther Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2012 Nathanael C. Thorn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2008 Ryan T. Moniz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 William Bennett, Emily Chretien, Sophia Gomarlo, Peter Hurley President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"A Recommended Recycling Processing System for the Informal Waste Collectors of Oshakati, Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Sarah Wodin-Schwartz

2021 Connor Bruneau, Hunter Caouette, Rimsha Kayastha, Veronica Melican, Miranda Hernandez-Reisch Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science

Machine Learning for Mental Health Screening

2010 Manasi Vartak Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2021 Coulter Q. Ralston Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2006 Ravi Srinivasan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Physics at Brown University

2008 Steve H. Shin, Natasha L. Deschene, Daniel M. Morehouse, Max A. Kuhns President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Effectiveness of Hands-On-History at the Tower of London"

Advisors: Peter Hansen, Stanley Selkow

2009 Christopher John Pauli, Matthew Clark, Zachary Tetreault, Justin Thomas Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Green Guide for Roads Rating System"

Advisors: Frederick Hart, Rajib Mallick

2009 Heather Bell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Celtic Music Throughout the UK," advisor: J. Delorey

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

1992 Lily Lau Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Monster in the Closet of Our Souls: The Gothic and Wuthering Heights," advisor: Joel Brattin

2016 Cara Bereznai, Bryce Kaw-Uh, Benjamin Parent, Catherine Souza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Examining the Development of Nature-Urban Routes in San Jose, Costa Rica"

Advisors: Professors Melissa Belz and Derren Rosbach

2023 Abigail Boafo, Randy Huang, Alexander Sun President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Taiwanese Backpacker: In Search of Purpose

Jefferson Alex Sphar, Wen-Hua Du, Grant A. Burrier

2024 Mikaela Enax Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1994 Carla D. Richardson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2002 Frances Maria Saccoccio Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Jennifer Mann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Matthew Johann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2005 Bandar Turkmani Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2005 Antonio Sangermano Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Olivia Hunker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1992 Juliet K. Vescio Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Gregory Schaalman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2018 Brandon Clark Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Thomas J Moutinho National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia Main Campus

2018 Olivia Bosselait Jones Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2016 Zoe Schwartz Undergraduate
2022 Camila Carvalho 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

2019 Kyra Bresnahan Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2011 Valerie Anne Boutin, Caitlin Elyse Butler, Samuel James Kesseli, Mary Clare McCorry President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Improving Water and Sanitation in Rural Namibian Communities"

Advisors: I. Shockey and U. Brisson

2019 Marissa Langille Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Jennifer Mann Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Tutor, Academic Resources Center

2009 Eric Andresen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

"Rhetoric of Global Warming: Multimodal Arguments in Public and Scientific Contexts"

Advisors: Lorraine D. Higgins, Chrysanthe Demetry

2008 Kirk Lanciani Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Soaring on the Ground: The Flight Simulator," advisor: E. Malcom Parkinson

2022 Silvana Reid Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

“Assessment of Nucleotide Labeling to Determine Organization of DNA Replication”

Advisor: Destin Heilman