WPI MQP TEAM
This project was conducted in the school year,
2021-2022
THE TEAM
JASON CHEN
Jason is currently a senior undergraduate majoring in Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has work experience at WPI's Chemical Stockroom and has conducted a partnered project with the Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
MATTHEW WILLIS
Matthew Willis is a senior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute studying chemical engineering. His favorite topics in the field include sustainability and plant/lab work. Matthew has also been an active member of WPI's Smash club all four years of his time there.
ADVISORS
DAVID DIBIASIO
My research involves educational scholarship: investigating how students learn chemical engineering and how the curriculum can be modified to optimize learning. That includes understanding learning in hands-on labs compared to virtual or remotely operated labs; learning in international contexts; and how safety, ethics, and social responsibility can be effectively integrated into the chemical engineering curriculum. WPI is a great place to conduct this type of work because of our project-based program, our extensive Global Projects Program, and our philosophy of student-centered learning.
KRISTIN BOUDREAU
My research interests include literature and culture, humanities and STEM integration, and engineering education. These areas are unified by broad concerns for justice, inclusion, and social progress. My literary scholarship considers the ways literature helps to advance social progress and justice, while my educational research investigates educational environments and works to develop pedagogies and content that open STEM education to broader populations by bringing the humanities and arts to scientific and technical subjects.
Lab Technician
IAN ANDERSON
Lab Manager and Advanced Machinist for the department of Chemical Engineering at WPI. Office located at Washburn Laboratories HAAS.