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2013 Project Presentation Day
April 18 was a very special day. On Project Presentation Day each year, we stop all classes and celebrate the accomplishments of our students completing their Major Qualifying Project. All over campus, there are posters and oral presentations, anxious students in professional attire, and proud faculty learning from their students. Some students will receive recognition [...]
Continue reading >Masters Program to Host Data Sciences Workshop
April 18, 2013
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With the ever-increasing data collection in all areas of life, the need for trained professionals to manage, analyze, and communicate this data is great. Beginning on May 28th, WPI and the National Professional Science Master’s Association (NPSMA) will host a two-day workshop that will address the major questions related to identifying the skills professionals need [...]
Continue reading >Project Presentation Day – April 18
January 23, 2013
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Each spring, on Project Presentation Day, student teams, representing all of WPI’s academic departments, present the results of their Major Projects to their faculty advisors and external sponsors. The public is invited to take part in this annual exhibition of the remarkable outcomes of our students’ project work. In addition, Dean Oates will be hosting [...]
Continue reading >i3 competition – April 22 (corrected date)
January 23, 2013
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i3 encourages graduate students to consider how their ideas and innovations could become the foundation for new products, new commercially valuable processes, and even new companies. Students develop five-minute pitches that explain, without the aid of visuals, how their innovations addresses important commercial or societal needs, why they are better than existing technology or processes, [...]
Continue reading >GRAD Day – March 13
January 23, 2013
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Now in its seventh year, GRAD (Graduate Research Achievement Day) is a huge poster event open to all graduate students engaged in research. Posters fill the entire upper level of the Campus Center and the Great Hall of Alden Memorial, creating a panorama of discovery and innovation. Teams of faculty judges review the posters, interview [...]
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April 18, 2013
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