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Engineering Investigations High School Program
From July 12 to July 23, 2021, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) hosted Engineering Investigations (EI), a virtual program designed to expose high school students to what an education and career in various engineering disciplines can look like. Facilitated by undergraduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) from chemical, mechanical, civil and environmental engineering, as […]
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Draw2Code: Low-Cost Tangible Programing for Young Children to Create Augmented Reality (AR) Animations
By Hyejin Im, Master’s Student in Human Factors Engineering In April 2021, Hyejin Im, graduate student of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), successfully defended her master thesis, Draw2Code: Low-cost tangible programming for young children to create AR animations. Advised by Tufts faculty member Chris Rogers, Hyejin created Draw2Code, a paper-based computational kit […]
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Creating Opportunities for Teachers through Virtual Programming
Although Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) was still working remotely in spring 2021, we were still able to connect with teachers in several ways. We have had Coffee hours (an informal virtual gathering of teachers sharing ideas), contracted professional development, and have planned an exciting summer of opportunities for teachers. Tufts CEEO […]
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Technology, Science, and Engineering: How can STEM help make the next generation of changemakers
In April 2021, Merredith Portsmore, director of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) shared her experience running and developing the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) as a panelist in the webinar Technology, Science, and Engineering: How can STEM help make the next generation of changemakers? along with Amanda Strawhacker from the Eliot-Pearson Department […]
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An Interview with TEEP Alumnae Kathy Donovan
Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) were lucky enough to check in with one of our Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) Alumni, Kathy Donovan. Kathy shares with us what teaching though a pandemic has been like and how she used her experiences in TEEP in her online teaching. Unprecedented, uncalculated, unheard of. These […]
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Position Announcement: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts CEEO
Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) invites applications for a joint full-time postdoctoral scholar to work on studying undergraduate teaching and learning. The initial appointment is for the academic year 2021-2022, with possibility for additional years of renewal. The position will be part of a project that is exploring how to create resources […]
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CEEO New Research Initiatives
Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) are excited to share 4 new research initiatives that have been funded recently. These research initiatives continue our mission for improving education through engineering. They support the research efforts of our faculty, staff, PostDocs, and students. Please read below to learn more about these new Tufts CEEO […]
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CEEO Graduate Work on AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. It is rapidly changing our civilization and will be a critical tool in the majority of future work and careers. Therefore, it is increasingly important to introduce basic AI concepts to […]
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Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) Fall 2021
Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) is excited to announce that the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) is now accepting applications for Fall 2021. TEEP is for any practicing elementary, middle school, or high school teacher who is seeking to change or expand their approach through the integration of engaging hands-on engineering principles […]
