WPI-MIT Lincoln Laboratory A 08

Term – A 2008

Project Opportunities – MQP

Qualifications – U.S. citizens only

Housing – Not provided.  Students commute from WPI Campus.

Transportation – Bus transportation from WPI to MIT-Lincoln Laboratory will be provided daily for the participating project students.

Preparation – 1/6 unit PQP in Term-D 2008 may be conducted

Director – Professor Clancy

Application deadline – November 7, 2007 (before 1:00 p.m.)

LOCATION

MIT Lincoln Laboratory located in Lexington, MA was founded in 1951 as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center of MIT.  The Laboratory’s fundamental mission is to apply science and advanced technology to critical problems of national security.  The scope of problems includes air defense, communications, space surveillance, missile defense, tactical surveillance systems and air traffic control.

PROJECTS

The WPI-MIT Lincoln Laboratory Project Center conducts one-term, off-campus MQPs.  Many students selected for this MQP program will also seek summer employment at Lincoln Lab during the summer preceding their MQP.  In past years, students participating in the program were required to complete a Preliminary Qualifying Project (PQP) in D-Term(2008) or at the end of summer employment at Lincoln Laboratory.  During this PQP, the students learn about the project, perform background research, and interact with their project sponsor at Lincoln Laboratory.  DuringA-Term 2008, the students would then work full-time (five days a week) for 9 weeks at Lincoln Laboratory on their projects.  The 2008 MQP experience may retain this historical schedule or may reduce the D-term PQP commitment by increasing the number of weeks that students spend on-site.  The final format for 2008 is still being developed.  Within either schedule format, students will work with a mentor from Lincoln Laboratory and with one or more WPI faculty advisors.

Admission to the WPI-MIT Lincoln Laboratory MQP Program is based on the following criteria: judicial and academic standing and performance, essay response, evidence of maturity and independence, availability of projects in a specific area, qualifications relevant to the project offered, and results of an interview.

•         Electrical and Computer Engineering

•         Computer Science

•         Mechanical Engineering

•         Physics

•         Mathematics

•         Aerospace Engineering

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