Gertrude R. Rugg Award

This award, honoring WPI’s late Registrar, is given to one or more outstanding first-year women students preparing for a career in engineering and science who have played a significant role at WPI.

An anonymous donor provided the funds to establish the Schoonover, Knott, and Rugg awards, which were first presented in 1979.

Past BME Winners:

• 2010: Tuhina Bhattacharya