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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."
"’We like to see evidence of project-based learning, working in teams, hands-on experience and that sense of discovery,’ says Jennifer Cluett, Dean of Admissions. Cluett was interviewed for this NPR story about the experiences of students who participate in high school robotics competitions.
Chemical engineering professor Michael Timko is leading efforts to transform plastics with a goal of improving ocean cleanup efforts. This work was highlighted in a report from NBC Boston.
New announcement will allow WPI to build upon its longstanding expertise in fire protection to study new fire detection methods, robotics solutions to enhance first responder safety, and fire suppression systems for wildfires.
"I believed eventually – one day that recycling would make a big, positive impact for the field, for the industry, for the people. That’s why I won’t give up.” Yan Wang, William Smith Foundation Dean's Professor of Mechanical Engineering, honored as one of five 'Faces of American Innovation' by the Bayh-Dohl Coalition.
Richard Lopez, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, writes: “Instead of screen time, we should focus on underlying psychological factors that can predict whether a young person is likely to experience mental health challenges as they use social media.”
Professor Markus Nemitz is the recipient of a $600,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots capable of traversing difficult terrain.
Robotics engineering professor Markus Nemitz collaborated with Quantum Computing Inc. to integrate a WPI robot with the company’s sensor system to detect landmines. This article profiles the partnership within WPI's ROSE-HUB (Robots and Sensors for Human Well-being), an NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center site.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans award that will see WPI will co-design climate resilience plans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Global School will also lead knowledge sharing between NOAA climate adaptation partnership teams in the Caribbean and the Northeast.
“There are numerous opportunities for R&D efforts to identify threats against DOD private 5G networks,” Alexander Wyglinski, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, discusses efforts to secure military communications networks in this article on electronic warfare.
Mimi Sheller, Dean of The Global School, discusses some of the historical and cultural underpinnings behind inequalities in power and mobilities in this podcast exploring Haiti and its future. The podcast is a project of the Knight Foundation Art + Research Center at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
"A strike can have a definite and immediate impact on the supply chain," Joseph Sarkis, professor of management in The Business School, explains how supply chain companies, related industries, car shoppers, and people seeking repairs for vehicles may be affected by the United Auto Workers strike in this television interview on NECN.
WBUR reports on the addition of WPI to a federal Wildlife Interdisciplinary Research Center. The work will focus on fire detection models, first responder safety, and wildfire suppression systems.
A NOAA award of nearly $500,000 to The Global School will allow for knowledge transfer and collaborative research concerned with improving community engagement methods for coastal resilience and climate risk reduction.
The Worcester Business Journal reported on the National Science Foundation's adding of Worcester Polytechnic Institute to its Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center, bringing the university on to its collaborative effort between universities and industry leaders to better understand, prevent, and respond to wildfires.
Berk Calli, assistant professor of robotics engineering, was interviewed by The Messenger about whether robots would soon be replacing entry-level restaurant jobs.
David Ortendahl, executive director of corporate partnerships, talked about the upcoming Nature conference at WPI on the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Exchange program.
Imagine flexible 3D-printed robots that can crawl, dive, swim, climb, and operate where humans can't. Robotics & Automation News wrote about robotics engineering professor Markus Nemitz and his work to develop these robots.
Joseph Sarkis, professor of management in The Business School, explains in this WCVB video report, how consumers may be affected by the expanding United Auto Workers strike, which is now targeting parts distribution, in addition to new vehicle manufacturing.
“There is going to be a disruption, and the union has thought through this very carefully.” Management professor Joseph Sarkis, a supply chain expert, discusses how consumers and industries will be affected by the auto workers strike.
