At Planet, a San Francisco-based start-up that sends flocks of miniature satellites into space to provide continuous, detailed coverage of the Earth, spacecraft engineer Allan Sword '04 has been streamlining the process for environmental testing and integrating new hardware into the company’s testing facility.
The Department of Energy's Office of Science kicked off National Clean Energy Week by highlighting research conducted by Mike Timko, associate professor of chemical engineering, on their home page. Through his research, Timko is aiming to greatly improve the yield of oil from the waste food conversion process while also improving efficiencies.
College Factual has ranked WPI as the 2nd best school to study Computer Science in the United States in their 2019 rankings.
