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unusual facts about Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Worcester, Massachusetts Firsts

Dr. Robert H. Goddard of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's class of 1908 and later Clark University patented the first liquid fuel rocket in 1914.


C4 Engine

These universities include MIT, Georgia Tech, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), McMaster University, and the University of Kempten.

Curtis Carlson

A physics graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and PhD student at in geophysical fluid dynamics from Rutgers University, he joined Sarnoff Corporation after graduation and worked through the ranks.

Levi L. Conant Prize

The award is named after Levi L. Conant (1857–1916), a professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, known as the author of anthropological mathematics book "The number concept" (1896).

Naveen Selvadurai

Naveen graduated with degrees from King's College London in the UK and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US, and went to work with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun Microsystems before he started his mobile social-networking venture Foursquare, along with Dennis Crowley.


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Curtis Carlson

For his contributions, Carlson was awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Robert H. Goddard Alumni Award in 2002 and the Society for Information Display's Otto H. Schade Award in 2006.

Massachusetts Academy

Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI, an 11th and 12th grade public high school which is part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tryggvason

Gretar Tryggvason, Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute