Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2024 Lauren Abraham Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology 

2005 Andrew L. DuFresne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2004 Robert J. Degon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Leah Mitchell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
1989 Michelle D. Petkers Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2009 Joseph G. Politz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2022 Kirsten Bowers Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
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

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
2013 Zehao Li Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Anthony Ducimo Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2012 Allison R. Roche Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental 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
2021 Kyle Gerlach Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

- https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/kyle-gerlach-recognized-teaching-assistant-year-2021

2009 Christina E. Grant Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2022 Patrick O'Mullan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2023 Gabriel Espinosa Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Physics
2003 Griffin R. Bryant Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Torment: a Story," advisor: Michelle K. Ephraim

2014 Kristin Elizabeth Poti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Jennifer E. Yambert Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2012 Erin L. Armstrong Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2003 Jennifer M. Persico Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1994 Kevin M. Shea Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2011 Mark Tyler Hawthorne Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Jessica Walsh Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project

2010 Elizabeth Schreiber Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2021 Jacob Ciolfi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Ben Gobler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2011 Peter Osswald Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"America's War in Afghanistan", Advisor Bland Addison

1998 Ian E. Parmenter Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Work in Progress: a Screenplay," advisor: Dean M. O'Donnell

2016 Brittany Neumann Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation

2016 Alexa Itsines, Katie Long, Trinity Tedsten, Carly Whittle, Kristen Southan Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Increasing Accessible HIV Screening in Zimbabwe

2014 Timothy O'Neil Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1997 Gregory T. Krueger Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2005 Warren J. Schudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Physics
2019 Haylea T. Northcott Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology & Biotechnology
2004 Matea L. Peterson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2020 Mark Bray Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2007 Megan K. Murphy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Danielle Snider Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis

2008 James P. Chryssanthacopoulos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2016 Megan Elizabeth Mancuso National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2021 Kalani M. Picho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2002 Rachel Zimet National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering - Materials at MIT

2009 Michael Szkutak Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Presidential Electioneering in the Television Age," advisor: J. Hanlan

1992 Chad L. Council Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"From Love Comes the Pieces of a Broken Heart - A Play," advisor: Susan Vick

2015 Joseph Berger, Jamie Stephen, Taylor Stephen, Barrett Wolfson Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Algae Biofuel Enhancement Project