Medical robotics is a growing focus area within the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. Researchers are working on advances in surgical robotics (including innovative robots designed to work inside MRI scanners), assistive robots (including systems to aid in stroke rehabilitation), and even robotic nursing systems. Opening in 2019, PracticePoint, a research, development, and commercialization alliance located at WPI’s Gateway Park, will provide an exciting new venue for creating and testing medical robotics and cyberphysical systems. Learn More: wpi.edu/+RBE
Check out Showfest, a display of games created by WPI students from its Interactive Media and Game Development program this academic year. View the program presentation and then have fun playing the games!
Are you interested in helping the health and lives of others? Have you ever wondered how prosthetics, pacemakers, or hip replacements were designed? Learn from Professor Billiar about the field of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and some of the research that is being done at WPI to further advance our understanding biology and medicine.
Learn about the research Dr. Zhong’s Integrated Materials and Processes Design (IMPD) group is working on to design the next generation of materials. Specifically, learn how the group uses computational modeling techniques such as machine learning to simulate a material’s behavior. With these simulations, the group can study the properties and performance of new materials for applications in alloys, ceramics, and nanomaterials without actually making them.
COVID virus can be transmitted via airborne routes. The virus begins in the lung and is exhaled out through respiratory activities such as breathing and talking. When the virus is spread out through the mouth or nose, it is either contained within large droplets that settle down quickly or tiny aerosols (100 times smaller than a human hair diameter) that stay and flow with air for even hours. In this exhibit, we will be able to see the transmission of the tiny infectious aerosols using smoke visualization and answer questions through aerosol measurements.
Join us for an engaging student interview series. In this series our students will share personal stories about what drew them to STEM, their passions, experiences in the STEM community and plans for the future.
Professor Nephew and Professor King are currently focusing on using fNIRS technology to study chronic pain in hopes of identifying biomarkers or aspects of brain activity that predict levels of chronic pain. By using the fNIRS technology, the team is able to measure levels of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood which indirectly correlates with a change in brain activity. Putting those with and without chronic pain through a series of cognitive and physical tests, they are hoping to discover certain indicators or predictors of chronic pain as well measure the effectiveness of a variety of treatments for chronic pain.
Bacteria are all around us on almost every surface and they can be beneficial or harmful. Bacteria prefer to live in surface-attached communities of cells known as biofilms. Bacteria that grow together within biofilms behave differently than individual bacteria. The Stewart lab studies bacteria that live in biofilms with the goal of developing new tools to prevent and treat infections. Come learn about where bacteria like to live and how their biofilm homes offer them protection from antimicrobials.
Every home or structure must begin with a strong foundation, the right shapes and an understanding of physics. Learn about building structures from the foundation up alongside our engineering ambassadors. Can you design a structure that will stand up to the environment in your neighborhood?
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