ASM International
Worcester Chapter

Chapter Award

WPI MQP Competetion

Undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute must complete a Major Qualifying Project (MQP), under the guidance of academic advisors, in order to obtain their degrees.   Ideally, the project synthesizes all previous study in order to solve problems and perform tasks in the chosen major field, with students striving to communicate results confidently and effectively.

The Worcester Chapter of ASM International sponsors and presents an award for a competition to select the best MQP presentation in the Mechanical Engineering department, with special emphasis on Materials research. The three chosen finalist teams gave brief presentations of the highlights of their accomplishments before the winner was announced.

2008 MQP Competition Finalist: Template Assisted Layer-By-Layer Fabrication of Protein Nanotubes Keith T. Harrison   Fabrication Methods for the Characterization of Nanorods Using Multilayer Polymer Thin Films Nick Souviney, Ryan Blair   Electrospinning an Organometallic Compound to Create Metallic Fibers Brendan Malloy

Congratulations to our 2008 MQP Competetion Winner Brendan Malloy !

Brendan Malloy accepts the 2008 Competition Award from Worcester Chapter Chair Diana Lados.

Current and Past WPI MQP Competetion Winners

2008		Brendan Malloy
2007		Meghan Pajonas and Joe Hernandez