Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students Complete Intensive Capstone Research Projects

Worcester, MA -- Almost 1,200 undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) completed a senior capstone thesis that is required of all graduating seniors as part of the university's distinctive project-based educational experience. Known as Major Qualifying Projects (MQP), these are professional-level research experiences in the students' fields of study that challenge students to solve the kind of problem they would typically encounter in their professional discipline.

The following students completed an MQP:

• Lucas Amaral, majoring in Civil Engineering, class of 2025, completed a project titled "Comparison of Light-Frame and CLT Construction
• Hayden Padula, majoring in Interactive Media and Game Development, class of 2025, completed a project titled "Memoria Altera - IMGD/CS MQP