The Major Qualifying Project (MQP) is required of every student at WPI. The
project is done in the major field of study (typically as a senior) and is
a capstone experience for demonstrating application of skills, methods and
knowledge of the discipline. Credit for the project is the equivalent of
three courses at WPI.
- Henry Hribar, Kendall Hulburt, Winston Lewis, Aashi Mehta, and Conor Slattery.
Studying privacy protection landscape for web and mobile platforms.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2501, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2025.
Co-advisor G. Burrier, HUA
- Alex Ramirez.
Cnc machine networking.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2502, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2024.
Also working with R. Daniello
- Jacob Adamsky, Jinjia Ou, and Engjell Ramadani.
Data analytics/visualization for analyzing the draft and evaluation
of players in professional sports.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2401, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2024
- Charles Anderson, Ian Grzembski, Daniel Onyema, and Caitlyn Puiia.
Study of deployed authentication mechanisms.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2402, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2024
- Jacob Byrnes, Michael Gatti, Jack Lynch, Kody Robinson, and Eric Zhou.
Studying web 3.0 use cases.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2403, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2024
- Patrick O'Mullan and William Aaron.
Holographic approach to the hawking effect for kerr-newman.
Technical Report MQP-Mohan-2202, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2022.
Advisor R. Mohan, Co-advisor: S. Olson
- Evan Hatton, Philip Rago, and Andrew Shanaj.
Predictive models for NBA sports gambling.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2021.
Co-advisor L. Harrison
- Maryia Hancharova and Jeff Harnois.
Exploring Internet privacy.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2101, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2021.
Co-advisor J. Doyle
- Samuel Goldman, Evan Goldstein, Christopher Myers, and David Vollum.
Evaluating and mapping Internet connectivity in the united states.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-2001, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2020
- Saahil Claypool.
BBR congestion control analysis.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1904, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2019.
Also working with M. Claypool
- Jacob Fakult and Kenneth Levasseur.
The Internet connected project.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1903, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2018
- Chaiwat Ekkaewnumchai, Connor McNamara, Kyle Richards, and Abigail Roane.
Graph-based sports rankings.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1902, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2019
- Michael Krebs and Jake Scheide.
Generating relative pick value in the NBA draft and predicting
success from college basketball.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1901, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2019
- Daniel Alfred, Matthew Beader, Matthew Jackman, and Ryan Walsh.
Graph-based sports rankings.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1801, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2018.
Co-advisor G. Sarkozy
- Doruk Uzunoglu.
Understanding ad blockers.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1601, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2016
- Andrew Feeney and Matt Mancuso.
Monitoring web ads.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1301, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2013
- Andrei Ilyashenko.
Quantum mechanical scattering with stealth elements.
Technical Report MQP-LRR-1104, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2012.
Lead advisor R. Mohan, Physics Department. Selected as the top
Physics MQP in Spring, 2012
- Alec Mitnik.
Network measurement using games.
Technical report, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2012.
Lead advisor M. Claypool
- Jonathan Vilk.
Function-level parallelism for multi-core processors.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2011.
Co-advised with H. Lauer
- Joshua Faucher, Brendan McLoughlin, and Jennifer Wunschel.
Implicit web user interest.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1101, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2011
- Erik Archambault, John Hogeboom, Joshua Montgomery, Christopher Pardy,
Christopher Smith, and Brian Tate.
Fine-grain parallelism.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1002, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2010.
Co-advised with H. Lauer
- Mihajlo Zeljkovic.
Tracking web users.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-1001, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2010
- Eric Stein.
Expertize: Human cloud computing.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0902, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2009
- Tyler Flaherty.
Privacy in online social networks.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0901, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2009.
Co-advised with D. Dougherty
- Katherine Levinson.
Lunar micro rover.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0802, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2007.
Project done in conjunction with NASA Ames Research Center. Honorable
mention as the top Computer Science MQP in Spring, 2008
- Christopher Henning and Christian Roy.
Parsing and analyzing log files.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0703, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2007.
Project done in conjunction with Cisco Systems
- Christian Bryan, Greg Opperman, and Drew Wilson.
Broadcast machine.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0702, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2008
- Adam Fiske, Christopher Gianfrancesco, and David Marsh.
Extension-based privacy protection.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0701, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2007
- Matthew Harrison.
Web desktop environment.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0602, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2006
- Jeremy Lounder, Cody Rank, and Brian Weber.
Improved notification mechanism.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0601, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2006.
Project done in conjunction with Cisco Systems
- Brian Ellis and Andrew Smith.
Query-based file management.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0302, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2004
- Joe Chiarella and Jason O'Brien.
Spam filter evaluation.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0203, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2003.
Co-advised with M. Claypool
- Anthony Gillet, Jeff Paquette, Ryan Frank, and Young-Rok Chang.
Use and customization of the windows computing environment.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0202, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2003
- Seth Chandler and Mike Frysinger.
Design and implementation of TCP splice for linux.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0201, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2003
- Phillip G Deneault.
A distributed network status monitoring system.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0104, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Summer 2002
- Adam Contardo.
Internet latency data collection site.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0103, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2002
- Charles Wilcox.
Automated package installation.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2002
- Eric Millbrandt.
Web server analysis.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0101, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2002
- Gabriel R. Boys, Michael DiCicco, and Thomas A. Plunkett.
Distriblet iv.
Technical Report MQP-DXF-0001, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2001.
Co-advised with D. Finkel
- Ben Carl, Mathew Cattel, and Mike Roberts.
Web performance issues.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0003, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2001.
Co-advised with R. Kinicki
- Michael Gorse.
Investigating web accessibility.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0002, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2001
- David Hamel and Erika Rogers.
Referenced work analysis.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-0001, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2000
- Peter Connolly and Zachary Young.
Sports visualization.
Technical Report MQP-MOW-9904, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2000.
Co-advised with M. Ward
- Joseph Lapointe, Chris Stank, and Stas Taraschansky.
Making web costs visible.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9902, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2000
- Li La Moon, Yue Shen, and Keiji Oenoki.
Distriblet applications.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9901, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2000.
Co-advised with D. Finkel
- Kevin Amorin, Adam Covati, and Michael Lee.
Distributed computing platform.
Technical Report MQP-DXF-9905, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2000.
Co-advised with D. Finkel. Published in
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- Aleksander Krasheninin.
Searching a web bibliography.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9804, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1999
- Tom Spacie.
Concert lighting control.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9803, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1999
- Jamie Carlson, David Esposito, and Nate Springer.
Java distriblets.
Technical Report MQP-DXF-9802, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1999.
Co-advised with D. Finkel. Published in
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- Robert Bukofser, George Caswell, and David Gray.
Web-based network management.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9801, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1999
- Steve Dupree and Adnan Mesalic.
Mapping distances on the internet.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9802, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1998
- Jimmy Pai and Jonathan Ward.
POSIX compliant thread package for MS-DOS.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9605, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1997
- Ben Higgins.
Distributed databases.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9604, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1997
- Brian Brennan and Chris Brennan.
Distributed computing through the web.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9603, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1996.
Co-advised with D. Finkel. Selected as the top Computer Science MQP
in Spring, 1997. Published in and
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- Tom Custodio and Todd Dibble.
Network management with java.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9602, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1996
- Andy Feld, Ranjit Kher, Rostilov Muchnik, and Stanislov Oks.
Digital RPC.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9601, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1997.
Project was done in conjunction with Digital Equipment Corp
- Christian Kuiawa and Jesse Parent.
A web-based shell.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9501, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1996
- Heidi Groves and Elaine Mongeon.
Affect of user access patterns on the WWW.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9503, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1996.
Co-advised with R. Kinicki
- Patrick R. McManus and Scott Salvidio.
Explaining a network.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9505, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1996.
Selected as a co-winner of the top Computer Science MQP in Spring,
1996. Published in paper “A WPI Undergraduate Project Explaining a Network”
for publication in the Northeastern Small College Computing Conference, April
1996
- Jon Hanson and Stephen Rubin.
Xmosaic as a computing environment.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9404, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1995
- Raymond Gosselin.
Graphical file manager.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9403, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1995
- Jeff Collemer and Tim Lewis.
Network management with SNMP.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9401, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1995.
Co-advised with R. Kinicki
- John Ebersole.
Windows-based digital signal processing.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9402, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1997
- Michelle Hammar and David Vasconceles.
Distributed execution using DCE.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9301, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Summer 1994.
Project was done in conjunction with Stratus Computer Corp
- Chris Elsbree.
Customizable file browser.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9303, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1994
- Chris Kmiec and Greg Snyder.
Persistent information retrieval on the internet.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9302, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1994.
Selected by the Computer Science Department for presentation to
parents and prospective Freshmen. Honorable mention as the top Computer
Science MQP in Spring, 1994. Described in the WPI Journal article “Net
Assets” by Michael W. Dorsey, Summer 1994. Published in
.
- Chad Council, Erik Felton, Craig Johnson, and Bob Mason.
Virtual reality world builder.
Technical Report MQP-RSR-9304, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1994.
Co-advised with R. Rubinstein. Selected by the Computer Science
Department for presentation to parents and prospective Freshmen. Selected as
a co-winner of the top Computer Science MQP in Spring, 1994. Listed with
available virtual reality software in Pix-Elation, Number 11, November 1994,
a publication of VRASP and Virtual Reality World magazine, a product of
Meckler Media
- Joachim Heck and Ramin Taraz.
Iggy: The interactive grapher.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9204, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1993.
Published in .
- John Boska, Kevin Davis, and Ryan Smart.
Information integration.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9201, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1993
- Jason Scott, Gene Leon, and Mark Stasiewski.
Combination of commands through operate.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9202, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1992.
Co-advised with N. Hachem
- Dan Barrett, Mike Cox, John Dunkelberg, and Mark Simpson.
The intelligent personal newspaper.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9101, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1992
- Kirsten Cadwell and Bill Marrs.
User centered design: Customization of computing environments.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1991.
Published in , and
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- Greg Shapiro and Bevan Wang.
Quantum leap: Tools for distributed computing.
Technical Report MQP-CEW-9103, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1992.
Selected by the Computer Science Department for presentation to
parents and prospective Freshmen. Selected as the top Computer Science MQP in
Spring, 1992
The Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) is required of every student at
WPI. The project challenges students to examine how science or technology
interacts with societal structures and values. Credit for the project is
the equivalent of three courses at WPI.
- Mark Bonavita, Victor Che, Zen Dignan, and Yi Hong Jiang.
Study of home network devices.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-03, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Spring
2025
- Chayanne Sandoval-Williams.
Migration patterns of american college students.
Technical Report IQP-031022-123858, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2022
- Yared Taye.
Investment, trading and risk management.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-2103, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2021
- Adrian Curless and Joseph Murray.
Understanding electronic communication platform usage.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-2102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2021
- James Corse and Douglas Rives.
Studying the location worthiness of professional sports franchises.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1802, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2018
- William Craft, Christopher Griffin, Jimmy Ngoc Tran, and Steven Yevchak.
Computer science experience at WPI.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1701, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2017
- Andrew Kelleher, Javier Menchaca Gallegos, Hung Ngo, and Matthew Beaulieu.
Understanding the use of electronic communication.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1601, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2016.
Co-advised with K. Venkatasubramanian, Computer Science
- Samuel Abradi, Christopher Nota, Penelope Over, and Tung Ton.
College program rankings.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1502, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2015
- Tint Yadana Aung, Aung Heain Soe, Chi Nguyen Ta, and Ruxue Yang.
Technology in public bathrooms.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1501, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2015
- Xiaoyu Wang and Yifan Zhao.
College rankings.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1401, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2014
- Michael Cullen, Casey Barney, Gary Jackson, and Anthony Caravella.
Evaluating NFL talent acquisition.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-1302, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2013
- Umair Abdul Rehman, Joseph Brown, Muyeedul Hoque, and Mohammad Affan Ghani.
Studying web privacy policies.
Technical report, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall 2012
- Philip Hanson.
Understanding participation in web2.0 sites.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-0801, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2007
- Andrew Sutman.
Pre-college CS education.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-0702, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
2006
- Matthew Brennan, Liam Morley, and Brendan Wilson.
Measuring and understanding connectivity.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-0601, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2006
- Derek Gelinas and Chad Znoj.
Technology in residential services.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-0102, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 2001
- Brian Brennan, Chris Brennan, and Wes Jones.
Implications of on-line surveys.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-9502, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1996
- Michael Lepore and Thomas Seidenberg.
Commerce on the WWW.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-9504, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Spring 1996
- Michael Ayers.
Small school networking.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-9405, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1995
- Jesse Johnson and Chris Soumakis.
Electronic media and the business of baseball.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-9203, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1993.
Co-advised with J. Griffin, Social Sciences
- Joe Caproni and Kris Woods.
Networking & society.
Technical Report IQP-CEW-9001, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1991.
Co-advised with L. Becker
- Dan Barrett.
Paperwork source reduction at the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute.
Technical Report IQP-MOW-9006, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fall
1991.
Co-advised with M. Ward
- Paul Thomas.
Pre- and post-fetching in the VUW web cache.
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. MCompSci Project,
January 1999
- Ferry Hendrikx.
The webbib online library.
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand., June 1998