Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
1997 Konstantin Grebelsky Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2021 Colleen O'Malley Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2001 Eric Tapley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Integrative & Global Studies
2022 Gabriela Chong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2005 Paul F. Messier Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Arts
2004 Laura A. Matejik Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Paul J Moan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
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

2013 Yunqiu "Barbara" Sun Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professional Writing

Tutor and MASH leader, Academic Resources Center

2008 Benjamin E. Childs Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Kylie Belanger Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

“Metaphase Chromosome Alignment is Sensitive to Dynein-Dependent Forces at the Cell Cortex”

Advisor: Amity Manning

2016 Blanche Sonia Ngo Mahop National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Applied Mathematics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

2001 Nicholas F Arcolano National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at MIT

2018 Jared Grier Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acquired Disability and Disruption of the Self,”  advisor: Jennifer McWeeny

2012 Donal Boyd, Brennan Ashton, Lauren Bisacky, Jesscia Lopez President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Lights on the Horizon: A Socioeconomic Impact Evaluation of Rural Electrification in Tsumkwe, Namibia"

Advisors: Svetlana Nikitina and Thomas Robertson

2009 Brian C. Benson, Neal K. Humphrey Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Sand-Swimming Robot"

Advisors: Stephan Koehier, Kenneth Stafford

2009 Don Havener Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Encyclopedia and the Third Estate," advisor B. Addison

1992 Kevin M. Parker Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Society of Friends - Antislavery Pioneers," advisor: Steven C. Bullock

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

2014 Ran Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Anyely Felix Nova Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2012 Jennifer Mann Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 Bradd E. Libby Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2007 Charles A. Gammal III Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Madison Rutherford Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2005 Adam M. Bryant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Elizabeth M. Dailey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Ryan Cooney Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Michael Beskid Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2009 Meghan A. Pasquali Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2018 Jean Patrick Furter Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2022 Brock Jolicoeur Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

“Development of a Microcollimator Array for Neutron Imaging”

Advisor: David Medich

2014 Katelyn Ashley Cabral National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI

2024 Nora Smith. Advisor: Joseph Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "Burnout."

2019 Ryan E. Darnley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2003 Erin Hicks, Justin Johnson, Michael Torilli President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Water Management in the Upper Catchment of the Kuiseb River Basin"

Advisors: Steven Pierson; Creighton Peet

2019 Shannon O’Connor Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2008 Michael Demers, Ryan Lehrmitt, Robert Pantalone Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering

"High-efficiency Coolant Nozzle Design for Abrasive Wire Wafer Slicing Machine"

Advisor: Yiming Rong

2008 Ryan Whetstone Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Jazz Saxophone Performance; From Swing to Fusion," advisor: Richad Falco

1987 Richard D. June Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"William Carlos Williams' Paterson: the Voice of a Nation," advisor: Laura J. Menides

2020 Rosa R. Reynoso, Van W. Harting, Isabel M. Azevedo, Madison E. Cunniff, Rediet Merra Tegegne Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Social Science & Policy Studies

Co-Designing for Gold Mining Safety

2014 Nicholas J. Noons Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Mikel Matticoli, Lucas Varella President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Jazz History Database Global Contributor Project

WPI Advisors: Keith Zizza

1996 Robert A. Borrelli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Anyely Felix Nova Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Roseann S. Gammal Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2021 Rebecca C. Debski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2002 Kevin Michael Hawkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Lucy Garvey Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project