Posts Tagged engineering
Engineering Video Wows and Wins
Posted by Katherine McManus in School of Engineering, Student Experience, Students, Video on April 5, 2012
A big CONGRATS to the Tufts chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, whose inspirational video (featured on Tufts Jumble a few weeks ago) won national recognition!
The organization sponsoring the “Engineers Make a World of Difference” competition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),announced the Tufts victory on their website.
Kristen Ford, of Tufts, a human factors engineering major, and vice president of the university’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), observed that the NSBE chapter’s entry should encourage teens ‘to dream bigger, reach higher and achieve more.’
IEEE awarded $1,500 to the Tufts group best in content and message, reinforcing that engineers and technical professionals are creative people who seek to make life better for all.
For another look at the video, we’ve posted it again below.
Engineers Make a World of Difference
Posted by Katherine McManus in Active Citizenship, Blogs, School of Engineering, Student Experience, Students, Video on January 31, 2012
Members of the Tufts chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) strive to inspire a new generation of engineers and make them realize that they too can make an impact on the world. In line with this effort to inspire, they created this video for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) “How Engineers Make a World of Difference” scholarship competition.
The competition tasks students “to create the most effective two-minute video clips reinforcing in a personal profile — for an 11-to-13-year-old “tweener” audience — how engineers improve the world.”
Watch and be inspired!
You can follow them on Twitter @tuftsnsbe.
Learning Through Service
Posted by Kaitlin Provencher in Active Citizenship, Faculty, School of Engineering, Video on January 17, 2012
For Chris Swan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, the classroom extends well beyond the grounds of the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus. From hazardous waste cleanup around Boston to water purification in Ecuador with Engineers Without Borders, Swan uses service learning to give students authentic, real-world experience to help drive home the lessons they learn in class.
Listen as Swan details how his students benefit from service learning—and what it means for engineering education.
Vote for STOMP!
Posted by Veronica Richter in Active Citizenship, School of Engineering, Staff, Students, Uncategorized, Video on October 6, 2011
The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach‘s Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) program has been nominated for the Partnering for Excellence Innovations in Science + Technology + Engineering + Math (STEM) Education competition. STOMP seeks to create an engineering curriculum that reaches across all disciplines, piques K-12 student’s interest in engineering, and improves the student’s problem solving skills while preparing Tufts undergrads in the School of Engineering, as well as k-12 teachers, with the necessary tools to become educational change agents.
Want to help them take the “People’s Choice” title? You have until Oct. 26 to cast your vote. You can also vote via Facebook. Good luck, Jumbos!
Check out a video of the 2009 STOMP fellows in action:
Engineers Without Borders in Uganda Complete 2nd Part of Clean Water Access Project
Posted by Veronica Richter in Active Citizenship, International, School of Engineering, Students, Video on October 4, 2011
In 2010, Tufts Engineers Without Borders went to Uganda and worked with the Foundation for Development of Needy Communities to bring clean water to the Shilongo Village. They analyzed the soil profile, measured flow rates of the streams, took water samples and tested them, conducted health surveys, and assessed the available local materials in the area. After meeting with community leaders, they decided to build a contraption to store clean water, a necessity for the village. A year later, EWB went back to the Shilongo Village and built a water tank for the community. Here’s a video of what they accomplished:
For a written narration of their adventures, check out their travel blog. To get involved with Tufts EWB, find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Benjamin Hescott Awarded 2011 Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award
Posted by Veronica Richter in Blogs, Faculty, School of Engineering, Staff, Video on September 28, 2011
This year one of our own TDC-dancing, It Gets Better-supporting Jumbos was honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The honoree was none other than beloved computer science assistant professor Dr. Benjamin Hescott, who received the 2011 Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award. The IEE highlighted Dr. Hescott’s commitment to his students, creative teaching methods, and passion for increasing gender diversity in the computer science field. Congratulations, Dr. Hescott!
Panetta Honored as a Woman of Vision
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Faculty, Research, School of Engineering, Video on May 23, 2011
On May 19, Karen Panetta, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the School of Engineering and founder of Nerd Girls, was honored as one of three recipients of the 2011 Anita Borg Women of Vision Awards. The winners were recognized for their accomplishments and contributions as women in technology. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology created the following video about Panetta:
EDIT 6/7: Watch Panetta’s acceptance speech:
Animation for Outreach and Education
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Video on October 8, 2010
The Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) has been developing teaching tools for students eager to learn about different aspects of engineering. One of it’s most popular pieces of software is used for creating stop-animation movies. The program is called SAM and allows users to create movies frame by frame using a webcam or imported pictures. Alex Chan (E ’13) and Tim Martin (E ’13) created a sample video that explains how an acoustic guitar works.
The SAM software was developed about 7 years ago when director of the CEEO Chris Roger’s eldest son asked if he could do a movie instead of a paper book report. Roger’s developed a prototype in LabView, and after careful user testing and refinements, the product is now available online. It has been presented throughout the world, and a gallery of student submitted animations is available to view.