Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners
Great Problems Seminar (GPS) poster presentation winners are selected during events held each year at the ends of B- and D-Terms, following the conclusion of each first-year, two-term GPS course. First-year student teams showcase, and are judged, on a wide range of innovative solutions they present to some of the world’s most critical challenges.
Browse Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Name | Title | Awarded by | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Guy Katz, Ethan Merrill, Eric Solorzano, Ilana Zeldin | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Microgrids: Electrical Independence for WPI |
| 2017 | Rishi Gupta, Amelia Papi, Derek Byrne, Nicky Kring | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Improved Irrigation for Jordan's Farms |
| 2017 | Kathleen Donovan, Samantha Grillo, Cameron LeBlanc, Elijah Levi | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bringing Back Bats: Management Systems for White Nose Syndrome |
| 2017 | Emily Baker, Matthew Bisson, Scott Rementer | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Speaking to Success |
| 2017 | Lokesh Gangaramaney, Manon Miller, Despina Tomboulides | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Fighting Ignorance: Freshmen Malnutrition |
| 2017 | Camryn Berry, Shanna Bonanno, Michelle Fleming, Deborah Fontanez, Talia Vaughn | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Are You the One? Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Worcester, MA |
| 2017 | Kyle Coleman, Aidan Mayer, Kelley Townley, Kristophe Zephyrin | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Pedestrian and Environmentally Focused Infrastructure |
| 2017 | Alisha Anderson, Sophie Antoniou, Abigail O'Sullivan, Hannah Schulz | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Angolan Housing Design for Congolese Refugees |
| 2017 | Maeghan Desmarais, Kayla Krom, Patrick Macaulay, Lara Padir, Charlotte White | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | The Protection Page Plan |
| 2017 | Avery Ingegneri, Hannah Mikkila, Stephanie Salerno, Markus Zimmerman | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Screw Fossil Fuels |
| 2016 | Austin Hartshorn, Nicoli Liedtke, Joseph Petitti, Julian Pinzer | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Group Effort: Study Group Matching Service |
| 2016 | Adam Collins, Zach Huaman, MaryLouise Ross, Branden St.Jacques | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | River of Mercury: Solutions for Tomorrow |
| 2016 | Amanda Boehm, Aleye Momodu, Huyen Nguyen, Rosa Reynoso | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Educating Youth About Sexual Health |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Kristen Chan, Jessica Hatt, Maricella Ramirez | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Too Much Brown in the Puget Sound |
| 2016 | Julien Ataya, Gregory Kashmanian, Jeremy Koen, Gavin Sabol, Joseph Yuen | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Providing Potable Water to Peruvian Informal Settlements |
| 2016 | Andrea Claudio, Alexander Johnson, Sofia Reyes Castillo, Sean Tidd | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | From "citizenshit" to "citizenship" in Northern India |
| 2016 | Jessica D'Agostino, Eve George, Toni Joy, Jessica Locke | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Fuel Poverty in Lawrence, MA |
| 2016 | Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia |
| 2015 | Tess Hudak, Muhammad Hussian, Angela MacLeod, Daniel Ottey, Rasheeda Samih | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | From Trash to Cash: Helping Paraguayan waste pickers turn glass from the streets to money in their pockets |
| 2015 | Nolan Bell, Dylan Felty, Chenggu Wang, Katherine Williamson | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Rooftop Rainwater Collection System on the Innovation Studio |
| 2015 | Arial Goldner, Travis Roth, Gunnar Tornberg, Alexandra Wheeler, Jackson Whitehouse | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | A Renewable Energy Program for Bishop Kodji, Nigeria |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Patrick Meehan, Ty Moquin, Zachary Weiland, Qindong Zhang | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Rain Gardens in Worcester |
| 2015 | James Macfarlane, Nelson Ndahiro, Katie Nugau, Rekik Tafesse | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | People’s Choice Award | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Implementing Solar Energy in Desalination Plants in Libya |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Eva Barinelli, Brian King, Daniel Wivagg | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Replacing Blackboard: Finding a New Learning Management System for WPI |
| 2015 | Cole Godzinski, Liana Nguyen, Alana Sher, Tyler Wilson | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Bean Town to Green Town |
| 2015 | Will Bass, Michelle Kerns, Alex Kim, Aylin Padir | Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners | Winner | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Undergraduate | Modern Vector Control: Genetically Modifying Anopheles gambiae |