Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2011 Evald Muraj Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2011 Jeffrey C. Marrion Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Sarah Kaptur National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Cell Biology at Brown University
2003 Matthew J Streeter National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Computer Science at Stanford
2012 Adam Cadwallader, Victoria Hewey, Evren Simsek, Santiago Isaza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Supporting Urban Beekeeping Livelihood Strategies in Cape Town"

Advisors: Scott Jiusto and Steve Taylor 
2009 Elisabeth Beinke, Keilin Bickar, Joshua Doyle, Alexander Schwartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

"Memory Dash - a Multiplayer iPhone Game"

Advisor: David Finkel
2015 Lina Tran Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2007 Nate Piper Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Undergraduate Admissions
2020 Chester Barber, Timothy Esworthy, Sydney Palmer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Tree Seedling Planter
2021 Manon C. Miller Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Characterizing the Importance of the CO1 SLiM in Regulating Kek5's Activity
1989 Paul F. Wojiak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Obstinacy and Naïveté: The Organized Labor Movement in Worcester, Massachusetts, During the 1930's," advisor: Robert L. Kolesar
2021 Emma E. Lowry Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2022 Danielle Upton Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1994 Matthew W. Martin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2020 Kyra Bresnahan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Drama/Theatre
1996 Elena Florintsev Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Emma MacIntyre Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
1999 Isaac B. Rutel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 Lokesh Gangaramaney, Manon Miller, Despina Tomboulides Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Fighting Ignorance: Freshmen Malnutrition
2023 Samantha Brown, Alyssa Magaha Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Creating a Multi-Robot, Multi-Human, Multi-Platform System"
Advisors: Jane Li, Carlo Pinciroli

 
2002 Rocco William Moretti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019 Shion Matsumoto Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2005 Brian L. Ellis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Brandon Clark The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Honorable Mention The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2007 Katherine A. Kelly Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2017 Natalie Wellen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Modeling Over the Counter Derivative Trading with and without Central Clearing Parties."

Advisor: Stephan Sturm
2009 Alexandra M. Sanseverino Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2014 Michal Talmor National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2008 Neal Orman Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"GPU Optimization of an Existing Free-Viewpoint Video System"

Advisor: Robert Lindeman
2020 Kyle Wood Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2004 Laura E. Baldassari Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Flute Music of the Classical Period," advisor: Douglas G. Weeks
2016 Karen Fitch, Kathryn Gillis, Abby Harrison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Digital Programmable Gaussian Noise Generator"

Advisor: Edward Clancy
2021 Nasim Mansuri Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

Best Practices for Adapting Manufacturing Documentation
1983 Julie Anne Beberman Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2022 Caitlin Kuzma Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2024 Trevor Bush Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Agathe Lasnier Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2024 Alex Ballentine Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1995 Maria A. Valencia Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2015 Ginger Adams, Melissa Galgano, Kylie Juarez, Mercedes McDermott Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Taking the Higher Ground: Growing Cleaner on Boston's Rooftop Farm
2013 Aaron Benjamin Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

Tutor and MASH leader, Academic Resources Center
1996 Noah L. Weisleder Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Jameel Gammal Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Devon Poisson Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2013 Ross S. Desmond Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Nina K. Simon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2000 Nicholas F. Arcolano Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2007 Kathryn P. Carpenter Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2018 Jordan Burklund, Hans Johnson, Travis Norris, Liam Shanahan Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"SailBot 2017-18."

Advisors: Prof. Kenneth Stafford, William Michalson