At WPI learning has always been about combining theory and practice. Our multi-dimensional approach to education yields more than just graduates; it helps create innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and most important, leaders.
Our academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs leading to bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees, as well as an array of professional certificates. Learn more...
With one of the first NIH EUREKA Awards, Dominko is exploring ways to turn adult skin cells into stem-like cells to replace tissue lost to injury or degenerative diseases.
Name: Tanja Dominko, PhD
Department: Biology and Biotechnology
Title: Associate Professor
Apelian, Howmet Professor of Engineering at WPI and director of the WPI Metal Processing Institute, was recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Name: Diran Apelian
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Howmet Professor
Plummer, director of the Environmental Engineering Program, was recently installed as the first Schwaber Professor of Environmental Engineering.
Name: Jeanine Plummer
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Title: Associate Professor
Bitar's commitment to student success and his great generosity with his time are just two of the reasons he was presented with the 2009 Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Name: Stephan Bitar
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Title: Adjunct Instructor
Dixon was recently elected a "Fellow of the Institute" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He also received the 2009 WPI Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research.
Name: Anthony Dixon
Department: Chemical Engineering
Title: Professor
Heffernan, and Professor Christine Heffernan, recently received the Massachusetts Association of School Committees Community Leader Award for their work with Intelligent Tutoring System.
Name: Neil Heffernan
Department: Computer Science
Title: Associate Professor
Hoy, an internationally known authority on entrepreneurship has received more than $15 million in federal and foundation research awards and contracts for his work.
Name: Frank Hoy
Department: Management
Title: Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Mitrea is a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. She is very involved in outreach activities to make mathematics as a field attractive to a larger audience.
Name: Irina Mitrea
Department: Mathematics
Title: Associate Professor
WPI's curriculum is innovative and practical. Traditional subjects are taught in untraditional ways, and new programs are driven by real-world demand. No two students follow the same course - you're encouraged to explore topics that interest you the most. 
At WPI, graduate students work directly with award-winning faculty members who are the leading researchers in their fields in state-of-the-art laboratories and research facilities on our campus.