Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2015 James Macfarlane, Nelson Ndahiro, Katie Nugau, Rekik Tafesse Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Implementing Solar Energy in Desalination Plants in Libya
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2024 Olivia Deckers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Udall Foundation Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
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
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
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 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
2012 Ivan E Ivanov Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2013 Timothy Grupp Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Lillian M Clark Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2004 Sarah E. Walsh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2013 Nick DeMarinis Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Peer tutor, Writing Center
2011 Linnea Palmer Paton Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2013 Rebecca Sharpe Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute 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 
2016 Jessica L Faust National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2012 Matthew Cyr Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Comp. Biology at Johns Hopkins
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Sahil S. Bhagat, Danielle C. Fontaine, Karl Gibson President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Privacy and Interoperability Issues Affecting Danish Consumers of Health IT Systems"

Advisor: H. Ault
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  
2009 Marc Balboa, Ivo Dobrev, Ryan Fosset Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"MEMS for Real Time Imaging Applications"

Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazquez
2015 Mark Mantell Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Alexander Mcmahon Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2024 Stephanie Steriti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Samantha Lor, Megan Olson, Hannah Goddard, and Laura Boccio Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Wildlife Crossing Development for Highway 1 in Batipa, Panama
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
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
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
2022 Patrick O'Mullan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2005 Andrew L. DuFresne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2014 Paul R Bender Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1989 Michelle D. Petkers Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Jason Gabriel Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2011 Aaron P. Champagne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
1996 John D. Corbeil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics, Social Science & Policy Studies
2023 Sol Giesso Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2009 Zubin H.Patel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1999 Barry Posterro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2022 Ben Gobler Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

“The Calkin-Wilf Tree; Extensions and Applications”

Advisors: Brigitte Servatius, Herman Servatius
2014 Michelle Ly National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Environmental Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
2007 Krystal L. Parker Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2014 Sawin Areepipatkul, Marc Gelin, Nathan Longnecker, Phornphit Manageracharath, Laura Pumphrey, Corre Steele, Nontach Thanawatyanyong President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Development and Initiation of Sustainable Wastewater Management in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand"

Advisors: Creighton Peet, Gary Pollice, Patchanita Thamyongkit (Chulalongkorn University Advisor)
2008 Dana R. Asplund, Kalun Fu, Yilmaz Kiymaz, Timothy Loughlin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"The Alligator: A Video Game History of a Civil War Submarine"

Advisor: Robert Lindeman
2018 Stephanie Cappelli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate