Andrew Sears, PhD, joined WPI as the university's Provost and Senior Vice President in August 2024. Andrew is a successful academic leader, administrator, and distinguished computer scientist who ...

In a world that’s constantly evolving, it’s natural for education to evolve along with it. Project-based learning (PBL) is essential to fostering more skilled, empathetic, confident, experienced ...

Now, more than ever, the world needs what we have created and what we do at WPI.

Robotics Engineering Ph.D. Candidate, Shang Gao, Robotics Engineering undergraduate student, Haotian Liu, and Associate Professor Haichong (Kai) Zhang, faculty member in the Departments of Robotics ...

Attention High School Robotics Teams! WPI is Coming to Your Local Events! Are you passionate about robotics? Dreaming of turning your love for engineering, coding, and problem-solving into a future ...

Approach removes the “forever chemicals” from wastewater and addresses carbon footprint of wastewater treatment ...

Keeping students engaged and motivated throughout their college experience is fundamental to a WPI education. That engagement starts in the months leading up to your arrival on campus, to New Student ...

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, ...

Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer that facilitates changes in many processes. Mutations in the Citric Acid Cycle enzyme fumarate hydratase lead to fumarate accumulation and cause ...

Joe Tranquillo will explore the role of stories in teaching, learning, and personal and professional growth in a series of workshops sponsored by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).

In the book, Pandemic (Im)mobilities, leading social science and humanities contributors in the field of mobilities research address the multiple issues generated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its ...

Phages (viruses that infect bacteria) are the most abundant biological entity on our planet and are important agents of mortality and evolutionary change. Characterizing the interactions phages have ...