Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2015 Elizabeth Paulson, Kyla Rodger, and Adelle Milholland Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Interactive EKG Model" - This product is a teaching tool for medical students and can also be used in a cardiologist office during patient consultations. It includes a model heart that will show different cardiac conditions by demonstrating the electrical activity within the heart, as well as a 12-lead EKG wave to match it. The device interfaces with a computer screen. This device also includes a clear plastic torso that demonstrates where EKG electrodes should be placed, as well as a smaller model heart that will show the different views of the 12 leads.
Johanna Santos Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Zhiyuan Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Daniel Lawer Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Amanda Boehm, Aleye Momodu, Huyen Nguyen, Rosa Reynoso Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Educating Youth About Sexual Health
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
2017 Paul Reilly Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Academic Advising Office
2018 Jordan Burklund Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Leah Morales Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2018 Jun Dao Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Berk Gulmezoglu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 Alisha Anderson, Sophie Antoniou, Abigail O'Sullivan, Hannah Schulz Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Angolan Housing Design for Congolese Refugees
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2019 Alissa Ostapenko Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2019 Erin M. Morissette Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2019 Jacob Crislip Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2019 Nathan Hsu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2019 Juliette Spitaels Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jacquelyn Roberge Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
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)
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
2018 Alexandra J. Miller Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Miller’s Get Up ‘N’ Go innovation is a set of retractable armrests for standard walkers that slide beside the user to assist in transitions of sitting and standing.
2019 Colleges Against Cancer Organization of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2018 Habitat for Humanity Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group

Habitat Restore
2019 Toni Joy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Emily Newman Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019 Nicholas C. Cyganski Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2020 Olivia Gulezian, Evan LeBeau, Ken Snoddy, Ilana Zeldin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Developing Patient-Centered Mobile Application for Understanding Fatigue in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
2020 Katherine Vasconcelos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2020 Sarah Butts Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2020 John Sullivan Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Samuel Hopkins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Development of Single-use Plastics in a Throwaway Culture,” advisor: Joseph Cullon
2021 Xin Zhang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2021 Noah Roberts Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Caroline Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Structure/Function Studies of EGFR Family and Kek1
2021 Brooke Dawson, Hannah Gallagher, Amelia Harvey, Lilly Nardelli, Aram Soultanian Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Redesigned Shark Tagging
2021 Maria Martini Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Post-Doctoral
2021 Paul A. Pacheco Jr. & Vanessa Van DeMark advisor: Kristin Boudreau Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Addressing the Gender Gap in STEM Education with Classroom Interventions"

2021 Olivia L. Lattanzi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Stephen Price Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Rachel Maurice Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing
2022 Zoe Reidinger Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
2022 Lauren Paul Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Yizhou Yan Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2014 Aaron Benjamin Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Tutor and MASH leader in the Academic Resources Center
2023 Alex Friedman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2023 Ally Breen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Songbai Ji Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering
2022 Maya Flores, Colin Stevens, Devon Poisson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

“5G User Equipment Selective Jammer” 

Advisors: Alexander Wyglinski