Several media outlets reported on two WPI research projects being selected as winners of the first Massachusetts AI Models Innovation Challenge. The projects led by Michael Timko, William B. Smith Professor of Chemical Engineering and head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Berk Calli, associate professor in the Robotics Engineering Department, harness artificial intelligence to advance clean technology.

The Telegram & Gazette reported on Professor Michael Timko, associate professor of chemical engineering, expanding his green energy research with a $2M Department of Energy grant. ​Timko is teaming up on the project with Andrew Teixeira, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Geoffrey Tompsett, assistant research professor of chemical engineering.