WPI Experts

Jamal Yagoobi, the George F. Fuller Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, is researching new ways to reduce emissions from food and paper production by improving the process of industrial drying by using lasers. He is helping lead a $3.5 million research project in which researchers from WPI and other institutions will explore emissions reductions in manufacturing facilities that dry moist, porous mixtures in the production process. The project has been featured by Energy News Network and Canary Media for its potential benefits to Maine’s paper and pulp industry. 

Yagoobi directs the Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD), a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center led by WPI and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is one of many WPI experts on climate technology who are using their technological knowledge to find innovative ways to use renewable resources to generate power and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

Tian Guo, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, is launching a project that will put the power of quantum computing in the hands of students. Guo will use a $799,995 award from the National Science Foundation to develop computer science techniques and tools, as well as course modules with hands-on activities, that will prepare college students for careers in the emerging field of quantum cloud computing.