Major Qualifying Project
At WPI, where theory and practice are balanced, Industrial Engineering (IE) students have helped solve problems confronted by companies through their Major Qualifying Projects (MQP), giving them real- world experience. For organizations that are interested in sponsoring projects, please check out our one-page project information flyer. For students that want to know how to conduct an IE MQP and associated requirements, please refer to our IE MQP syllabus.
Over the years, our project sponsors have converged into three categories – financial services, supply chain, operations and manufacturing, and healthcare and hospitals. These industries also represent the major employers for WPI’s IE majors. See the sample of MQP projects with industry sponsors:
Financial Services
Back-test Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic FX Indices
Sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland
Cost Allocation Analysis for Deutsche Bank
Sponsored by Deutsche Bank
Sponsored by Morgan Stanley - International Prime Brokerage
FinTech Project B24 - Fidelity FMT - Create The Fidelity Metrics Store
Sponsored by Fidelity Investments
Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing
Feasibility Study of Car-Sharing Service in Hangzhou, China
Sponsored by Delta Consulting Associates and Hangzhou Omnipay Co. Ltd.
Sponsored by Nypro
Material Handling Guidelines to Support Lean Cells in the Bose Production System
Sponsored by Bose
Sponsored by Affordable Interior Systems, Inc.
Equitable Employment Solutions: Enhancing Skills Matching for Marginalized Groups
Sponsored by Intrare
Sponsored by Worcester Red Sox
Healthcare and Hospitals
Evaluation of the Split-Flow Concept Using Discrete-Event Simulation at St. Vincent Hospital
Sponsored by Saint Vincent Hospital
VA Linen Distribution Optimization
Sponsored by New England Veterans Engineering Resource Center
Provider Scheduling at the Worcester VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Sponsored by Department of Veterans Affairs, Worcester VA CBOC
Sponsored by Renata Konrad
UMass Memorial Mobile Integrated Healthcare Program: Preparing for Growth with Data Analysis
Sponsored by University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center