Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Jameel Gammal Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Abhishek Easwarn Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Allison Darling Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Computer Science
2018 Faith Kurtz Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Joseph Miceli Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Brian Kodalen Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Patrick Bresnahan Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2018 Tyler McNeill Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2018 Lucia Carichino Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2018 Milad Farzad Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2018 Suzanne Sontgerath Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Pre-Collegiate Outreach Programs
2018 Irene Wong Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Alexandra J. Miller Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Miller’s Get Up ‘N’ Go innovation is a set of retractable armrests for standard walkers that slide beside the user to assist in transitions of sitting and standing.
2018 Habitat for Humanity Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group

Habitat Restore
2018 Emily Newman Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Yizhou Yan Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2018 Jordan Burklund Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Leah Morales Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering
2018 Jun Dao Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Berk Gulmezoglu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Amanda Toledo Barrios Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Amanda Agdeppa Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2018 Alexander Mcmahon Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Brandon Sanders Strage Innovation Award Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Alicorn is a novel cyber-physical framework that lets users control individual devices using a single language, coordinate large groups of devices using a common data format, and easily add support for new devices using extensible firmware.
2018 Panhellenic Council Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group

Elm Park Community School
2018 Christine Schondek Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Stephanie Cappelli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2018 Virginia Nunez Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2018 Toni Delorey Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Michael Moukarzel Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Nicolas Lucena Farias Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Ali Hussain Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2018 Sarah Olson Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Hungary

WPI Professors Receive Fulbright Scholarships
2018 Joseph Lombardi Strage Innovation Award Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Lombardi is developing smart lobster traps that sense when a catch has entered the trap then alerts the lobsterman.
2018 Jess Locke
2018 Jacob St. Germain Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Brandon Clark Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2018 Katherine Pelissari Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Katie Gandomi Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2018 Praneeth Nooli Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2018 Olivia Bosselait Jones Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Hyunsoo Kim Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2018 Terri Camesano Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Chemical Engineering

France

WPI Professors Receive Fulbright Scholarships
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
2018 Reid Billings, Michael Morlock, Jack Nigro, Ryan Rigney, Nasjela Thodhoraqi Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Collapsible Temporary Housing Design and Optimization."

Advisor: Sarah Wodin-Schwartz
2018 Margarite Vaccaro Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Ryan Cooney Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2018 Rachel Santarsiero Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2018 Taylyn Hulse Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Learning Sciences & Technologies
2018 Naveen Pothayath Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science