WPI Journal

Aiming High

Pioneering fighter pilot Stacey Cotton Bonasso '90 inspires the next generation as a high school STEM teacher.

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Stacey Bonasso

The Humanity of Robots in the Workplace

As WPI researchers—and alumni—introduce innovative robotic solutions into entirely new workplace environments, understanding how humans interact, appreciate, and accept these high-tech coworkers takes on greater significance.

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The Humanity of Robots in the Workplace

A Robotics Resource for Solving Problems

ROSE-HUB bridges the gap between WPI robotics research and the development of commercial technologies.

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Jing Xiao Rose Hub
Wearable Robot Offers Hope Tess Meier and her robotic HOPE hand

Wearable Robot Offers Hope

Tess Meier uses an insider’s perspective to perfect an exoskeleton hand prototype.

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Working Smarter, Not Harder Rugged Robot at sunrise on a job site

Working Smarter, Not Harder

Derrick Morse ’01, MS ’03, cofounded Rugged Robotics to tackle the back-breaking, detailed work of layout transfer.

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A Welcome Invasion of City Walls Researchers at City Hall

A Welcome Invasion of City Walls

Associate Professor Cagdas Onal leads research perfecting lizard-like robots that sneak into small spaces for mapping and inspections.

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Q&A: Colin Watters on Helping Keep Travelers Safe Colin Watters

Q&A: Colin Watters on Helping Keep Travelers Safe

Director of Global Risk Colin Watters answers questions about helping to keep WPI community members safe while traveling abroad.

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Students Return to China’s Hangzhou Project Center An illustration representing the Hangzhou Project Center

Students Return to China’s Hangzhou Project Center

While all of WPI’s 50+ project centers were forced to pivot back in 2020, the majority of them have been able to resume operations at their original locales. Now, after three long years, the Hangzhou Project Center has joined them.

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Melissa Kagen Items found in Melissa Kagen's office

Melissa Kagen

Get to know Melissa Kagen, assistant professor of interactive media and game development, through items found in her office.

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Paul Pacheco Brings Authenticity to His High School Biology Class Paul Pacheco

Paul Pacheco Brings Authenticity to His High School Biology Class

For some, teaching is what they know they want to do from day one; they can’t imagine doing anything else. Paul Pacheco's path to the front of the classroom, on the other hand, was anything but linear.

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Moe Young ’03 Spreads Joy With Marshmallows Mo Young in her Moeshmallows food truck

Moe Young ’03 Spreads Joy With Marshmallows

When Maureen “Moe” Young graduated with a biology and biotechnology degree 20 years ago, she never knew her future would include a career that feeds her passions for science and food.

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Berk Calli and James Akl

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Assistant Professor Berk Calli and student researchers work to create a robot to safely break up ships.

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