Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1992 Juliet K. Vescio Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Michael DeFrancesco, Sinead Flanagan, Olivia Gibbs, Emily Schneider Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Perish to Profit: Processing Ripe Tomatoes to Generate an Income Stream for the Paraguayan Food Bank
2011 Gregory Schaalman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1992 Lily Lau Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Monster in the Closet of Our Souls: The Gothic and Wuthering Heights," advisor: Joel Brattin
2016 Thomas J Moutinho National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia Main Campus
2001 Jocelyn E Songer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2019 Aylin L. Padir Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
1994 Carla D. Richardson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2002 Frances Maria Saccoccio Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Jennifer Mann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Matthew Johann Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2005 Bandar Turkmani Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2020 Olivia Hunker Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2022 Camila Carvalho Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2024 Calvin Page Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Robotics Engineering
2012 Satia Miller Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Psychological Science
2007 Erika S. Hall Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Rui Dai Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1987 Edward C. Hein Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Psychological Assessment of Lee Iacocca," advisor: Patrick P. Dunn
2018 Hyunsoo Kim Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1994 Daniel M. Gaines Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2008 Akanksha Sharma Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Winner Rotary Foundation Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2013 Pattipong Wisanpitayakorn Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1999 Michael Pockoski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2021 Phi Sigma Sigma Diversity Program of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group

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2022 Brandon Persons Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Tyler Guertin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1999 Erica L. Tworog Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
1986 James B. Hannon Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 William Bennett, Emily Chretien, Sophia Gomarlo, Peter Hurley President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"A Recommended Recycling Processing System for the Informal Waste Collectors of Oshakati, Namibia"

Advisors: Robert Kinicki and Sarah Wodin-Schwartz
2003 Gregory I. Ratner Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Outcomes of the 'Record War': History of the Record Industry, 1930-1955," advisor: Michael M. Sokal
2010 Tanvir Madan Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
1995 Jennifer G. Stander Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2013 Nouran Abdelfattah Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2000 Casey L. Richardson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2003 Adam S. Norige Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2021 Brooke E. Dawson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2021 Rebecca C. Debski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2024 Nora Smith. Advisor: Joseph Aguilar Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Creative Arts:  "Burnout."
2023 Ashton Lyon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2006 Ann H. Bothmer Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2008 Michael J. Monfreda Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
1997 Janet L. Brennan Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"A Consideration of Consciousness Explained," advisor: Roger S. Gottlieb
2010 Alyssa Vincent Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2019 Ryan E. Darnley Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 Ross Lagoy Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

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2014 Katelyn Cabral Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2019 Benjamin Cooper Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
1997 Konstantin Grebelsky Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science