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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 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. Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI's pioneering project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. WPI offers more than 70 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 18 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. Its faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research to meet ongoing challenges in health and biotechnology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security systems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.ed

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 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. Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI's pioneering project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. WPI offers more than 70 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs across 18 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. Its faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research to meet ongoing challenges in health and biotechnology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security systems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.ed

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2024 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - Feb 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Honorable Mentions for the 2024 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - Feb 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - Feb 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2024 Feb 12

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2023 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2024 Feb 12

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces Honorable Mentions for the 2023 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2024 Feb 12

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2023 Mar 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winners in the 2022 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2023 Mar 7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2022 Mar 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winner in the 2021 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2022 Mar 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winner in the 2020 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2021 Mar 23

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's Interactive Qualifying Project Award Finalists

Utilizing research, science, and humanity, IQP finalists demonstrate global impact of projects.
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President's List - 2021 Mar 23

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces First Place Winner in the 2019 President's IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project) Awards

The IQP is one of the most distinctive elements of the WPI Plan and WPI's signature project-based curriculum, giving every WPI student the experience of working in interdisciplinary teams to solve a problem or need that lies at the intersection of science and society.
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President's List - 2020 May 8

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's IQP Award Finalists

Hundreds of Interactive Qualifying Projects are completed each year by WPI juniors as part of their graduation requirements. A fraction of those are then submitted to be considered for a President's IQP Award.
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President's List - 2019 Feb 15

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's IQP Award Winners

Hundreds of Interactive Qualifying Projects are completed each year by WPI juniors as part of their graduation requirements. A fraction of those are then submitted to be considered for a President's IQP Award.
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President's List - 2019 Feb 14

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's IQP Award Winners

The IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project), is one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates. IQPs enable students to pursue hands-on, real-world research opportunities all over the world.
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President's List - 2017 Mar 24

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Announces President's IQP Award Winners

The project aided the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) in collecting opinions from five stakeholder groups concerning management of the naturally flooding Lake Wairarapa.
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President's List - 2017 Mar 24

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Recognizes Student Work with President's Awards

The Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) is one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates.
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President's List - 2016 May 4

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Recognizes Student Work with President's Awards

The Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) is one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates.
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President's List - 2016 May 4

WPI Announces Project Honorable Mentions Awards

The IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project), one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates, enables students to pursue hands-on, real-world research opportunities all over the world.
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President's List - 2015 Mar 2

WPI Announces Project Honors

The IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project), one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates, enables students to pursue hands-on, real-world research opportunities all over the world.
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President's List - 2015 Mar 2

WPI Announces Top Winners for Project Work

The IQP (Interactive Qualifying Project), one of two major projects required of WPI undergraduates, enables students to pursue hands-on, real-world research opportunities all over the world.
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President's List - 2015 Feb 27

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
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President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Last academic year, approximately 250 student teams completed IQPs. Of those, 67 teams entered their projects for consideration for this award, and the best five projects were selected as winners of the award. To be considered, projects must be superior in conception, execution, and presentation.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 10

President's IQP Award

Chosen from a group of five winners, this year's top President's IQP Award acknowledges work to evaluate and implement solutions to a serious global health threat.
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President's List - 2014 Feb 7

President's IQP Award

Chosen from a group of five winners, this year's top President's IQP Award acknowledges work to evaluate and implement solutions to a serious global health threat.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s logo
President's List - 2014 Feb 7
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