Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Daniel Shrives Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Aaron Pepin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Bernat Navarro-Serer Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Douglas Klauber William R. Grogan Award for Support of the Mission of WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 William R. Grogan Award
2017 Zhiyuan Liu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Daniel Lawer Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Paul Reilly Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Staff Member Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff Academic Advising Office
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 Camila Dias, Lin Jiang, Elizabeth Karpinski Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Improving Student Placement in IQP Centers via Preference Matching."

Sponsor:  Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD)
2017 Alycia Abbott Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Ashley White Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Facilities Office
2017 Connor Tower Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Alison Paquin Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Lise Jorgensen Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Lise Jorgensen
2017 Naveen Pothayath Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Diego Vargas Blanco Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Andrea Bayas, Maura Buckley, Cierra Ford, Javier Lawes President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"A Citizen Science Platform for Long-Term Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution in Port Phillip Bay"

Advisors: Stephen McCauley and William Michalson
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 Nicholas Cyganski, Benjamin Gillette, Killian Henson, Keshuai Xu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Project (ACAP)."

Advisors: Profs. Michael Ciaraldi, Fred Looft
2017 Ahmedul Kabir Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Ethan Coeytaux, Cameron Crook, Alexandre Pauwels, Hugh Whelan Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

5-Axis 3D Printing

 
2017 Eva Childers CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Griffin Bishop Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Peer Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2017 Tim Petri Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2017 Mehrdad Givehchi Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Mehrdad Givehchi
2017 Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Suhas Kiran Lakkundi Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering
2017 Tyler Reese Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Xiaokong Yu Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
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
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
2017 Kaitlin Beach, Jack Blanchard, Michael Clark, Nicole Quintal, Connor Tower Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Expandable Blades for Precision Veterinary Myringotomy."

Advisors: Kristen Billiar, Andrea Lam (Tufts), Christine Zewe (Tufts)
2017 Doug Reilly Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2017 Alicia Kimberly Aquino National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at WPI
2017 Megan Belval Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Carolyn Detora Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar
2017 Arthur Heinricher Advisor of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Phi Kappa Theta
2017 Gareth Solbeck Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2017 Joseph Kilar Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, Joseph Kilar
2017 Lucy Garvey Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2017 Akshata Kamat Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Weijie Pang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mathematical Sciences
2017 Benjamin Cooper Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Alexander Alvarez, Julia Dunn, Katharine Dunphy, Alexander Lemmon President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Improving Eye Care Delivery Through Data Sharing Technology"

Advisors: Michael Aghajanian and Diran Apelian
2017 Jonathan Thomas Vardner National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Columbia University
2017 Ama Biney Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Charles Lovering Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Student Assistant, Computer Science Department
2017 Unity in Diversity Fashion Show Diversity Program of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Black Student Union
2017 Alex Markoski Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Zilu Tian Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering