Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
1994 Kevin M. Shea Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Timothy O'Neil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Mark Tyler Hawthorne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Gregory T. Krueger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Elizabeth Schreiber Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2008 Syed M. Ali Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2006 Isaac J Waldron National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at WPI
2024 Cassidy Williams Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Peer Learning Assistant, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
2016 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Matea L. Peterson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2007 Jason P. Frey, Ryan S. Kendrick, Jodi M. Lowell, John M. Rothermel President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Energy Profiling for Off-Grid Energization Solutions in Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Krueger & Fred Looft
2020 Mark Bray Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2009 Jennifer Ann Himottu, Alyson J Stuer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"Analysis of Bridge Connections: A Comparative Study of Bridge & Joint Design"

Advisor: Leonardo Albano
2017 Mona Elokda Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Sarah E. Kwatinetz , Maggie A. Ostwald, Lily C. Spicer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Northern Strand Community Trail On-Road Extension
2021 Kalani M. Picho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials 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
2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Student Assistant, Computer Science
2016 William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle"

Advisor: David Planchard
2023 Tara Desrochers, Erin Murphey, Bailey Norris, Justin Weintraub President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Melbourne Project Center: Telling our Story through Engaging Media

Stephen M. McCauley, Lorraine D. Higgins
2009 Michael Szkutak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Presidential Electioneering in the Television Age," advisor: J. Hanlan
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
1992 Chad L. Council Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Love Comes the Pieces of a Broken Heart - A Play," advisor: Susan Vick
2005 Warren J. Schudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2011 Nathan Horvath Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2003 Sarah A. Linderme Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2008 James P. Chryssanthacopoulos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
1998 Chi-Man Lock Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Megan Elizabeth Mancuso National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2001 Amanda Kight Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2002 Rachel Zimet National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering - Materials at MIT
2024 Stephanie Reis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2004 Brooke Buchholz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Chelsea C. Sheehan, Heidi P. Robertson President's IQP Awards First Place Undergraduate

"Evaluating ‘Business Opportunities with Solar Energy in Un-Electrified Areas’ in Namibia"

Advisors:  R. Ludwig and S. Nikitina
2020 Faith Kurtz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2009 Elizabeth Gould Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions"

Advisor: P.K. Aravind
2015 Evan White Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2022 Sean Burns Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Stephanie Cappelli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2013 Shane Fagan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tutor and MASH leader, Academic Resources Center
2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2022 Darius Luo, Erin Venard, and Hannah Whitney Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

“WPI Campus Center Feasibility Study for LEED O+M Certification”

Advisors: Leonard Albano, Soroush Farzin, and Shichao Liu.
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
2019 Joshua Driscoll Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Ally Salvino Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Rui Dai Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Red and the Rest (a memoir)," advisor: Lorraine Higgins
2019 Jessica Walsh Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1987 Shawn D. Harrison Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot: the Motives Behind the Men," advisor: E. Malcolm Parkinson
2005 Ryan M. Carey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering