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.
When most people picture robots, they see machines with rigid parts. The robots developed by Cagdas Onal, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and robotics engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), are soft, with parts made from deformable plastics and rubber. Soft robots are safer to operate around people and are ideally suited to carry out a variety of tasks that their traditionally rigid cousins can’t, including moving snake-like through confined spaces. But their ability to bend in many axes and change their shape make them unable to carry heavy loads, which limits their utility. Onal is building a new class of variable-stiffness robots that have which have rigidity and softness. His innovative designs draw on the ancient art of paper folding, known as origami.
Are you interested in business, mathematics, and computer science? If so, Data Science may be right for you! This up-and-coming field has several real-world applications and allows for individuals to go into nearly any other overarching occupational field! Through our presentation, you will learn about everyday tasks associated with being a data scientist and the opportunities to study Data Science at WPI. Lastly, we will demonstrate how data science can be used to solve a problem. To do this, we will use characteristics from family movies, such as those of Pixar and Disney, to determine what features combine to make up a successful movie!
Ride along on a 30-minute journey from the Earth to the edges of the known universe, from the impossibly small to the unimaginably big, in a show that employs computer graphics and NASA images.
New wireless sensor technology developed at WPI is bringing newfound hope to those with Limb Loss.
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