Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Victor Hu Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Haize Galarraga Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2016 Heather Cirka Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Robert Antoine, Michael Bowen, Grace Howard Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Environmental Engineering

"Reducing Phosphorous Contamination in Stormwater Runoff"

Advisors: Fred Hart, Suzanne LePage
2016 Kathleen M. Loftus '86 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Melanie Li Sing How National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at Cornell
2016 Scarlet Shell National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
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 Katharine Dunphy Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Dirk Albrecht Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2016 Romeo L. Moruzzi Award

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Jon Abraham Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

 

 

 

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 Omesh Kamat Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Katharine Dunphy Undergraduate
2016 WPI Engineers Without Borders Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Heather Cirka Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2016 Sarah Hernandez Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Fellowship Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Reed Gontarek, Bryan Jung, Zachary Rahl, Emma Raymond, Lailah Thompson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Manufacturing Capacity Stimulation at Primetals Technologies"

Advisors: Walter Towner, Helen Vassallo
2016 Zvi Szafran '76 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Kathryn Bumila National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2016 Brian Meacham Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Fire Protection Engineering

Sweden, Spain, Japan 

Inaugural Fulbright Global Scholar
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 Ryan Herrmann Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Gaetano J. Scuderi Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Vincent N. Azzolino Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Richard D. Sisson Jr. Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation​
2016 Eric Salina
2016 Katherine Picchione Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Sigma Phi Epsilon (St. Baldrick's Foundation) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Rajib Mallick Sigma Xi Outstanding Senior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Christina Aiello Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Lindsay Lozeau i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Advisor: Terri A. Camesano;  "AMProtection: Tomorrow’s Antimicrobials Fighting Today’s Infections"

Best Overall
2016 Laura Antul Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

"Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Markets"

Advisor: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm 
2016 Rachel M. Delisle '96, '06 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Julia Whitney Darcy National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanism at Yale University
2016 Luis Vidali Fulbright Scholars Fulbright Program Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Spain
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 Abigail Ismail Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Kristin Wobbe Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2016 Coleman Horsley Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Kathryn A. Gillis Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2016 Nyoca Davis Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Mashael Alghmadi, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics
2016 Lindsay Lozeau i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering

Advisor: Terri A. Camesano;  "AMProtection: Tomorrow’s Antimicrobials Fighting Today’s Infections"

People's Choice Award
2016 William Kinkead, Connor Morette, Adrian Pickering, Zachary Sears, James Waldo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering

"Design and Optimization of a Formula SAE Vehicle"

Advisor: David Planchard
2016 Everett Baker, Tyler Bennett, James Mosteller, John Williams President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Evaluating the Need for a Consumer Focused Smoke Alarm Performance System"

Advisors: Professors Fred Looft and Briggitte Servatius
2016 Erica A. Mason '96 John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
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 Celeste Marsan Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Kevin S Ackerman Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Ali Yalaz Carl F. Meyer Improvement Award in CEE Worcester Polytechnic Institute