Worcester, MA – September 5, 2024—Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has launched a groundbreaking Master of Science in Explosion Protection Engineering, the first program of its kind in the United ...

Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at The University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that ...

Since 2000, wildfires have destroyed an average of seven million acres each year. And with rising global temperatures from climate change, the threat is growing exponentially. Researchers at labs and ...

As a chemical engineer, Spencer Temples told MassLive that explosions are a major problem in his industry. “I’m personally from the chemical industry and it’s been the sleeping dragon in almost every ...

YOU CAN’T APPRECIATE ART. JUST ANOTHER DAY AT WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WHERE STUDENTS AND PLANES WALK THE QUAD. BIG LEFT TURN, BOTH MOVING TOWARD THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. IT’S OKAY. WE LEARN FROM ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Catherine Whittington has been awarded a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for $629,998 to create laboratory models for the study of fibrosis ...

Jeffrey Ponce Lopez, from Chelsea, Massachusetts, a member of the class of 2026, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named a top-tier research university. The American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published their 2025 ...

Annabelle Mullins, of Franconia, N.H., has been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2025 semester at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. WPI students ...