WORCESTER, Mass. — The following local residents were among 1,598 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2019 semester.
The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List differs from most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point average (GPA). Instead, WPI defines the Dean’s List by the amount of work completed at the A-level in courses and projects.
Achieving this academic distinction are:
• Jacob Wilson of Wells, member of the Class of 2019 majoring in aerospace engineering.
• Mikala Dunbar of Acton, a member of the Class of 2019 majoring in business and actuarial mathematics.
• Olivia Martin of South Berwick, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in biomedical engineering.
• Lynne Moore of Kittery, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in mathematical sciences.
• Analaide Boissonneault of Saco, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in mechanical engineering.
• James Maxwell of Buxton, a member of the Class of 2020 majoring in mechanical engineering.
• Gracie Lodge-McIntire of Eliot, a member of the Class of 2021 majoring in aerospace engineering.
• Benjamin Steeves of Hollis Center, a member of the Class of 2021 majoring in mechanical engineering.
• Victoria Niedzwiecki of Old Orchard Beach, a member of the Cass of 2021 majoring in mechanical engineering and robotics engineering.
• Braden Foley of Dayton, a member of the Class of 2022 majoring in mechanical engineering.
“WPI’s academic programs are rigorous and require a level of independence beyond what is required in traditional courses. WPI students go beyond the classroom to work on open-ended problems in and for communities around the world. The problems are important and the impact is real,” said dean of undergraduate studies Arthur C. Heinricher. “Some of this nation’s best and brightest students come to WPI to study engineering and science and business and the humanities. Those named to the Dean’s List have excelled in all of their work, and we are exceptionally proud of these outstanding students.”
WPI, a global leader in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier technological university founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effectively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to the practice of solving real-world problems.
Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering with the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI’s pioneering project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. It offers more than 50 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs across 14 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts.
Its faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research to meet ongoing challenges in health and biotechnology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security systems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.edu
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