WPI Experts

Brajendra Mishra, Kenneth G. Merriam Professor in Mechanical Engineering, and Director of the Metal Processing Institute at WPI, does research focused on sustainable stewardship of the Earth’s resources through the development of technologies to advance metals and materials processing. Mishra is an expert on resource recovery, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling. 

He recently led a research study that quantifies reductions in manufacturing-related emissions through the reuse of auto parts. The study also found that this strategy of reuse can also make the automotive industry more self-sufficient by strengthening the domestic supply chain. The research team will present its findings at The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society annual meeting this month.

Mishra can speak about the important challenge of developing industry-oriented methods for energy and materials sustainability.

He is one of many WPI experts on climate technology who are using their technological knowledge to find innovative ways to identify renewable resources, as a method of addressing carbon dioxide emissions.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been designated an R1 institution and joined the ranks of the nation’s top-tier research institutions in a new classification of American colleges and universities published by the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

The R1 designation, which identifies WPI as one of 187 institutions with “very high research spending and doctorate production,” caps a decade of efforts to expand research and innovation at the university.