Chair’s Exemplary Faculty Prize

This prize, in the amount of $10,000, recognizes WPI faculty members who excel in all relevant areas of faculty performance, including teaching, research and scholarship, and advising. The tradition of awarding the prize was established in 2007 through the personal philanthropy of Donald K. Peterson ’71, then chairman of the WPI Board of Trustees; it was continued by current board chairman Philip B. Ryan ’65.


Past BME Winners:

  • 2024  Karen Troy
  • 2021  Kristen Billiar

Nomination Process