Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2007 Charles Gammal (ME/ECE), Erika Hall, Rachelle Horwitz, Stephanie LeGare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"A Device for Monitoring the Severity of Peripheral Edema"

Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Yitzhak Mendelson, John McNeill, Raymond Dunn

1998 Saif Anwaruddin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Alex Markoski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2001 Win D. Cheung Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2020 Catherine Sherman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Julia Milks Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Psychiatric Healthcare in Morocco,” advisor: Rebecca Moody

2021 Allison E. Steeves Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2024 Naisargi Mehta Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 Minh Anh Kieu (BME), Noah C. Brennick (PW), Sophia H. Cheng (ME/RBE), Darius Luo (AE) President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Mobile Farm Stand:  A Vehicle for Education

Advisor: Derren Rosbach

2024 Jack Perriello Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2021 Mairead E. O'Neill (CS), Ciara R. Young (CME), Matthew B. Adams (ME), Christopher R. Davenport (AREN) President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Therapeutic Gardening

Advisors:  J. Scott Jiusto, Gbetonmasse Somasse

2014 Meena Khayami Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Mathematical Sciences

2023 Ronak Wani Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Brian P. Day Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Sahag Voskian Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2004 Matthew J. Black The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2005 Charles A. Gammal III Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"John Boynton: Farmer to Founder," advisor: David Rawson

2009 Linxiao Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
1984 Barbara Jean Gray Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Development of American Blackfaced Minstrelsy"

2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University

2005 Simon D. Beckwith, Julia A. Cohn, Leigh C. Duren and Kyle R. Lewis President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Irrigation Development to Improve the Lives of Impoverished Children (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)"

Advisors: Robert Krueger and Stephen Pierson

2014 Cornman Scott Paul Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Michael Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Educational Uses of COMSOL Multiphysics Carbon Dioxide Absorption with Chemical Reaction"

1996 Teri L. Brehio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2013 Sheila Werth Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2002 Jason G. Brown Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Yun Jae Sohn Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2020 Kristen Chan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2016 William Barnard Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2022 Darius Luo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2017 Erin Morissette Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acoustics of the Clarinet and Spaulding Recital Hall,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks

2022 Cole Peterson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School

“A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets”

 Advisor: Alexander Smith

2019 Gabrielle Brown Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2007 William A. Pfeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2012 Christopher Bannon Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Transgenic Animals and the Catholic Church”, Advisor:  Bethel Eddy

2008 Carolyn S. Hunter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2000 Janaki Kirloskar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Glimpse of Reality in the Hindu Temple," advisor: Ruth Smith

2017 Huilin Yang National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI

2019 Jackson Powell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The impact of Government Intervention of Global Industry: A Case of China and the Solar Energy Industry,” advisor: John Galante

2003 Sarah K House National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Geophysics at Arizona

2009 Aubrey D. Ortiz, Hilary A. Rotatori, Elizabeth A. Schreiber, George von Roth President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

Hydroponic Farming in Mahasarakham: Integrating Hydroponics into the Agricultural Curriculum While Introducing Entrepreneurial Skills

2012 Nouran Abdelfattah Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Nicholas Amendolare Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Conserving Energy through Fuel Poverty Mapping in Worcester, Massachusetts"

Advisor: Robert Krueger

2013 Erika S. DiLorenzo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Kyriacos N. Felekkis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2003 Nicholas T. Baker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2019 Sarat Buasai, Benen ElShakhs, Brian Kelsey, Monica leigh Whitehorn President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Development of an Interactive Data Portal for Rural Electrification in Namibia

WPI Advisors: Joseph Doiron and Bethel Eddy

2021 Ariana Cruz-Rivera Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Alison Drapeau advisor: Lindsay Davis Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Proposing Universal Policy to De-Feminize Childcare"