The goal of this project was to improve the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Business School’s Major Qualifying Project (MQP) formation process. As the WPI Business School grows in size, it was identified by stakeholders that an efficient way to support MQP matching for the growing school was necessary to support team formation. After research into the purpose and formation of capstone projects at other universities and interviews with key WPI stakeholders, the team identified that optimization modeling could support MQP matching in the WPI Business School. The team developed an Excel-based tool with a built-in optimization model that maximizes student project preferences and takes into account factors such as student teammate preferences and team size. This tool serves as a preliminary step that with further modifications can support initial MQP team formation for the WPI Business School.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Spratt, Allison
• Borges, Enzo
• Levene, Michael

Subject

• Innovation
• Learning
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030422-204748
• 49651

Keyword

• MQP
• process improvement
• capstone projects
• optimization modeling

Advisor

• Konrad, Renata
• Trapp, Andrew C

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2022-03-04

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering
• Management Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright