Major Qualifying News Today

WORCESTER, Mass. — Two local students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute completed their senior thesis as part of the university’s project-based educational experience, the Major Qualifying Project. The project is usually team-based and often focuses on very specific issues or needs of an organization that has partnered with the university to sponsor the student’s work. Hope […]

This week robotics engineering students everywhere are abuzz as NASA prepares to host its first in-person Lunabotics Artemis Student Challenge since the pandemic began. A team of WPI students is gearing up for the competition, which brings together 4,650 schools from across the country and Mexico to compete in a simulated lunar mining exercise using scratch-built robots.

Worcester Magazine A small team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute students, guided by their academic advisers and advice from the community, has developed the first iOS phone app for Audio Journal. Its got people talking, and listening. The Worcester-based nonprofit Audio Journal is a radio service for the blind, visually impaired, or individuals otherwise unable to read print or visual materials — as well as people who may just like its programming. "Wonderful," said Mary Frandsen, Audi...