Major Qualifying Project
At WPI, where theory and practice are balanced, Industrial Engineering (IE) students have helped solve problems confronted by companies through their Major Qualifying Projects (MQP), giving them real- world experience. For organizations that are interested in sponsoring projects, please check out our one-page project information flyer. For students that want to know how to conduct an IE MQP and associated requirements, please refer to our IE MQP syllabus.
Over the years, our project sponsors have converged into three categories – financial services, supply chain, operations and manufacturing, and healthcare and hospitals. These industries also represent the major employers for WPI’s IE majors. See the sample of MQP projects with industry sponsors:
Financial Services
Sponsored by Andrew Clark and BNP Paribas
Developing Models to Visualize & Analyze User Interaction for Financial Technology Websites
Sponsored by Vestigo Ventures
FinTech Project B21 - Customer Cross Reference UI
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments
FinTech Project B24 - Fidelity FMT - Create The Fidelity Metrics Store
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments
Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing
Sponsored by Affordable Interior Systems, Inc.
Sponsored by Worcester Red Sox
Saint-Gobain Abrasives: Optimizing the Finishing Process in Bond Plant 7
Sponsored by Saint-Gobain Abrasives
Sponsored by Vater Percussion
Sponsored by Affordable Interior Systems, Inc.
Improving the Shipping & Receiving Process at Sjogren Industries Inc.
Sponsored by Sjogren Industries Inc.
Evaluating Economic Feasibility and Design of Modular Production Systems in the Steel Industry
Sponsored by GenH
Healthcare and Hospitals
Connecticut Children's: Applying Analytics to Operational Decision-Making
Sponsored by Connecticut Children's
Evaluating the Effects of Suicide Risk Screening on Emergency Department Workflow
Sponsored by Edwin Boudreaux
Sponsored by UMass Memorial Health
Sponsored by Stability Health and HealthInfoNet
UMass Memorial Mobile Integrated Healthcare Program: Preparing for Growth with Data Analysis
Sponsored by UMass Memorial Health
Humanitarian
Analytical Approaches to Improve the Defensive Asylum Process at the United States Southern Border
Equitable Employment Solutions: Enhancing Skills Matching for Marginalized Groups
Sponsored by Intrare
Sponsored by Worcester FAB Lab for Social Good and the City of Worcester
Improving Goddard Riverside’s Options Center Access Program Intake Process
Sponsored by Goddard Riverside's Options Center