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Year	Recipient	Name	Awarded by	Type	Department	Details
2015	Melissa Dery, Kyle Gerlack, Zachery Johnson, Maya Rhinehard	Provost's MQP Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Environmental Engineering	"Optimizing CoMag System Operations: Billerica, Mass., Wastewater Treatment Plant" Advisors: John Bergendahl, Jeanine Plummer
2023	Alana Miska	Provost's MQP Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Chemical Engineering	"Development of Module for Fire Dynamics" Advisor: James Urban
2018	Nina K. Simon '03	Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the Citation: 2018 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Nina K. Simon
1929	Richard K. Irons	Rhodes Scholar	Rhodes Trust	Alumni
2018	Katharine Dunphy, Sophia Gomarlo, Katherine Moore	Provost's MQP Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate		"Analyzing Fast-Track Effectiveness at ReadyMED Plus Worcester." Advisor: Renata Konrad Sponsor: Reliant Medical Group
2011	Warner S. Fletcher	WPI Award for Distinguished Service	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2018	Amy Toscano	CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016	Michael E. Grilli '66	Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2009	Richard Pampuro			Undergraduate	Chemical Engineering	"Photoresist Derived Carbon as a Substratum for Nerve Cell Culture" Advisor: Susan Zhou
2017	Zhehao Zhu	Salisbury Prize	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Chemistry & Biochemistry
	David DiBiasio	American Society for Engineering Education Fellow	American Society for Engineering Education	Faculty
2020	Chester Barber, Timothy Esworthy, Sydney Palmer	Provost's MQP Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Mechanical & Materials Engineering	Tree Seedling Planter
2003	Mikail Dimentberg	Fulbright Scholars	Fulbright Program	Faculty	Mechanical & Materials Engineering	Germany Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professors Awarded Fulbright Scholarships
2020	Tom Partington	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Staff	Chemical Engineering
2015	Jonathan Grasman	Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Biomedical Engineering	Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
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
2016	Victor Hu	Crimson and Gray Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2007	John Goulet	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Mathematical Sciences	Read the citation: 2007 Outstanding Teaching Award
2022	Danielle Upton	Crimson and Gray Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate
2007	Elke Rundensteiner	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Computer Science	Read the citation: 2007 Outstanding Research Award
2016	Michael Dorsey	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Staff	Marketing Communications
2010	Elke Rudensteiner	Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Computer Science	Computer Science Professor Elke Rundensteiner Receives WPI's 2010 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize
2007	Michael J. Stephens '57	Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
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
2018	Ana Restrepo	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship		Undergraduate
2017	Dou Dou	Kalenian Award	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate
2012	Ellen M Newman '92	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the citation: 2012 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Ellen M Newman
2019	Ashley Choi	Crimson and Gray Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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
2007	Nate Piper	Student Employee of the Year	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Undergraduate Admissions
2015	Hajar Jafferji	Fulbright U.S. Student Award	Fulbright U.S. Student Program	Graduate	Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering	Morocco WPI Doctoral Student Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Help Restore Historic City of Fès in Morocco
2015	A. Laurence Jones III	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2015	Lina Tran	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship		Undergraduate
2021	Nasim Mansuri	Provost's MQP Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate	Professional Writing	Best Practices for Adapting Manufacturing Documentation
2016	Samanatha Swartz	Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		Computer Science	Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
1991	Robert Long II	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Physics
2020	Andrew Teixeira	National Science Foundation CAREER Award	National Science Foundation	Faculty	Chemical Engineering
1993	Wesley T. Mott	Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Humanities & Arts
2018	Takayoshi Tsutsu	Student Employee of the Year	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate
2015	Mingrui Wei	i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Graduate	Computer Science	Best Presentation
2023	May Flores	Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Undergraduate
2017	Zachary Ligham	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship		Undergraduate
2008	Stephan A. Mezak '78	Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2019	Samantha Lor	Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship		Undergraduate
2019	Raghvendra V. Cowlagi	Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Faculty	Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering	Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Recognized at Honors Convocation Read the citation: 2019 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award View Profile
2011	Morgan R. Rees '61	Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2012	Sarah Strauss	Fulbright Scholars	Fulbright Program	Faculty	Integrative & Global Studies	India
2019	Stephanie Pasha	Advisor of the Year	Worcester Polytechnic Institute			Pep Band
2013	Jason B. Mello '98	Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni		Read the citation: 2013 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Jason B. Mello
2017	Drew DeRubeis	Crimson and Gray Awards	Worcester Polytechnic Institute