East Providence Resident Sofia Quattrini Completes Intensive Capstone Research Project

Worcester, MA -- Sofia Quattrini, a member of the class of 2026 majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), recently completed a senior thesis that is required of all graduating seniors as part of the university's distinctive project-based educational experience. Sofia's Major Qualifying Project (MQP), a research-driven, professional-level project that challenges students to solve the kinds of problems they would typically encounter in their professional discipline, was titled "Design and Manufacture of a High-Temperature Heat Flux Gauge".