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• 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 Team Scales-up Production of Biopolymer Microthreads New system to supply microthreads for tissue regeneration, wound healing, and cell therapy applications. >
• Honors for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, Community Service Bestowed at Convocation Honorees receive Board of Trustees Awards, Moruzzi Young Faculty Award, and Teaching Assistant of the Year Award.  >
• Graduate Researchers to Test Their Entrepreneurial Pitching Skills in a WPI Competition on April 23 The finalists from a campuswide competition will vie for cash awards as they present to a panel of distinguished judges. >
• Professor José Argüello Named Inaugural Rutman Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at WPI Professorship established through bequest from former trustee Miriam Rutman and her husband, Walter Rutman '30. >
• WPI Students Awarded American Heart Association Fellowships Biomedical engineering PhD candidates Chris Scully and John Favreau granted two-year, $44,000 awards. >
• Joel Brattin, WPI's Expert on Charles Dickens, is in Demand as State Celebrates the Author's 200th Birthday WPI's Robert Fellman Dickens Collection contributes to major exhibition on Dickens in Massachusetts. >
• Developmental Biologist Joseph Duffy Named Head of WPI's Department of Biology and Biotechnology In his research, he explores how cells communicate, work that may offer clues to cancer and other disease states. >
• National Institutes of Health Official to Address WPI Forum on Healthcare Innovation The Aspinwall Symposium focuses on systems approaches to lowering costs and increasing efficiency. >
• WPI Receives Grant for Development of Software Tools to Enhance Student Learning Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds work on technologies to measure student engagement and detect disengagement. >
• Professor Bogdan Vernescu Elected President of the National Professional Science Master's Association NPSMA represents more than 245 PSM programs nationwide. >
• WPI Researchers Win Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards Sonia Chernova and Diana Lados Will Pursue Work Aimed at Creating General Purpose Robots for Everyday People and Building Lighter, Fuel-Saving Vehicles. >
• WPI Establishes the Healthcare Delivery Institute to Improve Patient Care The institute's research includes development of mobile smart applications to engage patients and improve efficiency. >
• WPI Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards The awards recognize 12 distinguished members of the WPI faculty for their teaching, scholarship, and service. >
• Karen Kashmanian Oates Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science World’s largest general scientific society honors WPI's Arts and Sciences Dean for her contributions to science education. >
• Keynote Speakers Announced for Neuroprosthetics 2012 Military and civilian leaders in advanced prosthetics research and development will keynote an international symposium at WPI on February 23, 2012. >
• WPI Team Awarded $1.2 Million to Develop Smart Phone Application for Advanced Diabetes and Wound Care Four-year NSF award will fund the development of an integrated app to help people manage their diabetes. >
• Jamal Yagoobi, Expert on Electrohydrodynamics, to Lead WPI's Mechanical Engineering Department A former department chair at Illinois Institute of Technology, Yagoobi will join the WPI community in January.  >
• Body Rebuilding: Scientists Regenerate Muscle in Mice Using reprogrammed cells and bioengineered microthreads, researchers at WPI and CellThera open the door for a new clinical therapy to treat major muscle trauma. >
• WPI Welcomes 16 New Educators and Researchers to its Full-time Faculty Ranks The new class continues a historic investment, with nearly 80 new full-time faculty members hired over the last five years. >
• Professor José Argüello Appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Biological Chemistry This is the third major recognition in as many years for Argüello, whose research focuses on the structure and function of proteins that transport heavy metals across cell membranes. >
• New Technology from Pall Corp. Bound for WPI Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center Next-generation equipment will be used for the processing, separation, and purification of biopharmaceuticals.  >
• Eduardo Torres-Jara Receives NASA Tech Briefs Award for Technology that Gives Robots the Sense of Touch Inspired by nature, he has developed flexible tactile sensors than enable a robot to gently grip and manipulate objects. >
• More Power to the Cranberry: Study Shows the Juice is Better than Extracts at Fighting Bacterial Infections The study found that cranberry juice is far better than proanthocyanidins, flavonoids found in cranberries, at preventing biofilm formation, the precursor of infection. >
• WPI Professor is Elected President of New Educational Data Mining Society Educational data mining involves analyzing large quantities of data gathered in educational settings.  >
• Hold the Phone for Vital Signs New technology from WPI transforms smart phones into physiological monitors, with broad application for clinical care and remote patient management. >
• WPI Receives Accreditation for First-in-the-Nation Robotics Engineering Undergraduate Degree Program WPI is the only university in the nation with bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in this burgeoning field. >
• Neuroprosthetics 2012 to Focus on Neural Interfaces Neuroprosthetics 2012 will be the third international symposium at WPI for leaders in the field of advanced artificial limb research and development. >
• WPI to Offer New Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Interdisciplinary programs prepare students to apply computational and math skills to biological problems. >
• Professor Dalin Tang Elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association Honor recognizes pioneering research that will lead to new tools to help diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. >
• WPI Seminar Will Explore the Most Advanced Tools for Unlocking the Treasures That Lie Right at the Surface The 1st Surface Metrology Seminar for the Americas will demonstrate how metrology tools can be used in archeology, biomedical sciences, food science, and other fields. >
• Study by Janice Gobert Cited in Science Magazine and its Weekly Podcast Gobert's work has demonstrated how drawing and explaining science concepts helps students develp a deep understanding of the material. >
• WPI to Help Lead a National Study Tackling the Lofty Challenge of Fighting Fires in High-Rises Inspired, in part, by the lessons learned on 9/11, the study will examine the value of using elevators as tools for attacking fires in tall buildings. >
• It's All About Trust: WPI Researchers Help Build a Safer and More Secure Digital World Research on wireless networks, cloud computing, social media, and electronic security aims to overcome our anxiety about our digital devices and the data we entrust to them. >
• Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s WPI professor and Hendrix scholar Joel Brattin recalls what made the August 18, 1969, Woodstock appearance a unique moment in the career of the legendary guitarist. >
• National Leaders in Neuroprosthetics Research to Headline Symposium at WPI On September 16, WPI will host this year's only national conference focused exclusively on the scientific and engineering problems facing the development of the next-generation of artificial limbs and prosthetic devices that will more closely replicate the function of natural limbs.  >
• Kristin Wobbe Installed as First Metzger Professor of Chemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kristin N. Wobbe, head of WPI’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was installed as the first Metzger Professor of Chemistry during a ceremony held on campus on Oct. 14. The endowed professorship, awarded to the head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was established in 2007 through a $1.5 million gift from the late John C. Metzger Jr. ‘46, and his wife, Jean Metzger. >
• Online Social Networks Leak Personal Information to Third-Party Tracking Sites A new study co-authored by a WPI researcher shows that this leakage puts social network users at risk of having their identity linked with their Web browsing behavior. >
• WPI, Colorado School of Mines Establish Center for Sustainable Metals Recovery and Recycling With NSF and industry support, the center will develop technologies that will cut energy usage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions >
• Study Shows Year-end Test Scores Significantly Improved in Schools Using Web-based Tutor Consistent use of ASSISTments, a platform developed at WPI with more than $9 million in federal funding, is linked with increased student learning >
• US Department of Homeland Security Grants WPI Award to Advance State of First-Responder Location Systems Recognizing the nationwide critical need for technology that can save the lives of first responders by accurately tracking their location inside buildings, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded WP) $430,000 to continue development its groundbreaking first-responder location technology and conduct a national test of all existing indoor tracking and monitoring systems. >
• WPI Receives $621,000 in NIH Research Awards Congressman James McGovern today announced National Institutes of Health (NIH) research awards totaling $621,000 for two WPI faculty; Glenn Gaudette, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Terri Camesano, PhD, associate professor of chemical engineering. >
• Annual Two-day Celebration of Research and Discovery at WPI Set for March 30-31 240 graduate students will tell their stories of cutting-edge research in posters; a select few will get to pitch their innovations to a panel of entrepreneurs. >
• WPI Workshop Reveals Progress in Technology to Locate and Safeguard First Responders A recognized leader in precision indoor location systems, WPI has organized the only national workshop dedicated to this lifesaving technology for the past five years.  >
• GRAD 2009: Annual Showcase of Graduate Research at WPI Set for April 1 The breadth and quality of the graduate research programs at WPI will be in the spotlight on April 1 at Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD) 2009, as graduate students share the results of their ongoing research projects in a poster-style symposium. >
• Jeanine Plummer Installed as First Schwaber Professor of Environmental Engineering at WPI Jeanine D. Plummer, director of WPI's Environmental Engineering Program, was installed today as the first Schwaber Professor of Environmental Engineering. The endowed professorship was established with a $2 million gift from David M. Schwaber '65 and his wife, Alena Schwaber. >
• WPI Announces Promotions and Tenure Awards for 11 Members of the Faculty The promotions and tenure awards, whch are effective July 1, are recognition for contributions made through scholarship, teaching, and service to the university. >
• WPI Researchers Study Feasibility of Giant Deep-Water Wind Turbines Supported by the NSF, the work could point toward a way of meeting a substantial portion of the energy needs of coastal states >
• WPI Students Challenged to Research and Develop Innovative Solutions to Important Problems The Daedalus Innovation Competition is designed to encourage students to think about how research can positively impact society. >
• WPI Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship to Conduct Research on Tissue Engineering in Ireland Kristen Billiar, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research and education related to tissue engineering in Ireland. He is the 14th member of the current WPI faculty to be awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant. >
• CellThera and WPI Advance in Regeneration Study The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $570,000 contract to extend a tissue regeneration research program led by scientists at CellThera and the Bioengineering Institute (BEI) and Department of Biology and Biotechnology at WPI. >
• Engineering Health Care: New Center at WPI to Study Medical Systems and Processes Worcester Polytechnic Institute launches the Center for eHealth Innovation and Process Transformation (CeHIPT), to integrate research in technology, engineering, management and process development to help health care organizations realize improvements in patient care and institutional efficiency. >
• WPI's Fire Protection Engineering Head Quoted in ABC News Story on Home Fire Safety The story describes a WPI burn test in which a sparsely furnished room reached flashover in under three minutes. >
• WPI Neuroprosthetics Symposium Noted in Article on Advances in Prosthetics Neuroprosthetics 2009, the first in an annual symposium series, brought some of the top researchers in the field from around the county to WPI to describe advances in the rapidly evolving field of implantable limb neuroprosthetics. >
• Technology for Safeguarding First Responders Inside Buildings to be Showcased at National Workshop Aug. 2-3 meeting at WPI will include technology demonstrations, updates on federal initiatives, and discussions on location and tracking system standards. >
• WPI to Train Displaced Workers in Massachusetts for New Jobs in Biomanufacturing WPI teams up with Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Shire Human Genetic Therapies and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to launch a new training program to help displaced workers qualify for hundreds of jobs now open in biomanufacturing. >
• Elke Rundensteiner Receives WPI's 2010 Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize at Commencement Established through the personal philanthropy of Donald Peterson '71, chairman of the WPI Board of Trustees, the prize honors WPI faculty members for overall excellence. >
• International Workshop Held to Discuss Critical Need for Systems to Track First Responders In Buildings Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, the workshop featured technology demonstrations and keynote speakers from NASA and Qualcomm. >
• Honeywell to Name Fundamentals Lab Area of WPI's New Fire Protection Engineering Facility The future WPI Fire Protection Engineering Lab is expected to house activities related to combustion and explosion, fire and materials, policy and risk, suppression, wildland-urban interface fires, and engineering tools to support the fire service. >
• A Meeting of Minds: How WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center Catalyzes Partnerships The center was designed to break down the traditional barriers between academic departments and between university and corporate research programs. >
• Biophysical Chemist Arne Gericke to Head WPI's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Gericke's research on lipid-mediated protein functions may lead to new diagnostics techniques and treatments for a broad range of diseases, including cancer. >
• Diran Apelian, Founder of the Metal Processing Institute, to Receive Materials Advancement Award A National Academy of Engineering Member, Apelian will be Honored at the National Press Club on Dec. 8 >
• At WPI, Some Students Are Learning It’s OK to Peek Students in WPI’s undergraduate biology labs are using clickers in a new way that promises to improve student-achievement and enhance teaching during science labs. It’s all part of a novel academic technology suite, “The Connected Lab,” developed with a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation. >
• Diana Lados Receives Prestigious Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Robert Lansing Hardy Award The award recognizes young metallurgists for exceptional promise of a successful career in the broad field of metallurgy and materials science. >
• WPI’s Annual Showcase for Student Innovation is April 23 More than 250 student teams from every academic discipline at WPI will present the results of their Major Qualifying Projects to their faculty advisors and project sponsors at locations around campus on Project Presentation Day, April 23. >
• WPI Student Robotics Installation on Display at the Boston Museum of Science "Sticky Pixels," an interactive robotics-based installation created by four WPI juniors, is part of the museum's National Robotics Week Celebration. >
• Frank Hoy Installed as WPI's First Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship An internationally known authority on entrepreneurship, Hoy has held endowed chairs at two universities and published more than seven books and 130 articles and papers >
• WPI Professor David Adams Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• New Fulbright Scholars from WPI Are Addressing Rural Development in Nepal and Risk Communication in Thailand Two WPI faculty professors have become the 12th and 13th members of the current faculty to be awarded Fulbright Scholar grants. Thomas B. Robertson, assistant professor of history, is exploring the consequences of American rural development in Nepal. Seth P. Tuler, research assistant professor of interdisciplinary and global studies, is looking at the need for improved environmental health communications in Thailand. >
• Conference to Explore How the Study of Surfaces Advances Fields as Diverse as Archaeology and Food Science First International Conference on Surface Metrology to Bring Scientists and Engineers from More Than 10 Disciplines to WPI Oct. 26-28 >
• WPI Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Pursue Groundbreaking Research on Dust Explosions Ali Rangwala will conduct a scientific study of the fundamental physics underlying one of the most serious and common fire hazards in industry. >
• Taking the Next Step Toward Advanced Artificial Limbs A team of researchers at WPI will receive $1 million in federal and state grants to advance the critical development of neuroprosthetics; next-generation artificial limbs that could one day be permanently implanted and perform most of the movements and functions of natural limbs. >
• Congress Allocates $1.6 Million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Research on Advanced Neuroprosthetics As part of the recently approved Department of Defense appropriations bill, the U.S. Congress has allocated $1.6 million to WPI to advance groundbreaking research that may set the stage for a new generation of advanced prosthetic limbs that will be fully integrated with the body and nervous system. >
• New Study Shows that Mobile Online Social Networks Add a New Dimension to Privacy Leakage Concerns WPI researcher shows that 20 such sites share users' private information, including their location, with third-party tracking sites >
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute Appoints New Dean of Undergraduate Studies Arthur Heinricher, currently serving as WPI’s first associate dean for the first year experience, will be responsible for ensuring the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of the university’s undergraduate experience. >
• WPI Hosts Symposium on Empowering Patients through Technology and Process Innovation The April 4 event, organized by the WPI Center for eHealth Innovation and Process Transformation, will explore how to reengineer health care to improve the patient experience. >
• New Endowed Professorship in the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Established at WPI Donald K. Peterson, an alumnus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, and his wife Maureen Peterson have established the Peterson Family Professorship in the Life Sciences and Bioengineering at the university. >
• WPI Professor and Institute Head Elected to National Academy of Engineering Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of WPI’s Metal Processing Institute, has been elected to The National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest distinctions accorded to engineers. He is being recognized for leadership in research, engineering education, and university-industry collaboration. >
• National Fire Protection Association Conference Features Research Conducted by WPI Students Projects explored topics ranging from the effects of cultural bias on building evacuation to the dynamics of forest fires and dust explosions. >
• WPI Scientist to Serve as Program Director at the National Science Foundation Jose Arguello, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at WPI, will serve a one-year appointment as a program director at the National Science Foundation starting July 1.  >
• WPI Receives $900,000 NIH Award for Research Aimed at Transforming Adult Skin Cells into Stem-Like Cells A team at WPI has received a three-year, $900,000 award from the National Institutes of Health--one of only 38 awarded through a new program called EUREKA (Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration)--for a project aimed at developing a novel way of transforming adult skin cells into stem-like cells. If successful, the research could result in a relatively simple and straightforward method for replacing tissue lost to injury, growing new organs, and curing degenerative diseases like diabetes and Parkinson’s.  >
• WPI is a Partner in National Center for Cognition and Mathematics Instruction Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the center will apply cognitive science principles to redesign a widely used middle school mathematics curriculum. >
• New York Times Calls on WPI’s Dickens Expert When the Times wanted to know if embattled U.S. Representative Charles Rangel’s plight is right out of Charles Dickens’s Bleak House, they called on internationally known authority Joel J. Brattin. >
• Noted Expert on History of Freemasonry Available to Reporters Covering Release of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Steven C. Bullock, professor of history at WPI and an international recognized authority on the history of Freemasonry in the United States, is available as an expert source for articles on the forthcoming book The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. >
• WPI Research Shows How Cranberry Juice Fights Bacteria at the Molecular Level Team reports first documented measurements of the mechanical forces involved in E. coli infection of the urinary tract. Results may help pave way for development of new antibiotics. >
• WPI To Host National Neuroprosthetics Conference On Sept. 16, 2009, the Center for Neuroprosthetics at WPI's Bioengineering Institute will host a national conference on the research and development of next-generation artificial limbs. >
• Author of The Physics of Superheroes to Speak at WPI James Kakalios, University of Minnesota professor and advisory to the film Watchmen, will explain what comic books can teach us about physics >
• Diran Apelian Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering At a recent ceremony, Diran Apelian, Howmet Professor of Engineering at WPI, was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest distinctions accorded to engineers. >
• WPI Professor Participates in Federal Trade Commission Panel on Online Privacy Concerns Craig Wills was asked to take part in the recent panel because of his research showing that more than half a billion social network users are at risk of having their personal information "leaked" to third-party sites that track their web browsing habits. >
• Joel Brattin, Dickens Scholar and WPI Professor, Discusses 'A Tale of Two Cities' on Minnesota Public Radio Joel J. Brattin, professor of literature at WPI and a noted scholar on the life and works of Charles Dickens, appeared on the Kerri Miller Book Club on Minnesota Public Radio on Jan. 4 to discuss one of the Victorian novelist's most popular books. >
• WPI to Host 2nd Annual Neuroprosthetics Symposium The aim is advancing collaborations that will push next-generation artificial limbs and prosthetic devices closer to clinical applications. >
• Diran Apelian Honored by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WPI and director of the Metal Processing Institute Will Receive the 2010 Robert Earll McConnell Award for "Beneficial Service to Mankind" >
• Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Awards WPI $6.6 Million Grant for Next Phase of Gateway Park Grant leverages $25 million private investment for development of a new facility that will create jobs, house young companies, and provide life sciences training >
• Meeting Will Explore How Tools for Studying Surfaces are Used in Art, Archaeology, Manufacturing, Medicine, and Other Fields International Conference on Surface Metrology will bring practitioners from more than 10 nations to WPI Oct. 25-28. >
• Master’s Degree Tuition Discount Program Allows WPI Seniors and Recent Graduates to Enhance Education, Increase Earning Potential – at a Significantly Lower Cost The Master’s Degree Tuition Incentive Program is a pilot program that offers members of WPI’s Classes of 2004 - 2009 a tuition discount that can reduce the cost of a Master’s Degree by more than 40 percent.  >
• WPI Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure Awards Eight distinguished faculty members are recognized for their accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, and service. >
• Digitization Project Is Making It Possible to Experience Charles Dickens as His Earliest Readers Did With a grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, WPI’s Gordon Library is digitizing the original serial parts of all of Charles Dickens’s novels and making them available to readers and scholars worldwide on the web. >
• Alternative Energy Hits the Road A research team at WPI has found a way to use asphalt’s heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source by developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous—and inexpensive–sources of electricity and hot water. >
• Measuring the Impact of Electronic Medical Records WPI launches a study of IT implementations at four medical organizations—two in the United States and one each in Canada and Israel. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study will analyze how IT affects medical providers, patients, and health care operations. >
• WPI and UMass Medical School Faculty Team Up on Translational Research for Stroke and Heart Disease A collaborative grant program brings together research teams from WPI and UMass Medical School to explore potential new therapies for stroke and heart disease patients by blending biomedical engineering and clinical research. >
• David Easson Appointed Director of the WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park A 20-year veteran of the biotechnology industry, he will manage the center's day-to-day operations and build awareness of its facilities and capabilities. >
• TIME Magazine’s 1996 'Man of the Year,' AIDS Researcher David Ho to Speak at WPI WPI will host a lecture Thursday, August 28 by world-renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, TIME magazine's 1996 "Man of the Year." The lecture will launch this academic year's "Great Problems Seminars," part of a new curriculum designed to engage WPI's first-year students with the great problems facing our world. >
• Virginia Ward ’08 Named WPI’s First Fulbright Scholar Virginia L. Ward ’08,of East Haven, Conn. has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Taiwan during the 2008-09 academic year. She is the first WPI student to be named a Fulbright Scholar in the university’s 143-year history. >
• WPI to Offer a PhD in Robotics Engineering The only university to award a bachelor's degree in this emerging field, WPI will become the first university with bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs. >
• Groundbreaking Study of Wireless Body Area Networks Made Possible by $1.2 Million Award from NIST Led by wireless information network pioneer Kaveh Pahlavan, the research aims to spur the rapid development of this new medical technology >
• NPR's Science Friday and USA Today Call on WPI Internet Privacy Expert Craig Wills, professor of computer science, is an often-cited authority on privacy issues related to online advertising, social networking, and online search engines. >
• Cranberry Juice Shows Promise Blocking Staph Infections New research expands the scope of previous pioneering work by WPI researchers on the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion and bacterial infection. >
• WPI Wins Award for Java Technology Developed with Sun Microsystems A Java technology implementation developed by a team of WPI students and researchers from Sun Microsystems Laboratories for use in the international FIRST Robotics competition will be honored this week with a 2009 Duke’s Choice Award, which recognizes the best and most innovative projects developed using the Java platform during the past year. >
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute to Offer Master’s Program in Robotics Engineering Having launched the nation’s first bachelor’s degree in the field in 2006, WPI has expanded its offerings to meet the demands of one of the fastest growing areas of technology. With the addition of a master of science, WPI becomes the only university in the nation with both undergraduate and graduate programs in robotics engineering. >
• Student Project Cited in New Federal Trade Commission Report on Online Privacy Completed by Mihajlo Zeljkovic '10 and advised by Craig Wills, professor of computer science, the project demonstrated how third-party tracking sites record our online behavior. >
• Massachusetts Professor of the Year Award Goes to a WPI Faculty Member for Second Straight Year For the second year in a row and the third time in six years, a WPI faculty member has been named Professor of the Year for Massachusetts by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Jeanine Plummer, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the university's Environmental Engineering Program, is being recognized as one of the nation's most outstanding undergraduate instructors. >
• WPI to Host 200 Mathematicians at Regional American Mathematical Society Conference More than 200 mathematicians from around the globe will be on the WPI campus April 25-26 as the university hosts the American Mathematical Society’s Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting. April is also the “Mathematics Awareness Month,” and the meeting will include a session on the mathematics of climate change, the special topic of the month. >
• Robotics Teams Featuring WPI Students, Alumni Sweep Top 3 Prizes in 2009 NASA Lunar Excavation Challenge Paul Ventimiglia, a WPI undergraduate robotics engineering major, led his team, Paul's Robotics, to a first-place, $500,000 victory at the Oct. 17-18, 2009 NASA Regolith Excavation Challenge. >
• WPI Receives $500,000 Award from Gates and Hewlett Foundations' Next Generation Learning Challenges The award will help set the stage for significantly expanding the use and impact of the groundbreaking ASSISTments learning and assessment technology. >
• Dean of WPI's School of Business Named Chair of International Accreditation Quality Committee Mark Rice will oversee a committee that recommends changes in standards, policies, and procedures for AACSB, which accredits business and accounting programs. >
• Geolocation, Next Phase of the Social Media Revolution, Focus of June 14 Workshop at WPI Speakers include chief technology officer for Verizon, director of business development for Nokia Research Center, and CEO of Skyhook Wireless >
• UTC Fire & Security Pledges $150,000 for WPI's New Fire Protection Engineering Laboratory A global leader in fire safety and security solutions, the company is partnering with WPI to advance fire science research and education. >
• WPI Senior David Willens Wins ASME Student Manufacturing Design Award WPI senior David Willens, of Holden, Mass., was awarded the prestigious first-place student manufacturing design competition award at the 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering held at Northwestern University in Chicago.  >
• WPI to Host Robotics Researchers for Annual New England Manipulation Symposium on May 29 WPI will host the 5th Annual New England Manipulation Symposium, which brings together robotics researchers from around the Northeast to explore common interests, establish and strengthen collaborations, and enable students to present their findings, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 29 2009, in Higgins Laboratory Room 116. >
• WPI Graduate Student Jason Cox Receives U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal For Research in IED Detection Technology WPI graduate student Sgt. Jason Cox is the recipient of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his work on countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs). During his seven-month tour in Fallujah, and with his chemistry background and training in WPI’s labs, Cox recognized that infrared spectroscopy could be useful in detecting and identifying an IED from 250-meter distance. >
• WPI Welcomes New Scholars and Educators to its Faculty
• NIH Highlights WPI Research that Could Help Reduce Deaths from Heart Attack and Stroke The NIH website highlights groundbreaking work on the growth and rupture of arterial plaque led by Dalin Tang, professor of mathematical sciences at WPI. >
• WPI Historian Steven Bullock Featured in CNN Report on the Masons The story, broadcast in prime time, was part of a two-part series on secret societies. Bullock is an authority on the history of the Freemasons. >
• WPI’s University Lecture to Focus on Climate Change and Alternative Energy WPI will hold its University Lecture, featuring Earth Sciences Professor Franklin M. Orr Jr. of Stanford University, from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 in Alden Memorial. The lecture will address global climate change and how alternative energy sources can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases -- even as the population and developing-world economies grow.  >
• WPI Professor Appointed to NIH Study Section WPI's Jose Arguello, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will help prioritize federally funded life sciences research as a member of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section. >
• Cranberry Juice Creates Energy Barrier that Prevents Bacteria from Adhering to Cells, New Study Shows People have long consumed cranberry juice to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact nature of its action has not been clear. A new study by researchers at WPI reveals a key mechanism: the juice creates an energy barrier that prevents bacteria from latching onto cells in the urinary tract. >
• A High Tech, High Stakes Game of Hide and Seek WPI will hold its third annual workshop on Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders, the only national forum for researchers, corporate R&D leaders, national policy makers, and public safety departments on this critical technological challenge, on Aug. 4-6, 2008, in the Campus Center. >
• WPI Receives $1 Million to Develop System Aimed at Preventing Firefighter Injuries and Deaths The system, which will help prevent the three leading causes of firefighter deaths by precisely locating firefighters in buildings, monitoring their vital signs, and providing early warning of flashover, has garnered extensive media coverage.  >
• Mass. Life Sciences Center CEO Susan Windham-Bannister to Address State’s Biomedical Boom at WPI Venture Forum on Sept. 9

  Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President and CEO Susan Windham-Bannister will address the WPI Venture Forum Tuesday, Sept. 9 in WPI’s Campus Center Odeum. She will discuss expectations for the growth and support of research and investment in life sciences in Worcester and across the state. Doors open at 5:30, with the program starting at 6:30 p.m.

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• Keynote Speakers Announced for Neuroprosthetics 2010 Symposium Leading advocates for civilian and military amputees will headline the November 3 event, the second such national forum organized by WPI's Bioengineering Institute >
• Student Research Shows Solar Energy Could Save Money for School District A team of WPI students researching the feasibility of installing solar energy systems atop each of the town of Leicester’s school buildings will present their recommendations before town residents at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Leicester High School’s auditorium.  >
• Biomedical Informatics Theme of 2010 WPI Biotechnology and Bioengineering Corporate Forum The forum will feature speakers from GE Healthcare, eclinicalworks, GenomeQuest, Fallon Clinic, Mass. Biomedical Initiatives, and UMass Medical School. >
• WPI Honors Community Members for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Service Board of Trustees Awards, Moruzzi Young Faculty Award, and Teaching Assistant of the Year Award Presented at annual Honors Convocation >
• Mass. Clean Energy Center Awards Grant to Worcester's Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability The Mass. Clean Energy Center has awarded a grant to the Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability in Worcester to support the start-up phase of its operations. >
• Growing Fuel and Medicine: Advancing Biofuels and Plant-Produced Therapeutics At all-day symposium at WPI’s Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park, sponsored by WPI’s Bioengineering Institute, scientists from WPI and the Arkansas Bioscience Institute presented their latest research on cellulosic ethanol, therapeutics produced from tobacco roots, and other plant-based research. >
• In Memoriam: Audrey Muggleton-Harris, Former Professor and Life Sciences Pioneer An early faculty member in WPI's life sciences program, she made notable contributions during a distinguished career to cell biology, embryology, and cloning. >
• WPI Adds a Record 23 New Full-time Educators and Researchers to its Faculty WPI welcomed 23 new educators and researchers to its full-time faculty ranks this fall, the largest incoming group of new faculty in its 144-year history. >
• WPI Announces Next Phase for Gateway Park Partnership WPI and the Worcester Business Development Corporation have revised their relationship at Gateway Park to enable both partners to advance their respective missions.  >
• WPI Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections WPI team develops a new way to study fungal infections and screen potential drug targets for conditions like thrush, athlete's foot and vaginal yeast infections, which affect millions of people but are difficult to treat with existing medications. >
• Shire Donates Bioreactor to Expand WPI's Training Programs in Biologics Manufacturing The commercial-scale reactor will be used at the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center planned for Gateway Park. >
• WPI Launches a New Graduate Program in Learning Sciences and Technologies The first such program in New England, it will help address a pressing national need for enhanced K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. >
• WPI Welcomes 16 New Educators and Researchers to its Full-time Faculty Ranks This new faculty class includes the university's inaugural deans of arts and sciences and engineering and the first dean of WPI's New School of Business. >
• WPI to Host Unique Forum Featuring University’s Scientists, Engineers, and Key Administrators Discussing the Importance of Voting in November Presidential Election WPI will host a unique, nonpartisan forum called “What’s at Stake: Why the WPI Community Should Vote,” at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 in Kinnicutt Hall. Several of the university’s science and engineering professors and key administrators will offer their perspectives on why voting in the Nov. 4 presidential election is critically important to university-level research in the STEM fields. >
• New Algorithm Developed at WPI Improves Detection of Potentially Deadly Atrial Fibrillation Developed by Ki Chon, the algorithm has been incorporated in a new ScottCare monitor that represents a major step forward in the diagnosis of this heart condition. >
• WPI Professor John Orr to Receive Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Educator Award Presented by the American Society for Engineering Education, the award recognizes significant contributions to engineering education on campus and nationally. >
• Shire HGT Teams Up with WPI to Expand Workforce Training Programs for Biologics Manufacturing Shire Human Genetic Therapies, a business unit of Shire plc, is partnering with WPI to expand training opportunities for adult learners who want to develop the skills they need to transition into the life sciences sector. >
• WPI Receives Key Sponsorship, $100,000 Pledge from RJA for New Fire Sciences Lab WPI has received a $100,000 pledge from Chicago-based Rolf Jensen & Associates to help fund a new, state-of-the-art fire sciences laboratory. RJA has committed to a five-year endowment to support the project and has volunteered to spearhead fundraising. >
• WPI Announces New PhD Program in Biochemistry The program responds to growing student interest, the expansion of the university's biochemistry faculty, and the importance of high-level investigation in biochemistry to the interdisciplinary research underway in the WPI Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park. >
• In a Christian Science Monitor Essay, WPI Professor Reflects on the Nuclear Disaster in Japan John Sanbonmatsu, associate professor of philosophy, says the crisis reminds us of "the mortal threat our civilization more generally has come to pose to the living earth itself." >
• Diran Apelian, Director of WPI’s Metal Processing Institute, Elected to the Armenian Academy of Sciences Diran Apelian has been elected a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. >
• In Memoriam: Alex DiIorio, Director of WPI's Bioprocess Center In addition to performing research and development contract work for the biotechnology industry, DiIorio, who died July 9, conducted research on biofuels and heavy metals pollution. >
• Telegram & Gazette highlights WPI's Aerospace Engineering Program On July 20, 2009 - the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing - the Telegram & Gazette highlighted WPI's Aerospace Engineering program in a front-page story. The article included quotes from Professor Nikolaos Gatsonis, director of WPI's Aerospace Engineering Department; and Associate Professor John Blandino. >
• WPI Receives $1.5 Million for Membrane System that May Make Coal Gas Electric Plants More Competitive One of Four Awards Under New Department of Energy Initiative; Could be First Phase of an $8.5 Million Program >
• WPI Announces Launch of the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center The new center, which will be the first of its kind in the Northeast, is designed to expand the biomanufacturing workforce and help companies grow. >
• WPI Receives $1.3 Million for Ongoing Life Sciences Research The National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation Fund award WPI faculty grants for work on the biochemistry of tuberculosis, stem cell biology, tissue engineering and other areas. >
• Diran Apelian Tapped to Chair National Blue Ribbon Panel on Materials and Energy Commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, the panel will explore how breakthroughs in materials and materials processes can help meet national energy and climate goals >
• National Professional Science Master’s Association to Announce First Board of Advisors at National Conference The National Professional Science Master’s Association, headquartered at WPI, will name its inaugural national advisory board when it convenes its first national conference in Atlanta this week. The organization promotes and supports professional master's degree programs at universities across the nation. >
• Pioneering Work on Cardiovascular Disease and Arterial Plaque Advances with $1.4 Million NIH Award Led by Dalin Tang, the work may lead to tools for diagnosing, treating, and preventing heart attack and stroke >
• Popular Science Features a Firefighter Location and Monitoring System Developed at WPI This lifesaving technology can precisely locate and track firefighters inside burning buildings while also monitoring their vital signs and providing an early warning of flashover. >
• Study Shows Novel Bioreactor Enhances Interleukin-12 Production in Genetically Modified Tobacco Plants In a study published in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, scientists at WPI and the Arkansas Bioscience Institute report that hairy roots from genetically modified tobacco plants grown in a contained novel mist bioreactor system yield significant quantities of murine interleukin-12, a naturally occurring protein essential for the proper functioning of the human immune system. >
• Karen Kashmanian Oates, PhD, Named WPI's First Dean of Arts and Sciences She is a deputy director at the National Science Foundation and a nationally recognized scientist, science educator, and higher education leader. >
• WPI Receives $756,000 in Federal Support for Research in the Life Sciences The funds will support research on the molecular processes of nervous system development, bacterial infection, and plant production of a malaria drug. >
• Diana Lados to Participate in National Academy of Engineering's U.S. Frontiers of Engineering She is one of only 87 young engineers nationwide invited to participate in the symposium in recognition of her exceptional engineering research and technical work. >
• Location-Based Applications Driving Innovation in Wireless Communications Industry Unprecedented proliferation of applications creates extraordinary opportunities for mining vast amounts of data about consumer behavior patterns >
• Stem Cell Journal Editors Share Paper on Research Done at WPI with Wider Scientific Audience The journal Cloning and Stem Cells highlights the work of a research team at WPI >
• CNN Covers WPI Professor's Research Aimed at Turning Roads into Solar Collectors The story featured Rajib Mallick's pioneering work on capturing solar energy from asphalt to keep roads snow free, generate power, or extend pavement life. >
• The Future of Wireless Body Area Networks Will Be the Focus of a June 20 Workshop at WPI Leading academic, corporate, government, and health care researchers and executives will seek a coherent vision for this emerging technology. >
• Discovery that a Plant Hormone is Also Produced by Yeast is Clue to How Fungal Infections Begin WPI team is studying the basic biology of yeast to identify targets for new drugs aimed at these difficult to treat infections. >
• New Book Explores Stem Cell Therapies for Heart Disease Glenn Gaudette, associate professor of biomedical engineering at WPI, co-edits a foundational text for the emerging field of stem cell therapies to treat heart disease. >
• A ‘Stitch in Time’ Could Help Damaged Hearts Microthread technology developed at WPI will put stem cells in the hands of a surgeon, creating a new method to deliver cell-based therapies right where they are needed. >
• WPI Honors Community Members for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Advising, and Service Board of Trustees Awards, Moruzzi Young Faculty Award, and Teaching Assistant of the Year Award presented at annual Honors Convocation. >
• WPI to Host Symposium on the Ethical Issues Surrounding Robotics With RoboEthics, WPI -- the only school in the country to offer bachelor's through PhD programs in robotics engineering -- will observe National Robotics Week. >