Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2023 Loris Fichera National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Robotics Engineering
2023 Amity Manning Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2023 Madison Gass, Grace Jolin, Isabel Nearing, Kathryn Woodland Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"Detecting Ice Nucleation in Supercooled Red Blood Cell Samples"
Advisors: Sakthikumar Ambady, Ahmet Can Sabuncu

 

2023 Alex Friedman Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Professional Writing

"A Rhetorical Framework for Programming Language Design"
Advisor: Yunus Telliel

 

2023 Xavier Morales. Advisor: Joseph Cullon Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

Scholarship:  Systemic Racism as an Environmental Detriment:  The Warren County Protests and Legacy of PCBs in America."

2023 Grace Casey Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Adam Bartlett Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2023 Abigail Leonardi Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Christopher Micek Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2023 May Flores Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Alana Miska Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Development of Module for Fire Dynamics"
Advisor: James Urban

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

 

2023 Makayla Delo Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Amanda Holbrook Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2023 Dayna Tang Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2023 Paul Pacheco Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Learning Sciences & Technologies
2023 Devon Poisson Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Abigail Berube Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

β€œSilanes Form Strong Bond to UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework Surfaces"

Advisor: Ronald Grimm

2023 Colby Frechette, Iris Morin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

Monitoring Ocean Microplastics Through Citizen Science"
Advisors: Laureen Elgert, George Heineman

 

2023 Patrick Devine Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Nathaniel Reppucci Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 Kirsten Roethel Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2023 Kate Beverage Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Staff IT Services & Support
2023 Melanie Castillo, Jacob Gassenheimer, Michael Maffeo, Kristen Stilin Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

"A Structural Redesign of Terminal E at Logan Airport"
Advisor: Tahar El-Korchi


 

2023 Samuel Darer, Sara Frunzi, Alexandria Sheehan President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

Living with Fracking: Women’s Narratives from ZharrΓ«z, Albania

Advisors: Leslie Lynn Dodson, Robert Hersh

2023 Jihan El Ouaragli Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2023 Gabriel Espinosa Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Physics
2023 Yihong Xu Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2023 Stephen Kmiotek Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering
2023 Arthur Ames, Charlotte Clark, Evelyn Dube, Declan Murphy Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"Creating the Pwnable Claw Machine"
Advisors: Loris Fichera, Robert Walls

 

2023 Luke Barckholtz, Connor Dowgielewicz, Claire Higginson, Sydney Smith President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Story Bikes in Somers Town

Dominic Golding, Sarah Riddick

2023 Maya Ellis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Sol Giesso Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
2023 Ben Gobler Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2023 Frederick Bianchi Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts
2023 Sirut Buasai, Jason Dykstra, Dillon McCarthy, Cindy Trac Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Data Science

Advancing Diffusion Models for Human Activity Recognition"
Advisor: Elke Rundensteiner


 

2023 Tara Desrochers, Erin Murphey, Bailey Norris, Justin Weintraub President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

Melbourne Project Center: Telling our Story through Engaging Media

Stephen M. McCauley, Lorraine D. Higgins

2023 Kevin Inger Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Tyler Guertin Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2023 Julia Sheats Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2023 Jeanine Skorinko Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Social Science & Policy Studies
2023 Claire Behning, Amanda Holbrook Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies, Psychological Science

"Exploring the Effect of CBD on C. elegans with 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson's Disease to Determine Potential Therapeutic Effects "
Advisors: Michael Buckholt, James Doyle, Jill Rulfs, Suzanne Scarlata, Jagan Srinivasan

2023 Abigail Boafo, Randy Huang, Alexander Sun President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Taiwanese Backpacker: In Search of Purpose

Jefferson Alex Sphar, Wen-Hua Du, Grant A. Burrier

2023 Marissa Langille Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2023 Michael Beskid Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering
2023 Ashton Lyon Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2023 Jon Abraham Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Mathematical Sciences
2023 Caylee Butler, Slater Campbell, Trevor Parks, Charles Snow Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering

"Ropeless Lobster System: Resurfacing Oceanic Locator"
Advisor: William Michalson

 

2023 Isabelle Benson-Clarke, Ben Breslov, Amitai Erfanian, Zoe Goodman, Theo Winter President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

The Damage Behind the Bruises

Svetlana Nikitina, Ivan P. Mardilovich

2023 Isabel Nearing Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate