Worcester Polytechnic Institute Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has a distinguished alumni network of 40,000+ graduates living and working in 100+ countries around the world. WPI alumni are leaders in business, industry, academia, and government, and they are making a difference in the world every day. Here are just a few notable WPI University alumni:

• Robert H. Goddard is widely regarded as the father of modern rocketry. He pioneered the development of liquid-fueled rockets and is credited with inventing the multistage rocket.
• Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube.
• Naveen Selvadurai is the co-founder of Foursquare, a popular location-based social media app.
• Deborah Jin is a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (2003)
• Eric Hahn is the co-founder of Collabra Software (sold to Netscape) and Lookout Software (sold to Microsoft). In 1997 he became the CTO of Netscape.
• Lisa Jackson is the former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Paul Allaire is a former CEO of Xerox.
• Karen Ash is the president of Ash Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that provides technical assistance to government and industry on energy and environmental issues
• Chartsiri Sophonpanich is the President of Bangkok Bank, the largest commercial bank in Thailand.

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