WPI Journal

Maker of Worlds

Kate Olguin '20 turned a passion for storytelling into a thriving game design career, earning a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30 after launching viral indie hit The Call of Karen.

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The Music Man

Dan Sullivan ’77 uses his engineering powers to make life more melodic.

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Windows Into the Brain

WPI researchers use eye-tracking to unlock insights into decision-making, stress, and pain—paving the way for smarter, user-focused technology.

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From left, Professor Soussan Djamasbi with PhD Students Ashwin Sukumar, Doaa Alrefaei, and Gaayathri Sankar outside the User Experience and Decision Making Laboratory.
The Music Man

The Music Man

Dan Sullivan ’77 uses his engineering powers to make life more melodic.

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Windows Into the Brain From left, Professor Soussan Djamasbi with PhD Students Ashwin Sukumar, Doaa Alrefaei, and Gaayathri Sankar outside the User Experience and Decision Making Laboratory.

Windows Into the Brain

WPI researchers use eye-tracking to unlock insights into decision-making, stress, and pain—paving the way for smarter, user-focused technology.

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Keeping a Space Dream Alive

Keeping a Space Dream Alive

Christian North, a nontraditional aerospace engineering student, balances full-time work at Oracle with a mission to teach and inspire the next generation of engineers.

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Katherine Foo

Katherine Foo

Get to know Assistant Professor of Teaching Katherine Foo through items found in her office.

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A Relationship Deeper Than Surface Beauty

A Relationship Deeper Than Surface Beauty

Students gain hands-on experience in environmental conservation at the Hawaii Project Center, developing impactful IQPs that deepen their understanding of native ecosystems and Hawaiian culture.

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Finding Purpose With the Pain Robert Kiessling holding a poster that contains pictures of his sons, and a grave to fight against fentanyl

Finding Purpose With the Pain

Through Fentanyl Fathers, Robert Kiessling ’87 is educating teens across the country about the deadly risks of illicit drugs.

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How Bazar, How Bazar picture of a map with a french flag on a flag pole on top of the map location of france

How Bazar, How Bazar

WPI students partnered with SINGA Lyon in France to develop interactive media for promoting community and inclusion of migrants

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Ancient Folding Art Inspires Flexible Robotics Arm Mosaic of a cubist style hand reaching into a sun in art form

Ancient Folding Art Inspires Flexible Robotics Arm

NEWS ROUNDUP: Robotics researchers are developing an origami-inspired, soft robotic arm to help wheelchair users grasp out-of-reach object.

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Honoring a Profound Impact on WPI, Wireless Technology, and Society Headshot of Professor Kaveh Pahlavan

Honoring a Profound Impact on WPI, Wireless Technology, and Society

The legacy of wireless communications pioneer Professor Kaveh Pahlavan, PhD ’79, lives on through a new endowed scholarship.

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Participatory Archiving Reveals Radio Club Treasures

Participatory Archiving Reveals Radio Club Treasures

Students and archivists collaborate to rediscover the legacy of the Wireless Association—the nation's third-oldest college radio club—through participatory archiving and historical preservation.

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The Science of Fiction image of gary goshgarian and their book next to them "rumors of evil"

The Science of Fiction

Gary Goshgarian writes how he leveraged his scientific training to become bestselling medical thriller author Gary Braver.

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