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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 […]
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2023: CEEO’s Biggest Summer Yet!
2023 was a jam-packed summer, full of undergraduate employees, K-12 workshops, and community outreach. Check out the numbers below.
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CEEO Welcomes New Post-Docs and Graduate Student
Robert Hayes Robert Hayes has returned to CEEO as a postdoctoral scholar. Now a triple Jumbo, Rob received his BSME from Tufts in 2013 and his PhD in STEM Education in 2023. He supports partner communities in developing and implementing curricula that center students as agents in STEM. Outside of work, he loves playing board […]
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Tufts CEEO Secures Five New Grants in 2023
Biomimicry as an Authentic Anchor: Giving Teachers the Tools to Adapt an Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum Funding: NSF – DRK12 (This project is funded through TERC and CEEO is a subaward.) Project Dates: 8/1/23-7/31/26 Award Amount: $312,990 Project personnel: Kristen Wendell, PI, Ethan Danahy, CoPI Project description: This study will examine teacher choices and learning […]
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2023 ASEE Conference
Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) graduate students and faculty attended the 2023 Annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference this June in Baltimore, MD. We were excited to have a combined fourteen presentations/accepted papers, resource exchanges, panel sessions, and posters this year. Below are the Tufts CEEO participants at ASEE for […]
