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WPI students were inducted into the national engineering honor society.

Kang Zhang conducts medical robotics research in the COMET lab at WPI. His work contributed to two peer-reviewed journal articles this semester: In the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, he co-authored a paper introducing a Finite Element Method-based physics engine for simulating thermal laser-tissue interactions, validated through benchtop experiments to enable realistic surgical robot simulations. In the Journal of Medical Devices, he co-authored a study presenting a novel steerable optical fiber for office-based laryngeal laser surgery, demonstrating expanded anatomical access in anatomically-accurate models.

In the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, Chris co-authored a paper introducing a Finite Element Method-based physics engine for simulating thermal laser-tissue interactions, validated through benchtop experiments to enable realistic surgical robot simulations.

Organized by the ASM International, the Strong Bar Competition requires the contestants to design a heat treatment for a given steel grade to achieve the highest possible bend strength. This year's steel was SAE-9254 spring steel. A Worcester Polytechnic Institute student team designed a novel heat treatment involving fast quenching and a sub-zero treatment. They presented their results during the IMAT/Heat Treat 2025 conference, held in October this year at Detroit, Michigan. By designing this microstructure, they outperformed about 50 teams from all across the nation.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute students participated in the Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation Session in Memphis, TN.

A group of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students completed a trip in May to Ecuador. The members of WPI's chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA worked with local residents to upgrade an aging community water system. Their trip is the subject of an episode of The WPI Podcast, and an article written by one of the students that appears in the university's magazine, the WPI Journal.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

WPI, a global leader in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier technological university founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effectively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to the practice of solving real-world problems.

The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

WPI awarded nearly 1,300 bachelor's degrees and Levi's CEO Michelle Gass '90 and inventor and entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan provided guidance and inspiration.

WPI awarded nearly 1,300 degrees and and Levi's CEO Michelle Gass '90 and inventor and entrepreneur Noubar Afeyan provided guidance and inspiration.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's School of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the undergraduate students who were selected to receive summer research funding. These fellowships were awarded to A&S undergraduate students to conduct summer research projects with a faculty advisor.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute highlights the achievements of its graduating students.

A total of 23 undergraduate students, out of a class of more than 1,200, were nominated by WPI faculty to receive this award.

The Wilmer L. and Margaret M. Kranich Prize is awarded annually to the WPI student who best exemplifies excellence in the humanities and arts and its full integration into his/her undergraduate experiences.

The Two Towers Prize is awarded to students who best exemplify a combined proficiency in the theoretical and practical aspects of course work and other activities at WPI.

The Class of 1879 Prize is awarded by the Humanities and Arts Department yearly for excellent work in the culminating project for the Humanities & Arts Requirement.

The Class of 1879 Prize is awarded by the Humanities and Arts Department yearly for excellent work in the culminating project for the Humanities & Arts Requirement.

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.

The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.

The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.

At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology to addresses an important societal need or issue.

Brinkmann Constructors presented an Intern of Excellence award, intended to recognize interns who have exemplified and embraced Brinkmann's core values and have gone above and beyond on their jobsites.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024 the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME) inducted 35 WPI undergraduate students into the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar Program for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Technotonin Industries, a team of three young STEM students- including two from WPI-has been crowned winner of this year's Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO) Global Pitch Competition in Tampa, FL.

The criteria for the WPI Dean's List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean's List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and projects.