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• WPI at APS WPI faculty and students are featured this year at the American Physical Society March Meeting 2013 from March 19–22 in Baltimore, Maryland. >
• Giovanni Capriglione, new representative to Texas Statehouse; R - Southlake Alumni, Giovanni Capriglione is the the new Representative to the Texas Statehouse, R - Southlake. He holds a BSC in Physics, WPI, 1995. >
• Jason Tuell, PhD, named Dir. of National Weather Service Eastern Region (Dec. 30, 2012) Jason, who is Chief of the Meteorological Servies Division of NOAA's National Weather Services has been named Director of National Weather Services Eastern Region as of December 30, 2012. Jason holds a BSC. PH from WPI, 1976. MS., University of Washington PhD, Georgia Tech >
• New Study Sheds Light on How Cells Transport Materials Along Crowded Intercellular 'Highways' Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Study by Physicists at WPI and UMass Amherst Provides New Insights into a Cellular System Whose Failure Can Lead to Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancer. >
• Ronald D. Abruzzese, novelist in San Fran., new murder/mystery novel set in Boston "The Instrumental Rabbi" Alumn, Ronald D. Abruzzese is currently promoting his murder/mystery novel "The Instrumental Rabbi" nationwide. The novel revolves around a series of serial subway murders which occur in Boston. A Northeastern Univ. criminal Justice Professor leads the investigation.  >
• Marc Rouleau, Blue Star Planetarium, Westminster, MA Marc Rouleau, and experienced planetarium director, is the owner of Blu Star Planetarium which is based in Westminster, MA. It is an entrepreneurial venture that "orbits" Central Mass. It is a portable planetarium which is a tent-like structure that is inflated with a fan. >
• WPI Professor, Alumnus Share Prestigious Kalenian Award
• 2012 Nanoscience Research Highlights We are developing a way to characterize the polymers on a virulent human pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using atomic force microscopy experiments and modeling, we are working toward an enhanced understanding of the conformation of bacterial surface polymers of this microbe. Read about four student projects. >
• Award Position Recognition Interdisciplinary capabilities recognition awards appointed to two Physics faculty members. >