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How can AI tools help consumers find the best deals and tackle the holiday shopping list? Associate Professor of marketing Purvi Shah spoke with NBC Boston about the technology driving retail transformation. "AI can help you compare products and prices across stores. It can also give you review summaries that can help you evaluate various product options based on those review summaries," Shah said. "All of this is done very efficiently."
An article on the economic growth of Central Massachusetts highlighted WPI's role in educating skilled graduates and advancing research and innovation in fields like engineering and biotechnology. It also featured the facilities and resources of Gateway Park.
“When you go from a lot of wet weather to a lot of dry weather, there’s a lot of fine fuels that grow and then die. If it dries out, that can be very dangerous tinder for a wildfire to start and spread.” James Urban, assistant professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, explains how dry weather is a factor in brush fires around the Northeast.
The Worcester Business Journal highlighted key strengths that bolster the life sciences sector in Central Massachusetts. Among those important resources outlined in the article for the publication's "Fast Forward to 2034" series is Gateway Park, a center of research, innovation and commerce that is home to many WPI academic, research, and development programs.
An article in The Worcester Business Journal's "Fast Forward to 2034" series looking at the future of job growth and workforce needs in Central Massachusetts highlighted WPI's role in helping shape the region's future. “I would say biomanufacturing, as well as clean tech. We have untapped potential in robotics, especially with the intellectual capital we have at WPI” and other local universities, said Worcester chief development officer Peter Dunn when asked to envision breakout work sectors.
“The fusion community needs to demonstrate a prototype fusion reactor that will produce more energy than the energy required to get the reaction going in the first place. That’s really the first major hurdle.” William McCarthy, assistant professor of physics, spoke to the Worcester Business Journal for an article in its "Fast Forward to 2034" series about the potential, and the challenges to overcome, of making commercial nuclear fusion energy a reality.
Professor Craig Shue, head of the computer science department, provided analysis for this USA Today article on the impact and frequency of cyberattacks that probe critical networks.
The Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science at WPI received high marks in a ranking of best schools by the website Niche. As a state-designated "school of excellence," the academy is an administrative unit within WPI, and 12th grade students at the academy enroll in classes at WPI.
Tech and Science Post reported on a paper, published recently in the academic journal ChemSusChem, in which Xiaowei Teng, the James H. Manning Professor in Chemical Engineering at WPI, reported success in using silicate to make batteries more efficient.
Damaging hurricanes in 2024 have caused significant disruptions to supply chains. Sara Saberi, associate professor of operations and industrial engineering, spoke with Inside Supply Management Weekly about how organizations can better prepare their supply chains for the risk of power storms.
Senior Nolan Warner, a biology and biotechnology major and tight end on the football team, underwent a stem cell donation procedure to help a one-year-old boy. The donation was facilitated in part by the football team's participation in the "Get in the Game" initiative that educates campus communities about the potential to save lives through bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants.
The Worcester Guardian reported on the research work of Roee Shraga, an assistant professor of computer science and data science. Shraga has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to explore the "human-in-the-loop" concept, which is focused on the importance of human involvement to improve the quality of data in artificial intelligence processes.
Recent hurricanes are putting the spotlight on ways to address disaster-related cell phone service outages. Some providers are turning to space, leveraging satellites to keep customers connected. Professor Alexander Wyglinski, in the department of electrical and computer engineering, provided analysis on satellite-to-cell systems, including potential benefits and challenges, for this article in The Boston Globe.
Supply chains are being tested by powerful storms affecting the southeastern U.S. just weeks apart. With Hurricane Milton approaching the region, Sara Saberi, associate professor of operations and industrial engineering, offered her assessment to Inside Supply Management Weekly of the impacts of tropical systems on ports, recovery, and the distribution of food and medicine.
Matthew Burgos, photographer in the Division of Marketing Communications, was interviewed for a feature in Worcester Magazine about his artwork, which includes music photography and drawings.
Seth Tuler, associate professor in the department of integrative and global studies, has been appointed to serve as a board member of an independent federal agency that performs technical and scientific peer reviews of nuclear waste management and disposal activities in the United States.
Mahamadou Lamine Sagna, associate professor in the department of social science and policy studies, authored an essay in The Conversation that remembers and pays tribute to the Senegalese intellectual and politician Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow, who headed the UN's cultural agency, UNESCO, for 13 years.
Purvi Shah, associate professor of marketing, is quoted in this article on the career development website Zippia about the skills needed for a career in interactive marketing.
Donald Gelosh, from the systems engineering department, is quoted in this article on the career development website Zippia about some of the responsibilities and expectations of systems engineers.
This article highlighting the potential uses of bamboo in fighting climate change features ongoing studies by an interdisciplinary group of WPI researchers who have shown that bamboo can be converted into ethanol fuel, providing the potential for fossil fuel reduction through a ball milling process that does not generate any new chemical wastes.
