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CPACT welcomes WPI

04-03-2026

Antje Harnisch, Assistant Vice Provost of Research, and Yuxiang Liu, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, WPI said “Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has joined CPACT to advance cutting-edge sensing and analytical techniques to benefit industries and academia through mutually beneficial collaboration”.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), a global leader in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier technological university founded in 1865. Based on its “very high research spending and doctorate production,” WPI has been designated as an R1 research institution and joined the ranks of the nation’s top-tier research institutions in a new classification of the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), which recognizes WPI’s commitment to excellence and high-impact innovation WPI supports a diverse range of research institutes and centers and advances interdisciplinary research in the key focus areas of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Advanced Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing, AI, Data Science, and Robotics. WPI is proud to be the first academic member of CPACT in the United States and looks forward to collaborative opportunities with other members.