Alumni & Student SocialJoin us on Thursday, November 6, from 5–7 PM in Odeum A/B for the Alumni & Student Social. This event brings together WPI alumni, students, and faculty for an evening of networking, conversation, and community building.Celebrate Business Week by strengthening connections, sharing experiences, and creating opportunities for future collaborations. Whether you’re a student eager to learn from alumni or an alum looking to give back and reconnect, this social is the perfect way to conclude the week.Don’t miss this chance to engage with the WPI Business School community!You can register by clicking this link.

Gain insight from some of The Business School's most recent interns!Join us on Friday, November 7, from 3 PM–4 PM online for the "Preparing for your Internship Virtual Panel." Students who are currently or recently on internship will share about their experiences.Hear about their internship, their first date, lessons learned and what they would have done differently.You can register for the Zoom at this link.

Saranga: milliWatt Ultrasound System for 3D Navigation in Visually Degraded Environments Abstract: Tiny autonomous aerial robots face severe limitations in sensing capability due to payload and power constraints, making robust 3D navigation in visually degraded environments extremely challenging. In this work, we propose Saranga, a lightweight, low-power ultrasonic 3D obstacle localization stack for aerial robots. Propellers generate ultrasonic noise that limits the efficacy of ultrasound systems on aerial platforms, for which I proposed a two-step solution: (1) a physical acoustic shield that mitigates propeller noise, and (2) a deep neural network that denoises echoes and estimates obstacle positions by reconstructing the impulse response of the scene. This talk will focus on the sensor suite configuration, denoising technique, synthetic data generation process, and the 3D trilateration method, along with comparisons against classical denoising and edge detection techniques. We demonstrate that the system enables reliable operation under low light, fog, transparent obstacles, and snow—conditions where conventional sensing modalities such as cameras, LiDAR, and radar fail—paving the way for robust all-weather perception in tiny aerial robots.Advisor: Professor Nitin SantekZoom link: https://wpi.zoom.us/my/vmanoj1996

The STEM Education Center is pleased to be hosting a free community screening and conversation of the Counted Out film, a powerful documentary that interrogates the way math is taught in schools and explores how math shapes everything from economic opportunity to democracy. @CountedOutDoc #CountedOut #ReImagineMathWatch the trailer and register. K–14 educators are especially encouraged to join us for this screening and discussion. Raffle and door prizes will be available for K–12 teachers.SynopsisIn our current information economy, math is everywhere. The people we date, the news we see, the influence of our votes, the candidates who win elections, the education we have access to, the jobs we get—all of it is underwritten by an invisible layer of math that few of us understand, or even notice.But whether we know it or not, our numeric literacy—whether we can speak the language of math—is a critical determinant of social and economic power.Through a mosaic of personal stories, expert interviews, and scenes of math transformation in action, Counted Out shows what’s at risk if we keep the status quo. Do we want an America in which most of us don���t consider ourselves “math people”? Where math proficiency goes down as students grow up? Or do we want a country where everyone can understand the math that undergirds our society—and can help shape it?ParkingParking is available at any of the WPI visitor parking lots. The closest lot to the WPI Fuller Laboratory, Fuller Upper Perreault Hall, is the Library / Boynton Parking Lot - North. There is additional parking at Park Ave Garage, located at 151 Salisbury Street, Worcester.

REGISTERCalling all venture enthusiasts!Please join us for the ACIS (Advisory, Connections, Innovation and Support) Kickoff Event, Wednesday, November 19, at WPI's Innovation Studio from 4:30 to 8:30 PM. This will serve as our inaugural mentor-venture symposium—an evening that introduces ACIS to the broader community, spotlights faculty and student startups, and builds momentum for a connected ecosystem of alumni, mentors, and innovators.The evening will include:Welcome & Vision – Setting the stage for WPI’s leadership in deep-tech innovation.Faculty & Student Startup Showcases – Brief, high-energy pitches (no Q&A) to highlight ventures emerging from our research and incubator programs.Guided Networking & Mentor Marketplace – A structured opportunity for alumni, mentors, and innovators to connect around specific domains and readiness levels.Food and RefreshmentsAdvanced registration is requested. For any additional questions, please email Terry Adams, Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization, at TAdams1@wpi.edu.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with John Sanbonmatsu, WPI Professor of Philosophy, as he explores his 2025 book The Omnivore���s Deception: What we get wrong about meat, animals, and ourselves (NYU Press). Prof. Sanbonmatsu proposes a new perspective on our relationship with animals, the food we eat, and with each other. His book has received warm praise from leading thinkers and activists including Angela Davis, writing: “Everyone who believes in justice for all should read this brilliant book,” and Jeffrey Moussaief Masson, who writes: “You cannot read this book without changing your life. It is a work not only of immense moral significance, but a masterpiece." Prof. Sanbonmatsu will open the program, the second event in this year's Gordon Library WPI Author Series, "For a Change." He will be joined in conversation by Prof. Joel Brattin and Prof. Scott Barton, followed by an open Q&A with the audience. Copies of The Omnivore’s Deception will be available for sale for half an hour before the event begins (3-3:30pm, All major credit/debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex) or Google/Apple/Samsung Pay will be accepted).