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Tufts CEEO debuts “Engineering with AI” summer program for high school students
Tufts Computer Engineering student Amanda Lexine Sunga recounts her summer experience as a Teaching Fellow for the new “Engineering with AI” program for high school students. If I were a high school student today, the last thing I’d expect to hear from an instructor would be: “Have youtried asking ChatGPT?” But that was exactly what […]
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Post-Doc Profile: Rob Hayes
Tell us about where you are from and what your childhood was like. I grew up in Rhode Island – first in North Providence (until I was 10) and then in Burrillville. My childhood was organized around family, sports, and academics. Me and my younger sister Elise spent a lot of time with my grandpa […]
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Student Spotlight: Geling (Jazz) Xu
Tell us about where you are from and what your childhood was like. I’m from Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (my whole family is from Northeast China, so although I grew up in Shanxi, we retained the Northeast food habits and culture). As a kid, I liked playing the drums, playing basketball, playing with LEGO, playing Monopoly, […]
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Hacking with Arduino Alvik and LEGO Education SPIKE
In the summer of 2024, CEEO faculty and students engaged in two hackathons with the new Arduino Alvik robotics kit. The Alvik Robot features connectors for LEGO Technic, so students were able to use their LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and Essential kits to build their robots. Their experimentation led to the development of three activity […]
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Tufts School of Engineering Appoints new CEEO Faculty Fellows
CEEO Faculty Fellows (CFF) are Tufts University faculty who are actively engaged in engineering education research with the CEEO. Their engagement may be through existing or planned funding opportunities, shared mentorship of graduate students or post-docs, or other joint research endeavors. Appointed for renewable 3-year terms by the School of Engineering, CFFs are chosen based […]
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Outreach Learning Fellow Profile: Victor Aguilar A24
This semester, Outreach Learning Fellow Victor Aguilar, A24, wrote a book for and about his students and used it for a Novel Engineering activity. Victor talks about his inspiration for the book and the impact it had on the students below. The last thing I ever imagined working on as an Outreach Fellow was a […]
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Student Spotlight: Milan Dahal
Graduate student Milan Dahal details his journey from a small village in Nepal to Tufts where he has been developing low-cost Smart Motors, while earning a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Tell us about where you are from and what your childhood was like. I am from Inaruwa, a small town in eastern Nepal. Our father’s […]
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First-Year Engineering Course Blends Community-Based Engineering and Game Design
Over the Fall 2023 semester, Professor Greses Pérez and PhD student G. R. Marvez co-taught a first-year engineering class that blended community-based engineering practices and the art of game design. During the class, students learned about iterative design processes, game design, and how to work with community members on engineering projects. For the community-focused aspect […]
