Archive for May, 2012
The Great Problems Seminar
For more than 40 years, WPI has been a leader in higher education for educating students to tackle real-world problem solving through the project-enriched curriculum established by the WPI Plan. In 2007, our faculty brought a new level of innovation to the WPI project-enriched learning experience with the introduction of the Great Problems Seminar (GPS) […]
The Highest Intern Wages Are…
It is generally well-known that engineering majors do well for compensated internship positions. At WPI, paid summer internships that run 3-4 months are tremendously popular with students and February-May is peak time for recruiting student interns. Talent ranges from highly motivated first-year students to graduate school students capitalizing on their experiences. For those employers that […]
Major Highlight: Civil Engineering
Why during the summer, is the highway we’re on reduced to one lane—dug up— and equipment everywhere? How do we fix the adverse environmental impact on local residents from an accident involving manufacturing and municipal wastes? To answer these questions and solve these problems, the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at WPI offers a rich […]
