The goal of this MQP is to improve Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division (IGSD) off-campus IQP placement process. The IQP is a cornerstone of the WPI plan, however, placements have become increasingly complex and demanding as the number of applicants grow. Our team proposes an Excel-based decision support tool to improve the matching of students and IQP project center directors based on expressed preferences, thereby assisting IGSD by recommending student-IQP site placements. The decision-support tool uses VBA to build and solve an optimization model. In addition to reducing the time and effort required to place students, we believe that the decision-support tool will increase overall participant satisfaction with placements.

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Creator

• Jiang, Lin
• Dias, Camila Siqueira
• Karpinski, Elizabeth Koestler

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032417-112059

Award

• Provost's MQP Award

Advisor

• Trapp, Andrew C

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• IGSD

Date created

• 2017-03-24

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering
• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-20