Beyond These Towers: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Changing Our Lives
The second event in our Beyond These Towers presidential event series took place on December 6 in Norwood, MA.
President Wang, our faculty, administrators, and speakers enjoyed connecting with alumni and friends and sharing how WPI’s important and impactful contributions using advanced materials and manufacturing are having a dramatic positive effect on our lives.
The event featured panelists Julie Bliss Mullen BA’12, BS’13, Chief Executive Officer of Aclarity; John Biagioni MS'03, President of Lampin Corporation; Danielle Cote MS'10 PhD'14, Harold L. Jurist '61 and Heather E. Jurist Dean's Professor and Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; and Nima Rahbar, Ralph H. White Family Professor of Engineering and Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering. The panel was moderated by John McNeill, Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering.
See photos from the event here!
WPI is uniquely positioned to address complex, intractable problems, and together, we can work towards an even brighter future. To learn more about the ways WPI is making an impact, check out the stories linked below.
Some Highlights of WPI's Impact in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
- A low-cost alternative to concrete—one of the largest contributors to climate change—that absorbs CO2 during its formation
- 3D printing technology for the repair of military vehicles and equipment in the field that could increase the readiness of military vehicles and other units
- A solvent-free process to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrodes that are greener, cheaper, and charge faster, an advance that could improve the manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles
- Discoveries that could lead to next-generation targeted treatments for cancer