Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Type Department Details
2019 Amparo Cosio
2019 Colin Ancalmo, Hannah Baez, Noah Budris, Alexander Spielman President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Interactive Museum Exhibit Featuring Pueblo Influence on New Mexican Contemporary Architecture

WPI Advisor: Lauren Mathews

2022 Melissa Hauman, Samantha Havel, Logan Rinaldi President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Power, Responsibility, and Justice in Research with Indigenous Communities

Advisors: Shana Lessing and Yunus Dogan Telliel

2015 Abigail M DaBoil-Lavoie, Jacquelyn M Fanning, Fernando Galvez, Richard E Thyden President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

Developing a Mentorship Program Between Al Akhawayn University and the Rita Zniber Foundation Orphanage 

Advisor: Professor Frederick Hart

 

2016 Katharine Dunphy Undergraduate
2016 Sarah Hernandez Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Rev. Peter Scanlon Alumni
2009 Katherine Kruczek Vignaly '84 Alumni
2014 Bror Axelsson, Jaclyn DeCristoforo, Kyla Rodger, Aida Waller President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Worcester Earn-A-Bike: Creating an Adaptive Bicycle"

Advisors: Corey Dehner and Stephen McCauley

2004 Andrew Mumford, Jessica Sulzmann and Jesse Tippett President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Energy Efficiency Guidelines for Low-Cost Housing"

Advisors: Art Gerstenfeld and Susan-Gerstenfeld

2008 Michael C. Hyde, Sean W. Seymour, Daniel W. Tennant, Minh H. Truong President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Four Tourists and Hong Kong's Harbourfront: A Survey of the Waterfront of Victoria Harbour"

Advisors: Kevin Clements, Paul Davis

2012 Sarah Bober, Devin Harrison, Rachel Hickcox, Chelsea Miller, Collaborating Thai students: Gun Charoensiri, Suthamma Sa-nguankulchai, Piyada Sutthanusorn President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Heat Impacts on Occupational Health: A Comparison Between Agricultural and Industrial Settings in the Time of Climate Change"

Advisors: Ingrid Shockey, and Bland Addison

2018 Amanda Toledo Barrios Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Alexander Mcmahon Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2019 Mbolle Akume
2015 Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India

Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg

WPI Advisors: Professors Lorraine Higgins and Ingrid Shockey

Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana  

2016 Eric Salina
2015 Nidhi Diwakar
2011 Kathleen A. Pereira (Daly) '96 Alumni
2014 Kanv Garg, Sampath Kumar, Brianna Mikolich, Fiona Ogren, Justin Rice, Mahesh Yadav President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Implications of Introducing the IIT Mandi to the Rural Kamand Region"

Advisors: Ingrid Shockey, Rajeshwari Dutt (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Advisor)

2005 Brian J. Catalano, Kristen J. Gervais and Ryan D. President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Preserving the Nautical Traditions and Maritime Heritage of Venice, Italy"

Advisors: Fabio Carrera and John Zeugner

2008 Lauren N. Alex, Jessy L. Cusack, Augustina I. Mills, Alejandro E. Sosa-Boyd President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Design and Construction of a Communal Laundry Station in Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto, Stephen Weininger

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

2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Jess Locke
2015 Suzanne Weekes Faculty
2016 Everett Baker, Tyler Bennett, James Mosteller, John Williams President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Need for a Consumer Focused Smoke Alarm Performance System"

Advisors: Professors Fred Looft and Briggitte Servatius

2015 Kyle J. Hudgins Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2014 Matthew Jackson, Thomas Kostelak, Leah Pervere, Sarah Quatieri President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Development of the Inspire Engineering Mentoring Program"

Advisors: Laureen Elgert and Scott Jiusto

2005 Paul P. Kastner, J. Michael McHugh, Anne L. St. Martin and Jacquelyn Youssef President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Assessing Prepay Water Metering in the Informal Settlements of Windhoek"

Advisors: W. Bland Addison and Stephen J. Weininger

2009 Debra-Ann Franck, William W. Mayo, Matthew R. Tomasko, Yanxuan Xie President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Mapping as a Foundation for Spatial Redevelopment in Monwabisi Park"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Robert Hersh

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

2018 Olivia Bosselait Jones Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2015 Connor Gillespie, Brien Hard, Casey Rota, Saloni Sachar President's IQP Awards First Runner Up Undergraduate

Lighting the Way to Fire Safety: Reducing Fire Risk in Namibia's Informal Sector Housing

Advisors: Professors Holly Ault and Tom Robertson

 

2015 Evelyn Grainger
2016 Zoe Schwartz Undergraduate
2008 Alexander E. Emanuel Electrical & Computer Engineering
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

2003 Patrick Lahar, Brittany Doucette, William Durgin President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Analysis Model of Resources for Costa Rican Firefighters"

Advisors: H.J. Manzari, Susan Vernon-Gerstenfeld

2005 Sean P. Donovan, Alexander H. Hecht and Justin Woodwood President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Developing a Robotics Outreach Program"

Advisors: Brad Miller and Kenneth Stafford

2009 Diana M. Berlo, Jennifer L. Hunt, Amanda L. Martori, Justin L. Skelly President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Wind Generation on Nantucket"

Advisor: Michael Elmes

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

2018 Jean Patrick Furter Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Erik Langberg, Thomas Mackintosh, Stephanie Marcucci, Eli Skeggs President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Weighing Perceived Values of Tinguely's Sculptures Against Technically Advanced Conservation

Advisors: Daniel DiMassa

2019 Solomon Greenberg First Place

Copperforge provides simple, well documented, and competition-grade electrical and mechanical components for robotics.

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

2004 William A. Baller Faculty Humanities & Arts
2016 Edward Dring, Victoria Johnson, Jacob Maalouf President's IQP Awards First Runner Up Undergraduate

"Improving Healthcare Coordination in the Mandi District"

ITT Mandi Students: Gopal Aggarwal, Naman Gupta

Advisors: Drs. S. McCauley, Ingrid Shockey, Varun Dutt & R. Padmanabhan

2003 Jennifer Flynn, Paul Fydenkevez, Brian McCarthy, Christine O'Connell President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Optimizing Parking Regulations Enforcement and Revenue Collection in the City of Cambridge"

Advisors: Fabio Carrera, Angel Rivera

2005 Ashley J. Bourgault, Witt C. Guinn, Kathryn L. Herchenroder and David P. Stechmann President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Composting for Sustainable Waste Management"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Lauren Matthews