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• WPI Students Explore Morocco A group of WPI engineering students had an invaluable global educational experience at the Morocco project center in partnership with Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. >
• WPI Students Keep an Eye on Engineering Celebrate Awesome was this year’s theme for National Engineers Week and that’s just what we did here at WPI—we celebrated the awesome ways that today’s engineering professionals contribute to society. >
• Hot Topics Arise at the 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference The US edition of the 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, co-organized by IAWF, IAFSS, Tomsk State University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was held in Raleigh, NC last February 18-22. >
• Terri Camesano 2012-2013 ELATE Fellow Terri Camesano, Professor of Chemical Engineering, has graduated from the inaugural class of the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE at Drexel™) Fellowship program. >
• WPI Honored for Firefighter Safety Technology An enthusiastic round of applause heated up the historic Mechanics Hall on a cold winter day this past December when four WPI professors took the stage at the 23rd Annual “Firefighter of the Year” ceremony. >
• Three New Faculty Join WPI Engineering WPI Engineering prides itself on attracting some of the best faculty candidates available in the profession. This year, eleven outstanding new tenure-track faculty joined WPI Engineering. >
• Donald N. Zwiep Memorial Gift Funds for WPI Engineering Marcia Zwiep and her family have generously provided funds to establish the Donald N. Zwiep Faculty Award and the Memorial Scholarship Fund at WPI. >
• WPI Research Shows How Earthquake Damage Can Impact Building Fire Safety Performance Report details the results of a groundbreaking 2012 study. >
• CPASS Faculty Shine Spotlight on Autonomous Systems Security in IEEE Micro Exciting Research Opportunities has Potential Security Vulnerabilities >
• WPI Biomedical Technology in Final Four of International Business Plan Contest The microthreads developed by George Pins and Glenn Gaudette are used for wound healing and tissue regeneration. >
• Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards are Announced WPI honors eight distinguished scholars and educators who have brought distinction to themselves and the Institute. >
• WPI Engineering Celebrates National Engineers Week WPI will celebrate National Engineers Week (EWeek) February 17-23. >
• GRAD 2013 registration deadline is February 25, 2013 Through two annual events, the university celebrates students' accomplishments, encourages them to share their work with the greater WPI community, and helps them take their research to the next level. >
• 2013 Eye on Engineering Photo Competition WPI is celebrating National Engineers Week on February 17-23, 2013, and we invite you to tap into your creativity to help us promote engineering awareness. >
• WPI Honored for Developing Technology that Increases Firefighter Safety The Fire Marshal's Award recognizes work on devices that track first responders in buildings and warn them of hazards. >
• CEE Alumnus Talks About Milestone ExxonMobil Project Former ExxonMobil Senior Manager William G. Hillner, class of 1970, recently returned to campus to discuss the construction and deployment of Russia’s largest offshore production platform. >
• WPI Professor Diana Lados Honored by Mass High Tech with a 2012 Women to Watch Award She is the director of WPI's Integrative Materials Design Center and an NSF CAREER Award recipient. >
• WPI Class of 2016: Ready, Willing, and Able President Dennis Berkey welcomed WPI’s Class of 2016 with great enthusiasm on August 19, at which time he commended the incoming students for their great empathy, strong work ethic, and deep commitment to excellence. >
• WPI Selected as Finalist in the Solar Decathlon Competition WPI has been selected as finalist in the Solar Decathlon China 2013, an award-winning program that challenges university teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses. >
• National Academy Recognizes WPI in New Report WPI’s Great Problems Seminars has been recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of 29 programs that successfully infuses real-world experiences into engineering education. >
• Koerners Meet WPI 2012 Fellows Dr. Robert Koerner and his wife, Paula Koerner, representing the Koerner Family Fellowships, which provide support for WPI engineering students, recently visited campus to give Koerner Fellows an opportunity to meet their benefactors. >
• Yehia Massoud Named Head of WPI's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Massoud's research spans embedded systems, signal processing, nanotechnology, and biotechnology.  >
• WPI Awarded $1.9M Department of Army Grant A $1.9 million Department of Army grant for “Wearable Wireless Sensor for Multi-scale Physiological Monitoring at WPI" was awarded to WPI Biomedical Engineering Professors Ki H. Chon and Yitzhak Mendelson. >
• Eleven ECE Students Receive an IEEE PES Scholarship Eleven Electrical & Computer Engineering students were selected by industry and academic representatives to receive a $2,000 IEEE PES Scholarship. >
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