WPI Journal

It’s Good to Be King

DraftKings co-founder Paul Liberman ’05 builds a gaming empire with an engineering mindset.

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Paul Liberman at DraftKings

A Dry Heat

Jamal Yagoobi’s dual areas of expertise have him in demand everywhere from outer space to the manufacturing floor.

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Jamal Yagoobi with his industrial dryer at Sagamore Labs

Pitch Perfect

Gabriela Hoops ’19 operates at the crucial intersection between sports and tech.

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Gabriella Hoops at the 2023 Women's World Cup
Q&A: Solomon Mensah on Encouraging STEM careers Solomon Mensah

Q&A: Solomon Mensah on Encouraging STEM careers

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Solomon Mensah, answers questions about introducing high school students from underrepresented communities to the biomedical device industry.

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Plot Twist Nina Simon

Plot Twist

Her mom’s health scare set author Nina Simon on a quest to plan and solve a murder.

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Adaptive Golfer Doug Shirakura Hopes To Inspire Adaptive golfer Doug Shirakura

Adaptive Golfer Doug Shirakura Hopes To Inspire

Doug Shirakura hopes to apply his skills as a player and an engineer into the adaptive golf industry.

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Purvi Shah Items found in Purvi Shah's office

Purvi Shah

Get to know Purvi Shah, associate professor of marketing, through items found in her office.

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WPI’s First Project Center Celebrates 50 Years Illustration of the Washington, DC, Project Center's 50th anniversary

WPI’s First Project Center Celebrates 50 Years

Washington, D.C., is home to many firsts, which is why it’s only fitting that it was chosen as the location for WPI’s first project center back in 1974.

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The Archivist: A Game Plan for Success Students in the dorms playing video games, plus Michael Genner and Mark Claypool

The Archivist: A Game Plan for Success

Looking back at the first two decades of Interactive Media and Game Design.

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A Story Told in Pins A backpack with pins

A Story Told in Pins

Joelis Velez Diaz ’24 carries clues to her life story in the assortment of pins attached to her backpack.

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Philanthropic Giving in Support of Gender Equity Illustration of Susan and William Rutherford

Philanthropic Giving in Support of Gender Equity

Susan and William Rutherford ’73 endowed the William A. '73 and Susan Rutherford Civil Engineering Scholarship, to help ensure there would always be scholarship support available for all women if they chose to study civil engineering.

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