Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Alexander Zitoli Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Matthew Dunster Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Zoe Schwartz Undergraduate
2016 Ermal Toto, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Samim Safaei i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Fire Protection Engineering

Advisor: Ali Rangwala; "The Enabling Radiant Heat Flux Gauge"
2016 Hongii Yu Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics

"Dynamics of Atomtronic Battery"

Advisors: Burt Tilley, Alex Zozulya
2016 Cara Bereznai, Bryce Kaw-Uh, Benjamin Parent, Catherine Souza President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Examining the Development of Nature-Urban Routes in San Jose, Costa Rica"

Advisors: Professors Melissa Belz and Derren Rosbach
2016 Michael E. Grilli '66 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Julien Ataya, Gregory Kashmanian, Jeremy Koen, Gavin Sabol, Joseph Yuen Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Providing Potable Water to Peruvian Informal Settlements
2016 Christina Aiello Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Computer Science
2016 Eric Salina Charles O. Thompson Scholar Outstanding Member of the Class Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Deanna Clark CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Matthew Murphy Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Jagan Srinivasan Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Neehar Mukne, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Kathy Loftus '86 Innovator of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2016 Catherine Bonner, Jeremiah Campanelli Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences

Pricing of XVA for Options in Discrete Time

Advisors: Stephan Sturm, Gu Wang
2016 Amanda Adkins, William Barnard, Matthew Beardsley, Charles Frick, Samantha Swartz Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Wearable Action Guidance System"

Advisors: Michael Gennert, Fred Looft, Hugh Lauer
2016 Edward Dring, Victoria Johnson, Jacob Maalouf President's IQP Awards First Runner Up Undergraduate

"Improving Healthcare Coordination in the Mandi District"

ITT Mandi Students: Gopal Aggarwal, Naman Gupta

Advisors: Drs. S. McCauley, Ingrid Shockey, Varun Dutt & R. Padmanabhan
2016 Stuart C. Kazin '61 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Michael Timko National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Chemical Engineering
2016 Andrea Claudio, Alexander Johnson, Sofia Reyes Castillo, Sean Tidd Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

From "citizenshit" to "citizenship" in Northern India
2016 Amirmahdi Ghasemi Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Hannah Reinertsen CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Nicholas P. McMahon Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2016 Joshua Keller Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences
2016 Gyneth Campbell Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2016 Veronica Rojas, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Aaron Birt Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate
2016 Jared Kepron, Abigail Cervelloni, Ian Limon, Christian Zelaya Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering

Design and Test of a Radio-Frequency Electrothermal Thruster

Advisor: John Blandino
2016 Jacqueline Ngo Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Social Science & Policy Studies

"Durable Technologies for Producing Public Goods"

Advisor: Alex Smith 
2016 Megan Belval, Naumilda Como, Cameron Jones, Conrad Ruiz President's IQP Awards Finalist Undergraduate

"Preventing Violence Against Women: Training Resources to Empower the Broadmeadows Community"

Advisors: Professors Holly Ault and James Hanlan
2016 Richard M. Hooker WPI Award for Distinguished Service WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Jessica D'Agostino, Eve George, Toni Joy, Jessica Locke Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Fuel Poverty in Lawrence, MA
2016 Jake Hughes Teaching Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Jessica R. Caccioppoli Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Alpha Xi Delta (The Mustard Seed) Edwin Coghlin ’23 Award for Community Service Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Group
2016 Ken McPherson CARE (Courageous, Aware, Responsible, Exceptional) Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Meghan Dawe Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Satish Kumar Iyeemperumal, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemical Engineering
2016 Ali Valamanesh Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Allyson Smith, Yun Jae Sohn Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Architectural Engineering

"Building Energy Analysis of SGH Office in Waltham, Mass."

Advisor: Steven Van Dessel
2016 Jonathan Leitschuh, Thomas Clark Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

"GRIP: Graphically Represented Image Processing (Engine)"

Advisors: Brad Miller, Michael Gennert
2016 Natalie Diltz, Jena Mazzucco, Austin Scott, Jeffrey Sirocki President's IQP Awards Winner Undergraduate

"Stakeholder Student: Resource Management of Wairarapa Moana"

Advisors: Professors Bethel Eddy and Robert Kinicki
2016 Stephen E. Rubin '74 Goat's Head Award for Lifetime Commitment to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Reynaldo Duran Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Painting a Bridge Between Past and Future," advisor: W.A. Bland Addison and Kristin Boudreau
2016 Nicolas Riart, Veronica Soto-Belloso, Valentina Zapata Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Poster Presentation Winners Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Innovative Sanitation Solution for Informal Settlements In Quibdo, Colombia
2016 Ingrid Marko Strage Innovation Award First Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Brace Yourself: Redesigning the Charleston Back Brace"
2016 Kelsey Ouellette CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Amanda Adkins Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science