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Nationally recognized University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholar and NSF division director to lead WPI’s largest school.
Veteran higher education attorney brings deep experience and trusted leadership to the university’s top legal role.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded $6.3 million for a groundbreaking initiative that could transform additive manufacturing by enabling the rapid production of high-quality ...
Inspired by origami, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) robotics engineering researchers are developing a lightweight, flexible robotic arm that will enable a wheelchair user to safely grasp, lift, ...
Worcester, Mass. – More than fifty years after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) revolutionized its undergraduate engineering education, data from a recent alumni survey prove that working on ...
To improve treatment for ischemic strokes caused by blockages in the brain, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yihao Zheng is shining a light on blood clots. Zheng, an assistant ...
In keeping with WPI’s project-based learning model, the class—which is focused on the fundamentals of fire behavior measurement and research testing—requires four teams of five students to develop and ...
Fortune’s latest national rankings of the best master’s in computer science programs placed WPI among the top 10 in online and in-person categories. The rankings highlight WPI’s leadership in computer ...
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher is developing a new class of medical adhesives by bringing together hydrogels and glue-like polymers to safely and reliably connect human tissues to ...
A chemical engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received an $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to study the recovery of critical minerals like uranium from ...
DryPro Equipment is revolutionizing sports gear maintenance by eliminating sweaty, moldy, and bacteria-ridden equipment. This innovative approach to sports equipment dryers won the top prize and ...
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been designated an R1 institution and joined the ranks of the nation’s top-tier research institutions in a new classification of American colleges and ...