Perhaps you are a student interested in a STEM career, but you are unsure what that could like. Maybe you are a parent looking to guide your student as they start to think about what career path to seek. Hear from David Saul, the WPI Business School’s Executive-in-Residence, about some of the highlights from his career in STEM.
Simulate the 3D food printing process through a simple activity, and compare your results to a real 3D food printer!
We have some algebra problems for 7th to 12th graders to solve! In this one-hour study, students will solve some algebra problems, find errors in worked examples, and judge whether two expressions are mathematically equivalent. Through this research, we hope to learn how to better design algebra problems to support student learning. Thank you so much for supporting our research!
Every year, thousands of people are killed or maimed because of land mines. Countless acres of land can’t be used to grow food because they are littered with these deadly mines. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are working on a robotic solution that would be inexpensive enough for small towns and organizations to use. The project uses an autonomous robotic team – a rover that uses a metal detection system to detect the mine and a drone that will drop a payload on the mine to detonate it.
Have you ever wanted to design and program your own game? Now is your opportunity! Visit our website and check out games that have already been created, watch tutorials, explore our visual programming language and design and program a game of your own!
The dangerous process of dismantling large ship hulls often involves cutting down and recycling the ship’s infrastructure. According to US OSHA standards, ship breaking operations expose workers to a wide range of hazards or conditions likely to cause injury or illness. Learn how a group of WPI students worked together to develop a solution to improve worker safety in the ship-breaking industry by designing a prototype that displays the viability of a robotic approach to ship recycling.
This video explains supply chains and their management. It also talks about game theory and its application in supply chains.
Recycling is a key process for a sustainable future, and yet it is far from desired levels of efficiency. As mixed-stream recycling is the most common approach for domestic waste, the recycling industry heavily relies on the development of reliable waste sorting technologies. Robotic systems have remarkable potential for fulfilling this need and moving the industry to the next level.
We all love things that glow in the dark and a night time celebration isn’t complete without glow sticks, but have you ever wondered how they work? What exactly happens to make light appear when you bend the glow stick and hear that crack. Learn about chemiluminescence and the chemistry behind glow sticks!
Want to learn more about physics from the comfort of your own home? All you need is a ruler and your thinking cap! Watch Professor Kafle demonstrate this interesting phenomenon that seems like magic but is actually just physics. All you need to participate is a ruler with a smooth surface.
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