WPI expanding ties in Panama
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is expanding its reach in Panama and offering more learning experiences for its students in the Central American republic, the school announced Monday.
WPI students already play a key role in the refurbishment of the Panama Canal through WPI’s Panama Project Center, the school said in a statement. Established in 2010 and directed by Tahar El-Korchi, WPI’s director of civil and environmental engineering, the center is one of more than 40 around the world that offer WPI students hands-on project opportunities. Additionally, with the support of a recently awarded National Science Foundation grant, a cohort of WPI students – five women – will begin 15-week internships working on canal-related projects in July, WPI said.
WPI President Laurie Leshin has signed a letter of intent with a number of organizations and officials in the Central American country to expand collaborations with the school. The letter was signed months after Leshin visited Panama.
“During the visit, it became clear that academic and technological projects and partnerships in Panama represent an incredibly exciting opportunity for WPI to increase its global reach and impact,” Leshin said in a statement distributed by WPI. “As home to the one of the world’s largest engineering projects, Panama is a fertile STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) landscape.”
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