Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2010 Kevin James Gagnon National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Inorganic at Texas A&M University
2010 Kenneth Stafford Denise Nicoletti Trustees' Award for Service to Community Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty

Read the citation: 2010 Denise Nicoletti Trustees Award

2010 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2010 Judith Nitsch '75 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Kassondra Hickey Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Interactive Media Art,” advisor: Joseph Farbrook
2010 Mary Yovina Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Interactive Media & Game Development
2010 Sara Ingrid Duran National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Engineering - Electrical and Electronic at Duke University
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Udall Scholarship Honorable Mention Udall Foundation Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2010 Craig Mitchell Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The John Hancock Tower,” advisor: M. David Samson
2010 John William Meklenburg Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Yuk-Kwan Brian Yuen Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Melinda Susanna Belisle National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Life Sciences - Ecology at Stanford University
2010 Mortada Najem Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Human Applicable Cloning: the Islamic Debate,” advisor: Bethel Eddy
2010 Daniel Jonathan Smaltz National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemistry - Organic at Harvard University
2010 Aakrit Bhakhri Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“Muslim Separatism and Identity in India: Aftermath of the Partition of 1947,” advisor: Ruth Smith
2010 Justine Roberts National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado
2010 Jairo Argueta Student Employee of the Year Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Rubin Campus Center
2010 Mark Hayden Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Transmarginal Inhibition in Gravity’s Rainbow,” advisor: Lance Schachterle
2010 Roseann Gammal Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2010 Richard Paul Pampuro National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering at Cornell University
2010 Xiaoyun Wang & Chang Liu Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

“The Saint Archer” (animated short film), advisor: Joshua Rosenstock
2010 Elizabeth Dailey Two Towers Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2010 Debora Afezolli Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2010 Jonathan Marc Charest National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2010 Sang Ki Lee ‘60 Edwin “Ted” Coghlin Jr. ’56 Humanitarian Leadership Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni
2010 Andrew Black The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Karen Tegan Padir John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Chad Mondor Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Biochemistry
2010 Shawn P Carey National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University
2010 Andrew Capulli The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2010 Kelly Johnson Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Patrick DeSantis, James Montgomery, Sean Levesque President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"An Electronic Interface to Aid in Learning How to Play a Musical Instrument"

Advisors: F. Bianchi and A. Wyglinski
2010 Philip Wild '50 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Jason Gabriel Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Honorable Mention Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Katelyn Perkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2010 Sang Ki Lee '60 Alumni
2010 Mark O'Neil '80 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Genevieve Vittori Boman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2010 Elizabeth L. Casey, Michael A. Ciampa, Cailah S. DeRoo President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Designing Safe Playgrounds for the Klong Toey Community"

Advisors:  T. Robertson and B. Servatius
2010 Bob Whyte '60 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Edward Cheung '85 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Manh-Hung Le Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2010 Blake A. Kelly, Melanie K. Donahue, Joshua D. Matte President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Designing a Water and Sanitation Centre Prototype for Monwabisi Park, Cape Town"

Advisors: S. Jiusto and J. Petruccelli
2010 John Wilson '65 Herbert F. Taylor Alumni Award for Distinguished Service to WPI WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Paul Chodak III '85 Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement WPI Alumni Association Alumni
2010 Linnea M. Palmer Paton Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2010 Sean Philbrook Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2010 Sahil S. Bhagat, Danielle C. Fontaine, Karl Gibson President's IQP Awards Second Place Undergraduate

"Analysis of Privacy and Interoperability Issues Affecting Danish Consumers of Health IT Systems"

Advisor: H. Ault
2010 Satya Shivkumar Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2010 Outstanding Teaching Award

2010 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2010 Holly K. Ault Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2010 Academic Advising Award

2010 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation
2010 Dalin Tang Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mathematical Sciences

Read the citation: 2010 Outstanding Research Award

2010 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Community Service Presented at Honors Convocation