WPI Experts

In the world of construction, advances seek to address sustainability and reduce emissions. Nima Rahbar, the Ralph H. White Family Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering is leading efforts to develop sustainable alternatives to traditional concrete. 

His research has led to the development of carbon-negative construction materials that use enzymes to convert carbon dioxide into building materials that can rapidly cure and contribute to circular manufacturing. He can speak about his research and how biological materials can contribute to the design of high-performance materials and structures.

Biomedical engineering researcher Shijie Zhou brings a computational approach to the quest for better treatments for irregular heartbeats. He is using large sets of data from noninvasive clinical tests, computational methods, and artificial intelligence to reconstruct cardiac events such as arrhythmias in digital models. His goal is to make ablation procedures safer and more accurate.