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WPI supply chain management professor analyzes U.S. manufacturing data

Joseph Sarkis, professor of management in The Business School, talked with Marketplace about the latest manufacturing data in a radio interview broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the country. 

 

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WPI Contributions to Space Travel

Jamal Yagoobi, head of the Mechanical Engineering department, is featured in a segment discussing research on a cooling system that will be placed on the International Space Station.

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WPI Prof's Cooling Technology Could Aid Space Travel

The Telegram & Gazette profiled research by Jamal Yagoobi, department head and professor of mechanical engineering. “When you try to do something in space, the design aspect is so critical,” Yagoobi said. This new method to cool spacecraft on long missions may one day play a crucial role in NASA’s quest to send astronauts to Mars and other deep-space destinations.

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Coolingzone.com, Jamal Yagoobi, electronics, WPI Researchers Design Electrohydrodynamic Pump to Cool Electronics in Space, 2017-01-01

Tis article reports on a WPI-developed electrohydrodynamic pump that could be a breakthrough in cooling high-powered electronics in space. Under professor Jamal Yagoobi’s guidance, the device was tested on NASA’s reduced-gravity aircraft, known as the Vomit Comet, to mimic the zero-G atmosphere of space.