In a major step forward for sustainable energy technology, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), led by Professor Yan Wang, William B. Smith Professor of Mechanical and Materials ...

Stephanie Smieszek-Racine ’19 is the Vice Chair of the Women of WPI. This summer, the group, with support from the Alumni Association, is hosting a Vineyard Tour and Tasting event with WPI alumna ...

Adam Savage, former MythBusters host, has posted a new video on his Tested YouTube channel highlighting his project to design and build an animatronic Grogu (Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian).

Christina Bailey-Hytholt ’15, assistant professor of chemical engineering, has been named to the Leonard P. Kinnicutt Professorship for a three-year appointment.

The initiative, called “Rubble to Rockets,” applies a machine learning approach to identify materials—like scrap metal and mixed alloys—and understand how they react and bond together before being ...

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, ...

“WPI’s transformative project-based learning model provides an experience that prepares students to work as a team, think critically, communicate, collaborate, see the world from different cultural ...

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.

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 ...