Student Voices

Every WPI student has an individual story about who they are and what this university means to them. Brought together in an environment that encourages collaboration and supports a vibrant campus life, WPI students have much to offer each other, both in and out of the classroom.

Featured Student Voices

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Amir Abdollahpour, PhD

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Tehran, Iran
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Seyda Usalan '25

BS in Management Engineering with concentration in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Ankara, Turkey
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Giampaolo Maneri '26

BS in Computer Science
originally from Italy, grew up in Venezuela and Panama
Asian woman

Esther Mao '26

BS in Data Science and Policy Studies
Westborough, MA
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Zahra Zarei

PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies
Iran
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Chase Urban '27

BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mercer Island, WA
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Luz Joseph '26

BS in Data Science, M.S. in Business Analytics
Lawrence, MA
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Alejandra Tello '27

BS in Biomedical Engineering
Panama City, Panama
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Michael Vasconcellos '26

BS in Biomedical Engineering; minor in Materials Science
Swansea, MA
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Will Zawada '26

BS in Data Science; minors in Math and Spanish
Lancaster, MA
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Lauren Abraham, '24, MS '26

MS in Biotechnology
Bedford, MA
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Kathleen Morrissey, PhD

PhD in Computational Media
Randolph, MA
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Lydia Tonani-Penha, BS '23, PhD

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Clinton, MA
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Daniel Gorbunov '26

BS in Computer Science
Lexington, MA
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RJ Franzen '24 MS '25

BS Chemical Engineering; MS Chemical Engineering with a concentration in Advanced Process Engineering
Allentown, NJ
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Charlie Szwartz '25

BS in Civil Engineering, minor in Music
Merion Station, PA
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Shiivek Agarwal '25

BS in Robotics Engineering & Computer Science
Mumbai, India
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Wilson Gramer '26

BS in Computer Science
Tyngsborough, MA
girl student

Laura Rodriguez Melo '26

BS in Mechanical Engineering
Lowell, MA
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Tessa Lytle

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Monroe, NY
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Joelis Velez Diaz '24

BS in Chemical Engineering
Cidra, Puerto Rico
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Elitumaini Swai '23, MS

BS Chemical Engineering, MS Management
Moshi Kilamanjaro, Tanzania
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Jackson Nguyen '26

BS in Biochemistry
Merrimack, NH
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Sophia Kouznetsov '26

BS in Psychological & Cognitive Sciences, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
West Boylston, MA
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Jack Adiletta '25

BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Data Science
Bolton, MA
Alisa

Alisa Gueco '25

BS in Mechanical Engineering
Branford, CT
Nixon

Nixon Showalter '26

BS in Computer Science and Data Science
Castaic, CA
Haley Gilbert

Haley Gilbert '24

BS in Industrial Engineering
Pelham, NH
Paula Gibbons

Paula Gibbons '26

BS in Biomedical Engineering
Worcester, MA
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Samantha Arroyas '25

BS in Industrial Engineering
Uxbridge, MA
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Zachary Manfredi '24

BS Chemical Engineering, Minor in Music
South Windsor, CT
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Eugena Choi '24

BS, Environmental & Sustainability Studies and Environmental Engineering
Longmeadow, MA
Katelyn Tropeano

Katelyn Tropeano '24

BS in Business, MS in Business Management
Pembroke, MA
Aseel Kambal

Aseel Kambal '25

BS in Civil Engineering, minor in Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Madison, AL
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Paige Agostini '25

BS in Chemical Engineering with Environmental concentration
Syracuse, NY
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Filippo Marcantoni '25

BS, Robotics Engineering
Ponti sul Mincio, Lombardy, Italy
Solange Uwera

Solange Uwera, MS

MS in Community Climate Adaptation
Kigali, Rwanda
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Alexandra Wolf '25

BS in Biomedical Engineering
Clinton, CT
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Megan DeSanty '24

BS Robotics Engineering, minor in Computer Science
Holden, MA
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Alexandria Sheehan '24

BS, Economic Science, minor in Data Science
Marion, MA
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Gabriel Espinosa '24

BS in Mechanical Engineering
Seattle, WA
Headshot of Bora Hurst, A Student Voice

Bora Hurst '25

BS Electrical and Computer Engineering
West Palm Beach, FL
Sakshi Joglekar

Sakshi Joglekar '24

BS, Biology & Biotechnology; Psychology
Pune, India
Tionge

Tionge Nakazwe '25

BS, Environmental and Sustainability Studies; minor in Creative Writing
Worcester, MA
Tess Meier

Tess Meier

PhD, Robotics Engineering
Bloomingburg, NY
Darren Cole

Darren Cole

PhD, Computational Media
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Ibraheim Ibraheim '25

BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worcester, MA
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Luka Christianson '24

BS, Mechanical Engineering
Katy, TX
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Mark Xatse

PhD, Biochemistry
Accra, Ghana
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Edward Flanagan '24

BS, Mechanical Engineering
Needham, MA
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Kellie Bushe '24

BS, Biomedical Engineering (Pre-Medicine)
Paxton, MA
WPI student

Robbie Oleynick '24

BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yardley, PA
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Adriyel Nieves

PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Lancaster, PA
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Abdah St. Fleur

Dual MS, Production Management (IMGD) and MSIUX
Dorchester (and she intends to stay in New England)
Evans

Evans Owusu '24

BS, Computer Science and Interactive Media & Game Development
Worcester, MA
Karen

Karen Royer

MS, Interactive Media and Game Development (IMGD)
Ashland, Massachusetts
Alexander

Alexander Castaneda

PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Cottage Grove, WI, USA