Research by Department

For a deeper dive into all research happening at WPI, please visit our department pages.

Department Department Research Page

Aerospace Engineering

Research

Biology & Biotechnology

Research

Biomedical Engineering

Research

Business

Research

Business

Center for Innovative Manufacturing Solutions

Chemical Engineering

Research

Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Research

Chemical Engineering

Facilities & Labs

Chemical Engineering

Machine Shop

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research & Resources

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Facilities

Civil, Environmental, &Architectural Engineering

Research

Computer Science

Research

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Cybersecurity and Privacy

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Healthcare and Quality of Life

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Machine Learning

Fire Protection Engineering

Research

Fire Protection Engineering

Facilities

Fire Protection Engineering

Research Areas

Fire Protection Engineering

Fire and Materials

Fire Protection Engineering 

Pyrolysis Properties for Fire Modeling

Fire Protection Engineering

Combustion and Explosion Protection

Fire Protection Engineering

Building and Fire Systems

Fire Protection Engineering

Firefighter Safety and Policy

Fire Protection Engineering

Human Behavior and Egress in Fires

Fire Protection Engineering

Horizontal Evacuation in Healthcare Facilities

Fire Protection Engineering

Social and Cultural Influences on Building Evacuation During Fire

Fire Protection Engineering

Fire Impacts on Buildings, Infrastructure and Environment

Fire Protection Engineering

2016 Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of a 6-Story Cold Formed Steel Building

Fire Protection Engineering

Earthquake and Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings

Fire Protection Engineering

Quantification of Green Building Features on Firefighter Safety

Fire Protection Engineering

Rail Transportation

Fire Protection Engineering

The Environment

Fire Protection Engineering

Risk- Informed Performance- Based Design and Regulation

Fire Protection Engineering

Building Regulatory Policy

Fire Protection Engineering

Performance-Based Design

Humanities & Arts

Research

Integrative & Global Studies

Research

Mathematical Sciences

Research

Mathematical Sciences

The Mathematics of Material Failure

Mathematical Sciences

The Relationship Between Fractal Geometry & Energy

Mathematical Sciences

Penetrating Fog, Lifting the Veil from Algorithms

Mathematical Sciences

Breathing New Life into Materials

Mathematical Sciences

Exploring Matroid & Graph Theory to Power Algorithms

Mathematical Sciences

Grants & Awards

Mathematical Sciences

Systems and Theoretical Biology

Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Research

Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Our Research Expertise

Physics

Research

Physics

Facilities

Robotics Engineering

Research

Robotics Engineering

Robotics Labs

Social Science & Policy Studies

Faculty Research

Architectural Engineering

Research

Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Research

Cybersecurity

Research

Data Science

Research

Environmental Engineering

Research

Interactive Media & Game Development

Research

International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Research

Learning Sciences & Technology

Research

Learning Sciences & Technology

Research Opportunities

Manufacturing Engineering

Research

Materials Process Engineering

Research

Materials Science & Engineering

Research

Professional Writing

Research

Psychological & Cognitive Science

Research

Systems Engineering

Research & Publications