RET Site at WPI 2026-27: Engineering for People and the Planet
Worcester Polytechnic Institute·Worcester, MA·2026 cycle
Closed for cycleComputational/Data ScienceEngineering / Applied Technology✓ verified
The Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) supports authentic summer research experiences for middle and high school teachers to foster long-term collaborations between WPI, school districts, and industry partners. RET participants will enhance their scientific disciplinary knowledge in engineering and translate their research experiences into classroom activities and curricula to broaden their students’ awareness of and participation in computing and engineering pathways. The research experiences focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for an integrated approach of learning and doing science, math, and engineering through real-world problems that focus on people and the planet.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, UN SDGs, Integrated STEM, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, science, math, sustainability, health, materials, education, artificial intelligence, AI, WPI
Middle or High school teacher who is: currently teaching classes in STEM, science, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, tech/engineering, computer science as an in-service teacher or currently earning a teaching license as a pre-service teacher in the WPI Teacher Preparation Program and able to attend the full 6-weeks of the in-person summer research program (June 29, 2026-August 7, 2026) able to commute to Worcester every weekday of the summer research program