Winter 2022

An Easier Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen Clean Hydrogen

An Easier Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen

Yu Zhong has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy grant to lead a $1.2 million project to design better-performing materials for devices that split water molecules to produce clean hydrogen fuel.

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Research Investigates Stress Fractures in Female Runners Stress fracture research

Research Investigates Stress Fractures in Female Runners

Researcher Karen Troy, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a $462,645 grant by the National Institutes of Health to determine the role that muscle and bone strength play in stress fractures in the feet of female runners.

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Summer Lab Program Aims to Improve K-12 STEM Education Summer Lab Program

Summer Lab Program Aims to Improve K-12 STEM Education

WPI will launch a summer program in 2022 with the goal of improving high school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in high need Worcester-area schools.

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Student Group Encourages Women to Consider Cybersecurity Cyber Security Student Group

Student Group Encourages Women to Consider Cybersecurity

Students at WPI created a chapter of Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), a national organization with a goal of encouraging girls and women to enter the computer science fields.

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Sense of Place: A Visible Statement Diversity in STEM mural

Sense of Place: A Visible Statement

A mural celebrating diversity in STEM, a gift from the Class of 2021, was unveiled at Homecoming.

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A New Choice in Treating Your Voice Robotics Laser Probe

A New Choice in Treating Your Voice

WPI researcher Loris Fichera has developed a flexible, slimmed-down robotic laser probe for endoscopic larynx surgeries that could reduce recovery time for patients and cut health care spending by shifting procedures from hospitals to doctors’ offices.

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