Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2021 Stephanie Tam Marietta E. Anderson Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2021 Matthew R. Iaconis Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate The Business School
2021 Connor J. Skinner Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2021 Elaine Chen (CS), Ruchita Y. Choksey (ME), Danielle D. Upton (CME), Casey J. Willis (ME) President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Akyem Dwenase Sanitation

Advisor:  Robert Krueger
2020 Sarah Butts Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts

Adaptation of Ecuadorian National Music for Chamber Music Ensemble
2020 Allison Ross Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2020 Jared DeMaio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2020 Sarah Wodin-Shawrtz Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Cosette Domkofski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Those Who Endure,” advisor: Joseph Aguilar
2020 Olivia S. Gibbs, Suzanne K. Opalka, Daniela A. Schumacher, Carol T. Wang Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering

Optimizing Space and Workflow at the Family Health Center of Worcester
2020 Catherine Sherman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2020 Madeline Chudy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2020 Gillian Smith Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Julia Milks Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Psychiatric Healthcare in Morocco,” advisor: Rebecca Moody
2020 Colleges Against Cancer Organization of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2020 Khadijah Ibrahim Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Kate Olguin, Thomas Tawadros, Mikel Matticoli, Diana Kumykova Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

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2020 Allison Sichler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2020 Kristen Chan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2020 Kris Boudreau Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Payton Bielawski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Sheltered: A Look into the Connection Between Nature and Humankind,” advisor: Marie Keller
2020 Olivia Gulezian, Evan LeBeau, Ken Snoddy, Ilana Zeldin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Developing Patient-Centered Mobile Application for Understanding Fatigue in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
2020 Katherine Vasconcelos Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing
2020 Sarah Butts Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2020 John Sullivan Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Samuel Hopkins Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Development of Single-use Plastics in a Throwaway Culture,” advisor: Joseph Cullon
2020 Ryan Eastwood Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science, Robotics Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Robotics Engineering
2020 Mbolle Akume Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Petra Kumi Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Anomaly Detection in Time Series Brain Data Generated by Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
2020 Robert Wondolowski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2020 Natalie Bloniarz Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2020 William Battelle Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Events Office
2020 Yanhua Li National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2020 Nazanin Beigi Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Psychology
2020 Mbolle Akume Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Mbolle Akume Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

ACE
2020 Chester Barber, Timothy Esworthy, Sydney Palmer Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Tree Seedling Planter
2020 Kyle Wood Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2020 Ramona Bago Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2020 Tom Partington Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Chemical Engineering
2020 Andrew Teixeira National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Chemical Engineering
2020 Kyra Bresnahan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Peer Learning Assistant, Drama/Theatre
2020 Recognizing and Responding Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council
2020 Casey Willis Marietta E. Anderson Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Timothy Esworthy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2020 Nicolas Amato, Zachary Huaman, Alicea Hyland, Jacob Koslow, Jordan Pickunka, Jack Procaccini, Saiyab Ranjit, William Roe, Jarod Romankiw, David Santamaria, Jake Scarponi, Braden St. Jacques, Jake Tappen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design, Analysis, and Test of a High-Powered Model Rocket
2020 Thomas Young Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Physics

Engaging Students in Energy Related Topics Using Contextualized Lessons
2020 Karitta Zellerbach Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2020 Tiffiny A Butler Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Division of Talent & Inclusion

2020 Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation
2020 Sathwik Bharadwaj Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation