Power the World

    Power the World looks at both the physics and the policies involved with energy technologies. Every generation in every community has experience an "energy crisis." People have found ways to proceed, but solutions have always involved positive and negative consequences. Our students gain access to this depth and breadth of awareness from the first day of the term. This awareness is key to becoming not only effective engineers, but effective citizens of the 21st century. Students in Power the World have...

•  developed a consumer guide for residential wind power,
•  analyzed policies for nuclear waste management,
•  analyzed the costs and benefits of a green roof on WPI's proposed recreation center, and
•  studied algae for biodiesel production

Undergraduate Studies - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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