Professor Agu's research interests are in the areas of computer graphics, mobile computing, and wireless networks. He is especially interested in research into how to use a smartphone as a platform to deliver better healthcare. In collaboration with researchers at WPI and at UMass Medical School, he is currently working on NIH-funded research project to create a mobile application for chronic wound care management for patients with lower extremity and pressure ulcers. He is also...

Professor Aguilar's teaching and research interests include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, folklore, science fiction, and the contemporary American novel. He’s the author of Half Out Where and has work in The Iowa Review, DIAGRAM, Tin House, and The Threepenny Review. He also serves as an instructor for Bard College’s Clemente Course in the Humanities.

Professor Bailey-Hytholt's research is focused on areas that include biomaterials, drug and gene delivery, and diagnostics. In her research lab, she applies concepts including lipid and polymeric material assembly, molecular interaction studies, and engineering cellular microenvironments to address critical unmet needs, particularly in the area of women’s health. Her research seeks to design new therapeutics to treat conditions that impact prenatal and women’s health, as well as to develop tools to better understand how molecules, such as pharmaceuticals and environmental...

The goal of Professor Bakermans' research program is to promote the conservation of biodiversity by maintaining viable wildlife populations across the landscape. Specifically, her research addresses the influence of anthropogenic disturbances, like forest management, urbanization, and agriculture, on wildlife. She says it's her goal to open students' eyes to the evolving and interconnected world of science by using my research as an example of how to assimilate science and the role of conservation in today's...

Professor Barton composes and performs electro acoustic music, designs and builds robots, and conducts psychological research. He combines these efforts in the development of technological tools that inspire creativity and enable meaningful human interactions (with other people, computers, and robots). These preceding purports to inspire new musical works that are intellectually, emotionally, and culturally engaging. Barton directs The Music, Perception, and Robotics Lab at WPI that explores human music perception and how technological tools can...

Professor John Bergendahl studies physical and chemical processes for enabling sustainable design of engineered systems. His work on developing solutions to emerging contaminants in water, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS), has included various research activities, advising student projects, and consulting. This work consisted of developing analytical techniques, analyzing treatment technologies, and designing solutions.

Professor Bianchi works in the area of music technology. As the director of music technology research, Bianchi works with students from all disciplines. His particular focus is Virtual Orchestra technology and multichannel sound design. He also oversees the Media Arts Group Innovation Center (MAGIC). Bianchi is a composer and pioneer of music technology who developed the Virtual Orchestra, a complex computer system network that can simulate the sounds and behaviors of an orchestra, with the ability...

Professor Billiar studies the mechanisms by which mechanical forces regulate the development and healing of connective tissues and the pathogenesis of disease is becoming one of the foremost problems at the intersection of biomechanics and cell biology. The body’s soft tissues experience forces during exercise (muscles contract and pull on tendons and ligaments) and at rest (blood vessels stretch with each heart beat). Understanding the mechanisms that enable a cell to “feel” a force, interpret...