Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2018 Javier Lawes Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Industrial Engineering
2018 Hannah Schultz Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Arkar Min Aung Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2018 George F. Gamache '68 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Posthumously

Read the Citation: 2018 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award, George F. Gamache
2018 Nima Rahbar Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher
2018 Virginia Nunez Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Examination pf a Putative Cu+ Importer in Pseudomonas aeruginosa."

Advisor:  Jose Arguello
2018 Veronica Gurnawan
2018 Kayleah Griffin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Charles Lovering Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2018 Ankur Gupta Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2018 Chris Chagnon Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Information Technology Services
2018 Jeevan Ramapriya '98 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the Citation: 2018 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award, Jeevan Ramapriya
2018 Cielo Sharkus Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2018 Abigail Hanson, Joshua Mace, Frederick Metters, Nicole Sherlock Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Design of a Topical Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris."

Advisor: Marsha Rolle
2018 Reid Billings CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2018 Jeremy Honig Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Brandon King Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Aaron Pepin (GrierStrong) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
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 Bryce C Kaw-Uh Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2017 Marni Hall John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Marni Hall
2017 Adrienne Hall-Phillips Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Caidan Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Douglas Reilly Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards People’s Choice Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Zachary Ligham Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
2017 Lokesh Gangaramaney, Manon Miller, Despina Tomboulides Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Fighting Ignorance: Freshmen Malnutrition
2017 Natalie Wellen Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Modeling Over the Counter Derivative Trading with and without Central Clearing Parties."

Advisor: Stephan Sturm
2017 Dou Dou Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Miranda Lawell Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Zeta Psi Fraternity (Extra Life) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Victoria Loehle Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2017 James Mayer Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, James Mayer
2017 Tanek Zhang Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Jiaqi Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Christopher Chute Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Abigail Elizabeth King Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
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 Siro Fritzmann, Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Michael Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events."

Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro
2017 Joe Stabile Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty
2017 Jack Murphy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Peter H. Hansen Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Humanities & Arts

France

Peter H. Hansen Receives Fulbright IEA Grant
2017 Peter Melander Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 John Kelly Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, John Kelly
2017 Abhishek Easwaran Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Lindsay Lozeau Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Lisa Wall Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Biomedical Engineering
2017 Angelina Maria Nicolella Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Undergraduate
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 Jeffrey Letourneau Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Role of C. albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteases (SAPS) in Phagocyte Recognition via Pathogen."

Advisor:  Reeta Rao