Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2023 Arthur Ames, Charlotte Clark, Evelyn Dube, Declan Murphy Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"Creating the Pwnable Claw Machine"
Advisors: Loris Fichera, Robert Walls

 
2005 Andrew L. DuFresne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2004 Lena C. Sanchez-Filippoba Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1989 Michelle D. Petkers Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Udall Foundation Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
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
2014 Satia Adele Marotta National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Social Psychology at Tufts University
2016 Eric Stolz Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"One- and Two-State Peace Solutions in Israel," advisor: W.A. Bland Addison
2008 Sanouri (Fernando) Ursprung Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"Battling Malaria: A History of International Health Aid"

Advisors: William A.B. Addison, Peter Hansen
2020 Brent Rolfes, Daniel Shrives, Thomas Vose Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Robotic Water Monitoring
2009 Jeffrey Marrion Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Philosophy and Film: Existentialism and Place," advisor: J. Sanbonmatsu
2015 Mitchell Lentz, Alejandro Leiro, Luis Diego Paredes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Assessing Gharats of the Kamand Valley-IQP India

Indian Institute of Technology Students: Aman Agrawal, Aman Garg

WPI Advisors: Professors Lorraine Higgins and Ingrid Shockey

Indian Institute of Technology Professors: Dr. Aditi Halder and Dr. Prasun Jana  
1993 Henry R. McTague Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Do Animals Have Rights?," advisor: Bettina Bergo
2021 Jocelyn Mendes Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Interfacial States, Energetics, and Passivation of Large-Grain and Thin-Film Antifluorite Cesium Titanium Bromide
2015 Mark Mantell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2021 Sydney E. Messey Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2024 Olivia Deckers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2013 Timothy Grupp Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2004 Sarah E. Walsh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2013 Rebecca Sharpe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Matthew Cyr Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Alexander Mcmahon Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2023 Luke Barckholtz, Connor Dowgielewicz, Claire Higginson, Sydney Smith President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Story Bikes in Somers Town

Dominic Golding, Sarah Riddick
2012 Allison R. Roche Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2007 Saad Ahmad Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2001 Yakov Kronrod The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2009 Christina E. Grant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Jonathan M Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2004 Benjamin Mar and Christopher Treat President's IQP Awards Third Place Undergraduate

"Increasing Awareness of Lahu Culture through Solar Technology"

Advisors: Joel Brattin and Steve Weininger
2007 Kevin Bobrowski, Christopher Korzeniowski, Francisco de Molina Cobo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Search and Rescue Robot"

Advisor: James Duckworth
2017 Anna C Franciosa Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2016 Ryan Herrmann Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2008 Maggie Allard Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Butterfly (animated short)," advisor: Joshua Rosenstock
2015 Christopher Hango Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

"The Five Stages of Grief: A Composition and Performance for Brass Ensemble"

Advisor: Douglas Weeks
1988 Jeanette M. Cheetham Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Mask: a Window to Understand the Eskimos," advisor: Ruth Smith
2021 Yvonne Niebuhr Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

Improving Oral Contraceptives: Encouraging Research into Oral Contraceptives and Their Side Effects
2022 Kirsten Bowers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2024 Stephanie Steriti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Paul R Bender Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1998 MariLisa Billa Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2018 Jordan Burklund Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Nick DeMarinis Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Peer tutor, Writing Center
2013 Zehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Amanda Toledo Barrios Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2022 Tyler Lizotte and Harrison Smith Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

“Design of a 6U Cubesat for an Ionospheric Mission”

Advisor: Nikolaos A. Gatsonis