Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2017 Gyneth Campbell Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate International & Global Studies
2017 Zhehao Zhu Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2017 Anthony G. Spangenberger Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2017 Feiyi Wang Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Mina Shojaeizadeh Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2017 Kyle Fitzpatrick-Schmidt Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2017 Craig Shue National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2017 Tyler Chaulk, Rodrigo Rivas, Ann Votta, Jacob Wennersten Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Humanoid Stereoscopic Vision System."

Advisors:  Cagdas Onal, Holly Ault
2017 Christine Elizabeth Carbone National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at WPI
2017 Elizabeth Desjardins Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Carolyn Detora Marietta E. Anderson Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Ana Giacoman Favela Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Muping Chen Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2017 Nicholas Shannon Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Patricia Stapleton Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies

Read the citation: 2017 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Raghvendra V. Cowlagi Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Aerospace Engineering
2017 Boya Zhou Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Ramoza Ahsan Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Rui Ma Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2017 Aviv Brest Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“An Ethical Framework for the Genetic Engineering of Animals,” advisor: John Sanbonmatsu
2017 Dong Hyun Ko, Steven Laudage, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Pelgrift, Samuel Young Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

"Design and Analysis of the Sphinx-NG CubeSat (III)."

Advisor:  John Blandino
2017 Zachary Ericson Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Rachel Welch Emerging Leader of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Satellite Development Club
2017 Catherine Sherman Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Rachel M Connolly Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2017 Michael Sabbagh Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Stephen J. Kmiotek Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Tiantian Zhang Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Process Engineering

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow
2017 Cheng Deng Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Caitlin Kuhlman Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2017 Shadi Tasdighi Kalat Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Erin Morissette Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Acoustics of the Clarinet and Spaulding Recital Hall,” advisor:  Douglas Weeks
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 Zhehao Zhu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Tailored Synthesis of Bi2S3 Thin Film to Enhance Optoelectronic Performance".

Advisors:  Pratap M. Rao (ME), N. Aaron Deskins (CHE), Drew R. Brodeur
2017 Cagdas D. Onal Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty
2017 Carolyn Detora Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Peer Learning Assistant, Great Problems Seminar
2017 Luke Habib Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2017 Exploradreams (Friendly House) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2017 Katherine Gomes Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2017 Anna C Franciosa Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2017 David Cortese Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni

Read the citation: 2017 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award, David Cortese
2017 Neil T. Heffernan Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Computer Science

2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2017 Ali S. Rangwala Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Fire Protection Engineering
2017 Qiuyi Hong Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Tabassum Kakar Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Third Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Data Science
2017 Rui Xiang Du Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2017 Olivia Leavitt Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Repeat and Refrain:  Making A Renaissance Villancico Modern,” advisor: Douglas Weeks
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 Crystal H. Brown Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies

Denmark and Sweden



Exploring Diversity in Scandinavia
2017 Kyle Morrison Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"The CRISPR Enzyme Cpf1 as a Tool for Gene Regulation."

Advisor:  Destin Heilman