Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award

Awarded by
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

This award, established in 1983, is presented for outstanding research by students at the doctoral and master's levels and is sponsored jointly by the Society of the Sigma Xi and the Committee on Graduate Studies and Research.

Browse Award Recipients

Year Recipient Name Title Awarded by Type Department Details
2021 Megan Mancuso Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2021 Diego Vargas Blanco Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2021 Maria Martini Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Post-Doctoral
2020 Sathwik Bharadwaj Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation
2020 Douglas Reilly Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation
2020 Matt Desrosiers Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Doctoral Dissertation
2020 Danielle Snider Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis
2020 Daniel Ruiz Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

MS Thesis
2019 Ross Lagoy Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2019 Benjamin Cooper Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2019 Behnam Partopour Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Josh Gershlak Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Jeffrey Bibeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Lindsay Lozeau Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Yuwei Zhai Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2018 Lydia Shi Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow
2017 Muping Chen Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Physics

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2017 Anthony G. Spangenberger Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2017 Tiantian Zhang Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Winner Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Process Engineering

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Fellow
2016 Haize Galarraga Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Materials Science & Engineering

Outstanding Master's Thesis
2016 Heather Cirka Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2015 Fabienne Furt Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biology & Biotechnology

Outstanding Post-Doctoral Research
2015 Jonathan Grasman Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2015 Kemal Arsava Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
2015 Ryan Mitchell Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award Worcester Polytechnic Institute Graduate Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering

Outstanding Master's Thesis