Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2016 Carl Soderhjelm, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering
2016 Nicholas Cyganski Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Hailey Cambra Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

"Transcriptional Evidence of the Role of the ROotstock in Different Artemisia annua Chemotypes"

Advisor: Pamela Weathers
2016 Eric Fast, Mary Prescott, Talia Solomon, Meghan Trahan President's IQP Awards Honorable Mention Undergraduate

"Alternative Water Treatment: Designing a floating island that integrates social & technical elements at American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece"

Advisors: Professors Nicola Bulled, and Robert Hersh
2016 Brittany Neumann Teaching Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Chemistry & Biochemistry

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
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 Katherine A. Amato Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2016 Mikayla Filippone CEE Advisory Board MQP Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Brian Savilonis Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2016 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2016 David Morgan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Kevin Ackerman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Robert Orr, MS Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology
2016 Xavier Little Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Max Fine Levine Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

"Exploring the Effects of Cell Structure on Plant Morphology Using Time-Series Microscopy and Computer Simulations of Moss Growth"

Advisor: Luis Vidali
2016 Cody Slater Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Temporal Expression of Consciousness," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2016 David Morgan Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

Peer Learning Assistant, Biology and Biotechnology
2016 Xavier. J. Jackson Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
2016 Thomas Hoctor Andrew Holt Memorial Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Amy M. Stevens Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Diran Apelian Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2016 Andrew Santos Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Jaron Kepron Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Megan O'Brien, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Erik Nadel Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Veroniki Nikolaki, Florentia Ong, Veronica Coyle Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology

"The Effects of Punicalagin and Tannic Acid on Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Alzheimer's Disease"

Advisor: Jagan Srinivasan
2016 Daniel Driggs, William Frick, Jacob Hawes, Derek Johnson Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development

“The Piper”
2016 Benjamin Huchley Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Online Avatars: An Expression of the User's Self," advisor: Jennifer McWeeny
2016 Kevin Ackerman Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

MASH leader, Tutor and Tutor team leader, Academic Resources Center
2016 Ysabel Espinal Frank D. DeFalco Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Richard Vaz Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation In Engineering & Technology Education National Academy of Engineering Faculty
2016 Matthew Beardsley Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Morgan Garbett
2016 Tommy Larkin Crimson and Gray Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2016 Amanda A. Adkins Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2016 Dalia Shendi, PhD Graduate Research Innovation Exchange Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering
2016 Tyler Nickerson Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2016 Dennis Giaya, Rebecca Stolarczyk Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering

"System for Continuous Postoperative Monitoring in Microvascular Free Tissue Transfer"

Advisors: Yitzhak Mendelson, Raymond Dunn (UMMS), Samandar Dowlatshahi (UMMS)
2016 Kelsey Brofford, John DeVries, Luis Pernia-Rovayo, Sebastian Vergara Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Process Improvement of Roller Housing Assembly at Siemens"

Advisor: Walter Towner
2016 Matthew A. Beaton '01 Ichabod Washburn Young Alumni Award for Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2016 Damien Joseph Cabral National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Microbial Biology at Brown University
2016 Alex Markoski Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Greatest Influences for Being a Well-Rounded Musician," advisor: Douglas Weeks
2016 Victor Hu Peer Learning Assistant of the Year Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

Tutor, Academic Resources Center
2016 Yun Jae Sohn Salisbury Prize Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2016 Kent P. Ljungquist Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Humanities & Arts

2016 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation​
2016 Sarah Chamberlain, Richard Eberheim Strage Innovation Award Second Place Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"Adaptable System for Construction Using Additive Manufacturing"
2016 Ryan Herrmann Undergraduate
2016 William Barnard Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

Outstanding Major Qualifying Project
2016 Diran Apelian Kalenian Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty
2016 George Kuegler, Gianna Terravecchia Provost's MQP Awards Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering

"Electrode Development of a Lactate Biosensor"

Advisor: Susan Zhou