Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Dennis Giaya, Rebecca Stolarczyk Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"System for Continuous Postoperative Monitoring in Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer"

Advisors: Yitzhak Mendelson, Raymond Dunn (UMMS), Samandar Dowlatshahi (UMMS)

2006 Kimberly M. Ware Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2007 Yang (Russell) Gao Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Shawn P. Carey The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Roseann Gammal Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Hannah Kraus, Thomas Leonard, Hary Teklegiorgis, Sarah Wutka Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Workers’ Compensation Tiering Model."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro

2013 Jason M Sardell National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Evolutionary Biology at University of Miami

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

2020 Olivia S. Gibbs, Suzanne K. Opalka, Daniela A. Schumacher, Carol T. Wang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Optimizing Space and Workflow at the Family Health Center of Worcester

2003 Thomas Battistini, Melinda Palma, Amanda Roberts, Christopher Vigneau President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Recommendations to Improve Quality of Life at the Pakkred Home"

Advisors: Chrysanthe Demetry, Richard Vaz

2020 Kate Olguin, Thomas Tawadros, Mikel Matticoli, Diana Kumykova Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

Call of Karen

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

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

2007 Priya Jayachandran Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Kinetics of Nanoparticle—Based DNA Hybridization"

Advisor: Susan Zhou

2021 Gelila D. Hailemariam, Tina Ly, Tam T. Tuong Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

Immersive Space: Using Kinetic Architecture Design to Regulate Human Emotional States

2017 Casey Broslawski Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Kyle R. Lang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Minh Anh Kieu Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Nouran Abdelfattah Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Zoe Januszewski Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Business Industrial Engineering

2013 Erika S. DiLorenzo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Olivia Atkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Ryan Herrmann Undergraduate
2000 Kyriacos N. Felekkis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Rachel Chan, Mackenzie Damon, Giulia Herszage Rocha, Kelly McDonald, Madelyn Thrasher Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

: "Device to Aid in Mechanical Ventilation of Obese Patients"
Advisor: Kristen Billiar, Joseph Fehribach

 

2003 Nicholas T. Baker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Humanities & Arts
2015 Jose Andrade, Austin Holliday, William Michalski, Juan Hernan Parra, Veronica Rivero Gorrin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Growing Power Vertical Farm"

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Leffi Cewe-Malloy

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
2009 Linxiao Chen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
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

2020 Allison Sichler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Craig Mitchell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson

2009 Michael Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

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

2020 Payton Bielawski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Sheltered: A Look into the Connection Between Nature and Humankind,” advisor: Marie Keller

1995 Nancy L. Round Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Origins of Violent Behavior: A Look at Behavior Genetics, Modern Biology, Serotonin, and the Ethics Involving Criminals," advisor: Thomas A. Shannon

2021 Kevin Stern Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Equivalent Resistances of Polytope Networks

2017 Yuchen Wang Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2021 Samantha L. Wile Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2014 Luke Perreault Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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

2013 Zhehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Meena Khayami Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Peer Learning Assistant, Mathematical Sciences

1998 Alicia Portrie Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Ronak Wani Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2015 Trae Jennette Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2012 Nigel Cochran Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Jennifer M. Flynn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science