Listed below are previous MQP’s that our students have completed
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2019-2021 2016-2018 2013-2015 2010-2012 2007-2009 2004-2006 2001-2003 1998-2000 1995-1997
MQP 2019-2021
| Title: A Meta-Analysis on Driver Safety and Cannabis Impairment Authors: Robert Rosen, Nathaniel Lambert, Wesley Fischer Faculty Advisors: Buddika Peiris, Koutmos Dimitrios, Liyang Jiyanyu |
| Title: Performing Binary Classification of Contest Profitability Authors: Sean Brady, Jackson Perry, Jonathan Venne, Saul Woolf Industrial Sponsor: DraftKings Faculty Advisors: Randy Paffenroth (MA/CS/DS), Rick Brown (ECE), Jeanine Skorinko (PSY) |
| Title: Supplier Onboarding and Digital Identity for State Street Procurement Operations Authors: Mikala Dunbar, Liansdra Lao Industrial Sponsor: State Street Corporation Faculty Advisors: Marcela Blais, Kevin Sweeney, Stephan Sturm, Michael Ciaraldi (CS) |
| Title: Supplier Onboarding and Vendor Digital Identity for State Street Corporation Global Services’ Procurement Operation Authors: Mikala Dunbar Industrial Sponsor: State Street Corporation Faculty Advisors: Marcela Blais, Kevin Sweeney, Stephan Sturm, Michael Ciaraldi (CS) |
MQP 2016-2018
| Title: Calibration of an Optimal Bidding Model for the Mobile Advertisement Market Authors: Laura Antul, Anastasiia Parkhomenko Industrial Sponsor: Chitika, Inc./Cidewalk, Inc. (Westborough, MA) Faculty Advisors: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm |
| Title: Claim Severity Indications via Publicly Available Data Authors: Elizabeth Beazley, Katherine Curran, Anton Libsch, Robert Ronacher Industrial Sponsor: Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro |
| Title: Projecting the Ultimate Loss of Catastrophic Events Authors: Elizabeth Hansen, Amber Munderville, Mike Sullivan, Tyler Turchiarelli Industrial Sponsor: Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Barry Posterro |
MQP 2013-2015
| Title: Indexed Universal Life Authors: Hairan Li, Andrew St. Jean, Sergey Tsitlenko Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Modeling-Based Scale-Up of Reactors in Microwave-Assisted Chemistry Authors: Andrew Holmes Industrial Sponsor: SAIREM SAS Faculty Advisors: Vadim Yakovlev |
| Title: Projecting Key Statistics for Fantasy Football Authors: Andrew Nersessian, Alex Presnal Industrial Sponsor: Advanced Sports Logic Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Identifying Policy Characteristics Leading to Benefit Exhaustion Authors: Alan Alezker, Kaitlyn Labbay, Laurel Pytko, Danielle Spector Industrial Sponsor: Genworth Financial Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Optimal Bid Pacing for Online Ad Impression Vickrey Auction markets Authors:Youwei Hu, Jeremy Macalu Industrial Sponsor: Chitika Inc. Faculty Advisors: Marcel Blais, Stephan Sturm |
| Title: A Comparison of OLAP and Coherence Large Scale Aggregations Authors: Kimberley Tate, Jiahui Li, Lili Zhang, Xinyue Zhong Industrial Sponsor: BNP Paribas Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Kevin Sweeny (MG), Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG), Xinming Huang (EE) |
| Title: Liability Driven Investing – Investment Process Authors: Qiao Li, Tianhai Chang, Saad Riaz Industrial Sponsor: JP Morgan Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Kevin Sweeny (MG), Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG), Xinming Huang (EE) |
| Title: JPMorgan Web Service Registry Authors: Heather Jones, John Bosworth, Ibraeim Bukhamsin, Arin Kulvanit, Jordan Wetzel Industrial Sponsor: JP Morgan Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Kevin Sweeny (MG), Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG), Micha Hofri (CS), Xinming Huang (EE) |
MQP 2010-2012
| Title: Worker’s Compensation Authors: Joshua Davis, Steven Ditullio, Nicholas Vine, Thomas Whiting Industrial Sponsor: The Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Predicting Policyholder Behavior and Benefit Utilization: An Analysis on Long-Term Care Insurance Authors: Jie Bai, Ashleigh Smeal, Heather Standring, Xinyi Zhang Industrial Sponsor: Ability Resources, Inc. Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Helen Vassallo (MG) |
| Title: Analysis of Fund Mapping Techniques for Variable Annuities Authors: Grant Fredricks, Erin Ingalls, Angela McAlister Industrial Sponsor: Towers Perrin Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Information Sharing at Bank of America Authors: Marco Angulo, Burcu Bora, Kimberly Gallagher, Chao Zhang Industrial Sponsor: Bank of America Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Daniel Dougherty (CS), Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG) |
| Title: Humanoid Robotic Programming A Study in Artificial Intelligence Authors: Neil Nanisetty, Wade Mitchell-Evans, Erik Fajardo, Joseph Schlesinger Industrial Sponsor: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Yiming Rong (ME) |
| Title: Unum Long Term Disability Insurance Study Authors: Sarah Johnson, Joel Reed, Damian Skwierczynski, Lindsay Spencer Industrial Sponsor: Unum Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Paul Davis |
| Title: Alumni Donations: An Analysis of the W.P.I. Contribution Trend Authors: Lindsay Brown, Shanna Infantino, Minh Le, Karen Teague Industrial Sponsor: WPI Alumni Office Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Portfolio Optimization of Credit Line Utilization Authors: Yutong Qin, Silvia Casado Industrial Sponsor: Royal Bank of Scotland Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG) |
| Title: Simulating Tracking Error in Variable Annuities Authors: Ian Cahill, Elizabeth Dailey, Blake Kelly, Charlotte McDonnell Industrial Sponsor: Towers Watson Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: BNP Equity Smart Order Router Authors: Xiaoyun Wang, Huan Tu Lai Industrial Sponsor: BNP Paribas Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Daniel Dougherty (CS) |
| Title: Numerical Investigation for Variable Universal Life Authors: Maarja-Liisa Sokk, Han Yang Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Pigskin Party: A Statistical Analysis on Fantasy Football and “The Machine” Authors: Mark Johnston, Ari Lathrop, Nicholas Mondor Industrial Sponsor: Advanced Sports Logic Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Predictive Loss Ratio Modeling with credit scores, for insurance purposes Authors: Corey Alfieri, Taylor Ketterer, Ricardo Obasare, Kyaw Thiha Industrial Sponsor: Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: BNP Paribas: Enterprise Architecture Authors: Joseph Servi Industrial Sponsor: BNP Paribas Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Daniel Dougherty (CS) |
| Title: Tactical Data Management Authors: Christopher Pryor Industrial Sponsor: BNP Paribas Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur Gerstenfeld (MG) |
| Title: Global Credit Products Volume and Market Share Reporting Authors: Hui Cheng, Lauren Moloney Industrial Sponsor: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Tsung-Yi Wang (MG) |
| Title: A Process for Analyzing Change and Its Application to Commercial Truck Insurance Authors: Alana Aubin, Benjamin Blakeslee, Monique Cote, Ryan Landry Industrial Sponsor: Travelers Insurance Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Evaluating the Robustness and Feasibility of Integer Programming and Dynamic Programming in Aircraft Sequencing Optimization Authors: Julia Baum, William Hawkins Industrial Sponsor: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, George Heineman (CS) |
| Title: Price and Revenue Optimization Authors: Fernando Olloqui, Daniel Ossa, Esteban Paez Industrial Sponsor: Tillinghast Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Methods of Forecasting Future Losses Authors: Haiying Liu, Aryeh Shatz, Mingzhu (Julia) Zheng Industrial Sponsor: The Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Demographic Assumptions Authors: Theresa Cheng, Ben Gilde, Charlotte Paige McAuliffe Industrial Sponsor: Hewitt Associates Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Analyzing Trends in Loss Frequency and Severity Authors: Ethan Brown, Norman Lam Industrial Sponsor: The Hanover Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham |
| Title: Multiple Target Tracking Authors: Matthew Connor, Kathleen Haas, Alexander Volfson Industrial Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Ted Clancy (ECE) |
| Title: Credit Default Swap and Asset Swap Pricing Models Authors: Russell Yang Gao Industrial Sponsor: Bank of America (London Office) Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur Gerstenfeld (MGE) |
| Title: Analysis of Methods for Loss Reserving Authors: Timothy Connor, Xinjia Liu, Gregory Lynskey, Ida Rapaj Industrial Sponsor: Hanover Insurance Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur Heinricher |
| Title: Risk Score Assignment for Long-Term Care Underwriting Authors: Joanna Kluza, Joseph Kraynak, William Treese, Jaris Wicklund Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Art Heinricher |
| Title: Statistical Multi-Source Predictive Models and Error Estimates: Major USDA Crop Protection Forecasts and Estimates Authors: Criselda Toto Industrial Sponsor: National Institute for Statistical Sciences and National Agricultural Statistics Service |
| Title: Statistical and Experimental Analysis of a Torque Model for Self-tapping Screws Authors: Kate Boulanger Industrial Sponsor: Bose Incorporated Faculty Advisors: Suzanne Weekes |
| Title: Sampling Strategies for Error Rate Estimation and Quality Control Authors: Nicholas Facchiano, Ashley Kingman, Amanda Olore, David Zuniga Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Jayson Wilbur |
MQP 2004-2006
| Title: Expert System Design for Long-Term Care Underwriting Authors: Elizabeth A. Arsenault, Nicholas E. Rackliff Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur C. Heinricher |
| Title: Lehman Brothers: Risk Reporting and Technology Authors: William Braden Hays, Amy Louise Jackson, Jason T. Tondreau, Igor Ushakov Industrial Sponsor: Lehman Brothers Faculty Advisors: Arthur Gerstenfeld, Michael J. Ciaraldi, Jon P. Abraham |
| Title: Robustifying Logistic Regression: An Application to Obesity Authors: William Marjerison Industrial Sponsor: National Center for Health Statistics/CDC Faculty Advisors: Balgobin Nandram |
| Title: Atmospheric Gravity Waves over Topography Authors: Kevin Fichter Industrial Sponsor: AFRL, Hanscom Air Force Base Industrial Liaison: George Jumper Faculty Advisors: Mayer Humi |
| Title: Computer Modeling of Cell Migration Authors: Kelly Pui-Kwan Fung, David Govonlu Industrial Sponsor: University of Massachusetts Medical School Industrial Liaison:Yu-li Wang Faculty Advisors: Roger Lui |
| Title: Modeling of Malignant Brain Tumors Authors: David Voutila Industrial Sponsor: IBM Faculty Advisors: Suzanne Weekes |
| Title: A Mathematical Analysis of a Jitter-based Hardware Random Number Generator Authors: William Martin Industrial Sponsor: General Dynamics Faculty Advisors: Wayne Coppock |
| Title: Optimization of the Sierpinski Carpet Fractal Antenna Authors: Brian G. Cordes Industrial Sponsor: AFRL, Hanscom Air Force Base Industrial Liaison: Steven Best Faculty Advisors: Vadim Yakovlev |
| Title: Estimating the Cost of Volatility in an Assigned Risk Plan Authors: Vonda Bui, Ying Fang Yu Industrial Sponsor: Premier Insurance Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Arthur Heinricher |
| Title: Estimating Disability Incidence Rates for Long Term Care Insurance Authors: Michael D’Onofrio, James Lescoe, Jeffrey Simone, Mareck Twarong Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Jon Abraham, Art Heinricher |
| Title: Predicting the Number of Annual Customers at Four Local Funeral Homes Authors: Emmanuel V. Go, Allison Joy Schafer Industrial Sponsor: Pillsbury Funeral Home Faculty Advisors: Jason D. Wilbur |
| Title: Operations Management for Outdoor Lighting Replacement Authors: Laura Hayes, Patrick Malloy Industrial Sponsor: National Grid Industrial Liaisons: Alex Mango, John Walter Faculty Advisors: Andrew W. Swift |
MQP 2001-2003
| Title: Estimating Adequacy of Life Insurance Reserves Authors: Shawn Hallinan Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Ann Weidie, Arthur C. Heinricher |
| Title: Vapor Leak Detection for an Underground Storage Tank Authors: Brian Lehtinen, Mike Pyzocha Industrial Sponsor: The Ferrite Company, Inc. Faculty Advisors: Roger Lui |
| Title: Complex Permittivity Reconstruction with Neural Networks Authors: Gregory S. Pettigrew Industrial Sponsor: The Ferrite Company, Inc. Faculty Advisors: Vadim Yakovlev |
| Title: Recreating Lost Records of Insurance Transactions Authors: Alison Hughes, Devin Rahn Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Ann Weidie, Bogdan Doytchinov |
| Title: Mathematical Models for the Spread of Damage in Organizational Networks Authors: Melissa St. Hilaire Industrial Sponsor: Lehman Brothers Faculty Advisors: Arthur C. Heinricher |
| Title: Stochastic Modeling for Reserve Calculations Authors: Ondrej Cistecky, Steve Tribandis Industrial Sponsor: Sun Life Financial Faculty Advisors: Arthur C. Heinricher, Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Pricing a Long-Term Care Rider on Variable Life Insurance Authors: Jeffery Bresson Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Pricing Structured Settlement Universal Life Insurance Authors: Briane Lane and Matthew Bielik Industrial Sponsor: CGU Insurance Faculty Advisors: Ann Wieldie |
| Title: Computer Characterization of Microwave High-Power Loads Authors: Hauke Marshall Industrial Sponsor: The Ferrite Company, Inc. Faculty Advisors: Vadim Yakovlev, Reinhold Ludwig |
| Title: Finite-Element Modeling of Heat Transfer in Porous Media Authors: Brian Ball Industrial Sponsor: DEKA Faculty Advisors: Christopher Lasen, Bogdan Vernescu |
MQP 1998-2000
| Title: Credibility Analysis for Automobile Cession Strategies Authors: Elizabeth Anne Hogan Industrial Sponsor: Premier Insurance Faculty Advisors: Art. Heinricher |
| Title: Pricing a Waiver of Premium Upon Disability Authors: Jovanna Rose Baptista, Larissa L. Gilbreath, Robert A. Jaeger Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Statistical Consulting at BOSE Authors: BOSE Corporation Industrial Sponsor: BOSE Corporation Faculty Advisors: Joseph. D. Petruccelli |
| Title: Dangers of Diversification Authors: Jessica A. Buffone, Michael F. Bugbee Industrial Sponsor: Aetna Faculty Advisors: Art Henricher |
| Title: An Assessment of MCI’s Proactive Program at Charlton, MA Authors: Samuel T. Lehane-Abraham Industrial Sponsor: MCI Faculty Advisors: Balgobin Nandram |
| Title: Inflationary Effects on Loss Reserves Authors: Melissa A. Garrell and Karen M. Lee Industrial Sponsor: Travelers Insurance Co. Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Finite Element Simulations in Plasticitys Authors: Xiao-Long Yu Industrial Sponsor: Morgan Construction Faculty Advisors: Bogdan Vernescu |
| Title: Pricing Guaranteed Variable Life Insurance Authors: Aaron Korthas and Shelby Woods Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Prognostic Factors in studies of Prostate-Specific Antigen failures Authors: Julie Fondurulia (Master of Applied Statistics) Industrial Sponsor: Harvard Medical School and Center for Radiation Therapy Faculty Advisors: Ming Chen |
| Title: ODE Toolkit Authors: R. Demar, A. Howes, and A. Palombizio (MQP) Industrial Sponsor: Digital Equipment Corporation Faculty Advisors: Joseph Fehribach, William Farr |
| Title: Mathematical Software Usability Testing Authors: K. Lee and A. Rua Industrial Sponsor: Macsyma, Inc., Waterloo MAPLE, and Softwarehouse (Derive) Faculty Advisors: Joseph Fehribach |
| Title: Mathieu Functions for Macsyma Authors: B. Altieri and M. Vadeboncoeur Industrial Sponsor: Macsyma, Inc. Faculty Advisors: Joseph Fehribach |
| Title: Exploring Optimal Cession Strategies for Automobile Insurance Authors: T. Adams and D. Deacon Industrial Sponsor: Premier Faculty Advisors: Art Heinricher |
| Title: Simulation of the Behavior of Variable Life Insurance Authors: D. Sickman Industrial Sponsor: John Hancock Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Differences in Patient Treatment Across Types of Health Plans Authors: D. Atkinson, L. Bottos, and A. Capek Industrial Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Faculty Advisors: Ann Wiedie |
MQP 1995-1997
| Title: Robust Statistical Sampling to Improve the Effectiveness and Reliability of On-Line Manufacturing Authors: M.S. Thesis, 1 student involved Industrial Sponsor: Tambrands Incorporated Faculty Advisors: Ming Chen |
| Title: Mathematical Modeling in Metal Processing Authors: Forest Lee-Elkin, William Montbleau, Stanislav Oks Industrial Sponsor: Morgan Construction Company Faculty Advisors: Bogdan Vernescu |
| Title: Statistical Consulting Authors: Jason D. Wilbur Industrial Sponsor: Bose Corporation Faculty Advisors: Joseph Petruccelli |
| Title: Development of a Test Algorithm for Cession Strategies Authors: Kristen Magnifico, Jeremy Olszewski, Daniele Recore Industrial Sponsor: Premier Insurance Company Faculty Advisors: Arthur C. Heinricher, Ansu Bagchi, Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Control of Simultaneous Motion in Shoulder Prostheses Authors: Jason Wening, Nicole Robert, Colleen Fox Industrial Sponsor: Liberty Mutual Insurance Group Faculty Advisors: F. J. Looft (ECE), P.W. Davis |
| Title: Measures of Credibility Authors: Nicole Burns, Richard Colby, Scott Lucarelli, Melissa Pitzen Industrial Sponsor: Allmerica Financial Faculty Advisors: Ansu Bagchi, Ann Wiedie |
| Title: A Bayesian Test for Trend in Case-Fatality Rate Authors: Kathryn Sullivan, Timothy Doherty Industrial Sponsor: University of Massachusetts Medical Center Faculty Advisors: Balgodin Nandram |
| Title: Experience Rating Authors: William Cho Industrial Sponsor: Aetna UHSC Faculty Advisors: Ansuman Bagchi |
| Title: Mathematical Software Usability Testing Authors: 3 students (IQP) Industrial Sponsor: Macsyma, Incorporated, Wolfram Research (Mathematica), Waterloo Maple, and Softwarehouse (Derive) Faculty Advisors: Joseph Fehribach, Ansuman Bagchi |
| Title: Rod Path Geometry Study Authors: Adam Garland, Marcie Noyes, Jeffrey Perlak Industrial Sponsor: Morgan Construction Company Faculty Advisors: Bogdan Vernescu |
| Title: Statistically Sound Experiments to Improve Production Quality for Electronic Components Authors: Brian Charest Industrial Sponsor: Bose Corporation Faculty Advisors: Joseph Petruccelli |
| Title: Developing Strategies to Improve Decision Making in Casualty Insurance Authors: Ryan Betts, Rhett Brown Industrial Sponsor: Premier Insurance Company Faculty Advisors: Art Heinricher, Ansuman Bagchi |
| Title: Manual Rating for Dental Insurance Authors: Cathleen Connelly Industrial Sponsor: Allmerica Financial Faculty Advisors: Ansumman Bagchi, Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Quality Factor Analysis for Automobile Insurance Authors: Lee Blouin, Jeffrey Peterson, Ann Marie Sbriglio Industrial Sponsor: Premier Automobile Insurance Faculty Advisors: Ansumman Bagchi, Arthur Heinricher, Ann Wiedie |
| Title: Investigation of Atmospheric Heating and Cooling Balance Using MODTRAN3 Authors: Ph.D. Industrial Project Industrial Sponsor: USAF Phillips Lab at Hanscom Air Forces Base Faculty Advisors: Paul Davis |
| Title: Volatility in Disability Reserves Authors: Ansu Bagchi and Art Heinricher Industrial Sponsor: Paul Revere Insurance Faculty Advisors: Jay Rine, Marc Marino, Rod Lukowski, Rich Gaitane, Vanessa Melaragno |
| Title: Honing Capacity Project Authors: Brady Townsend, Wendy Butkus Industrial Sponsor: Presmet Faculty Advisors: Art Heinricher, Ansu Bagchi, Domokos Vermes |