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WPI to research wildfires, from space

Astronauts on the International Space Station will perform experiments for a study led by James Urban, assistant professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering. A spacecraft carrying materials for the experiments was launched to the space station in August. Urban studies wildfires and believes the experiments in microgravity will provide insight on non-steady flame behavior and lead to better understanding of how wildfires spread on Earth. The research was featured in Are We There Yet? - The Space Exploration Podcast, Spaceflight Now, Spectrum News 1, Industry Wired, and MassLive.

 

Hear more in Are We There Yet? - The Space Exploration Podcast
Industry Week
IndustryWeek, Steve Koppi, pay equity, The Lowdown on Obama's New Equal Pay Rule, 2/10/2016

Steve Koppi, executive director of WPI's Career Development Center, weighs in on proposed federal rule set to take effect in fall 2017.

Beta Boston
BetaBoston, Dmitry Berenson, firefighting robots, WPI gets US Navy funding to program firefighting robots for ships, 2/9/2016

WPI robotics professor Dmitry Berenson highlights research on a firefighting robot that is undergoing tests aboard the USS Shadwell.

Chemistry & Industry
Chemistry and Industry, Marion Emmert, rare earths, Recycling rare earths, 2/1/2016

Professor Marion Emmert's two-step hydrometallurgy process for separating rare earths from the drive units of electric vehicles is featured.

Boston Globe
Boston Globe STAT, Gordon Prize, Worcester school gets national prize, 1/6/2016

The National Academy of Engineering named WPI the 2016 winner of the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education for “The WPI Plan,” a revolutionary project-based approach to education.

Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics, Richard Quimby, photonics, The Skarp "Laser Razor" Is Going to Be Total Flaming Garbage, 10/14/2015

Physics professor Richard Quimby, head of WPI's IPG Photonics lab,  offers thoughts on the design and basic concept of a laser razor.