Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2002 Kathi Fisler National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Computer Science
2002 William Lucas Churchill Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2002 Berk Sunar National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering
2002 Meredith Leigh Campbell Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering
2002 Jack N. Waddell The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Physics
2002 Jason G. Brown Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2002 Rachel E. Zimet Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2002 Lauren Elizabeth Wojtkun Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts
2002 Chrysanthe Demetry Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Read the citation: 2002 Outstanding Teaching Award
2002 W. Grant McGimpsey Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Read the citation: 2002 Outstanding Research Award
2002 Rocco William Moretti Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2002 Luca Capogna National Science Foundation CAREER Award National Science Foundation Faculty Mathematical Sciences
2002 Philip E. Robakiewicz Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biology & Biotechnology

Read the citation: 2002 Academic Advising Award
2002 Yakov Kronrod Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Computer Science
2002 Lewis Thomas Kotredes Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Physics
2002 Ross D. Shonat Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Biomedical Engineering

Read the citation: 2002 Romeo Award
2002 Preston Hall Alumni
2002 Frances Maria Saccoccio Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2002 Kimberly Johnstone Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The United States Supreme Court: The 2000 Presidential Election," advisor: JoAnn Manfra
2002 Kevin Michael Hawkins Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering
2002 Nina K. Simon Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2002 Win D Cheung National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins
2002 Amanda A. Roberts Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Sequencing within the Short Story Collection: An Experiment in Design and Practice," advisor: John Trimbur
2002 Evan Andrew Gilman Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2002 Lewis T Kotredes National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Astrophysics at Cal Tech
2002 Benjamin K. Sandofsky Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Shawl: The Study and Application of David Mamet's Filmmaking Theories," advisor: Dean O'Donnell
2002 Jason Michael Field Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Biology & Biotechnology
2002 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Comp. Biology at Johns Hopkins
2002 Matthew James Douglas Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2002 Rachel Zimet National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Chemical Engineering - Materials at MIT
2001 Jennifer Persico Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"The Jump From Resentment to Revolution," advisor: Deborah Gray
2001 Jennifer Hardy Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2001 Jocelyn E Songer National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Winner National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biomedical Engineering at WPI
2001 Lauren Wojtkun Class of 1879 Prize for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate

"Like the World of Dreams Itself': An Analysis of William Shakespeare's Use of the Green World in A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It," advisor: Michelle Ephraim
2001 Justin Lee Sierpinski Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Humanities & Arts, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2001 Marco Fontecchio Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2001 Nicholas F Arcolano National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Electrical Engineering at MIT
2001 Win D. Cheung Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemistry & Biochemistry
2001 Katherine C. Wheeler Two Towers Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate
2001 Derek P Bond National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Mechanical Engineering at WPI
2001 Brian L. Ball Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics
2001 Frederick J Tan National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Undergraduate

For Biology at Washington University
2001 Yakov Kronrod The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Winner The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Undergraduate Computer Science, Mathematical Sciences
2001 Jonathan Moussa Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences, Physics
2001 Paul Laplume Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering
2001 Stephen N. Jasperson Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Physics

Read the citation: 2001 Outstanding Teaching Award
2001 Barbara E. Wyslouzil Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Chemical Engineering

Read the citation: 2001 Outstanding Research Award
2001 Alexander E. Emanuel Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty Electrical & Computer Engineering

Read the citation: 2001 Academic Advising Award
2001 Anthony Zamarro Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Chemical Engineering
2001 Keith Lepine Salisbury Prize Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Mechanical & Materials Engineering