Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
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
1998 MariLisa Billa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
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

2017 Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching."

Sponsor:  Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD)

2021 Jocelyn Mendes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Interfacial States, Energetics, and Passivation of Large-Grain and Thin-Film Antifluorite Cesium Titanium Bromide

2013 Zehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Sydney E. Messey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2012 Anthony Ducimo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2024 Lauren Abraham Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology 

2016 Gaetano J. Scuderi Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center

2023 Luke Barckholtz, Connor Dowgielewicz, Claire Higginson, Sydney Smith President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Story Bikes in Somers Town

Dominic Golding, Sarah Riddick

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

2005 Andrew L. DuFresne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1989 Michelle D. Petkers Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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

2003 Griffin R. Bryant Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Torment: a Story," advisor: Michelle K. Ephraim

2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2014 Satia Adele Marotta National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Social Psychology at Tufts University

2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

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

2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2009 Joseph A. Krasinskas Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Udall Foundation Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2013 Cara L. DiIorio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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

2019 Alexander Alvarez, Grace Gerhardt, Evan Kelly, John O’Neill, Jackson Whitehouse Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"Design and Integration of a High-Powered Model Rocket - II."

Advisor:  Michael Demetriou

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

2000 John P. Tassinari Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022 Kirsten Bowers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2003 Robert J. Sartorelli, Jr. Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2024 Olivia Deckers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2016 Vincent N. Azzolino Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013 Nick DeMarinis Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Peer tutor, Writing Center

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 

2015 Xinxin Ding Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2006 Kevin J. LaMalva Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2011 Peter Osswald Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"America's War in Afghanistan", Advisor Bland Addison

2008 Lynn A. Worobey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Andrea Bayas, Maura Buckley, Cierra Ford, Javier Lawes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"A Citizen Science Platform for Long-Term Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution in Port Phillip Bay"

Advisors: Stephen McCauley and William Michalson

1998 Ian E. Parmenter Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Work in Progress: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean M. O'Donnell

1977 Gregory E. Yeo Two Towers 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

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

2020 Stephanie Salerno and Jacquelyn Valsamis Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

An Environmental Analysis of Recreational Cannabis Cultivation and Processing

2014 Timothy O'Neil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 David Goodrich (Boy Scout Troup 54 and Cub Scout Pack 54) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1994 Erik Alldredge The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
1997 Gregory T. Krueger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 John Bosch, Joseph Hsu, Erin Mazuera, Kelly Osberg Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Demographic Preferences in Web Design: Usability Testing Through Eye Tracking"

Advisors: Soussan Djamasbi, Thomas Tullis