Apelian Welcomed to Tsinghua University
By Author December 21, 2011
Professor Baicheng Liu, leading member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, greets Professor Apelian at a welcoming luncheon in Beijing. Prof. Liu is one of the first academicians that came to USA when the “doors opened” between China and USA, and Liu worked at University Wisconsin’s metal […]
Remembering WPI Alumnus Yi Chi Mei ‘14
By Author December 21, 2011
Tsinghua University in Beijing is one of China’s best known and most distinguished educational institutions; it is also the nation’s top engineering school. That status is largely due to the work and philosophy of Yi Chi Mei, who served as president of the university during one of its most challenging periods. Mei was born in […]
A Visit to China’s Gansu Province
By Author December 21, 2011
China’s Gansu Province is home of the world’s largest nickel mine and well known for its non-ferrous mineral resources. Gansu is located in the northwest of the China. It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the […]
WPI’s Strategic Alliance with Lanzhou University
By Author December 21, 2011
Lanhzou University of Technology is the home of China’s State Key Laboratory for Non-ferrous Metals. WPI’s Metal Processing Laboratory (MPI) has a strategic alliance with this State Key Lab and Prof. Li, its Director and Dean spent a year at WPI working with Apelian in 2009. There is ongoing collaboration in self-inoculation, semi solid processing, […]
WPI Team Truly Welcomed on their Visit to China
By Author December 21, 2011
Prof. Libo Wang and Graduate student (Doctoral candidate) Ning Sun accompanied Prof. Apelian at Tsinghua, Lanhzou, and Northwestern Polytechnic University. Pictured above are (left to right) Ning Sun, Apelian, and Libo Wang in front of the State Key laboratory for Solidification Processing in Xian. The WPI team was truly welcomed in China; the hospitality the […]
Shaping Our World
By Author December 19, 2011
A look at engineering education today— with an eye to tomorrow. Engineering education is in flux. While it is increasingly important that engineers be innovative, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and able to work globally, there are virtually no programs that prepare students to meet these new challenges. Shaping Our World: Engineering Education for the 21st Century seeks […]
Stay Connected to MPI News
By Author November 20, 2011
WPI Metal Processing Institute is launching MPI News, your information source in near-net-shape manufacturing. Featuring industry leaders, research, projects, publications, and items of general interest, MPI News will be our communication tool to facilitate discussion, knowledge building, and information sharing. We invite you to subscribe to MPI News. By subscribing, you will be emailed anytime […]
Ning Sun and Diran Apelian Author Article for JOM
By Author November 20, 2011
The Journal of Metals or JOM, published monthly since 1949, is the magazine of The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society or TMS. JOM strives to publish research and industry work in the areas of metals and materials. Diran Apelian, Director of WPI Metal Processing Institute, has co-authored an article with for the November 2011 edition. […]
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Understanding the Human Dimension
By Author September 30, 2011
It’s the time of the year I write to you via our newsletter, and it happens to coincide with the activities of the university semester, and all the excitement of new students and classes. In this vein, I question whether we have communicated the full extent of our activities here at MPI regarding our work […]