Advanced Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing
Research at WPI
Metal Processing Institute
The Metal Processing Institute is the largest industry-university alliance in North America and conducts research at the Advanced Casting Research Center, the Center for Heat Treating Excellence, the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling, and the Center for Materials Processing Data.
Honeywell Aerospace
WPI and Honeywell Aerospace are working on hydrogen fuels that could power the next generation of aircraft.
Facilities
Sagamore Labs
WPI’s 20,300-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at 15 Sagamore Road is home to modern laboratories where researchers are working on additive manufacturing, clean battery production, industrial drying technologies, and more.
Metal Processing Labs
Labs focused on metal processing are housed in the Washburn Shops, with resources that enable researchers to explore the design, characterization, and processing of new materials.
Materials Characterization Lab
The Materials Characterization Lab provides instruments for electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), x-ray diffraction, optical microscopy (conventional and inverted), physical property determination (hardness and micro indentation hardness), and materials processing (specimen preparation, heat treatment, metal evaporation and sputtering).
Integrative Materials Design Center
The Integrative Materials Design Center offers access to specimen preparation and characterization tools, cutters, polishers, optical microscopes, and more for the design of high-performance and sustainable materials.
LEAP
The Lab for Education and Application Prototypes is a partnership between WPI and Quinsigamond Community College. LEAP @ WPI/QCC houses equipment and facilities needed to prototype integrated photonics devices and develop the workforce that will manufacture them.
