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CEEO Spring 2019 Dissertations and Theses
Milan Dahal, Matthew Mueller, and Nicole Batrouny Three graduate students working at Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) on engineering education research will be graduating this May 2019. Matt Mueller has been working with us since he was a freshman at Tufts. He took Merredith Portsmore’s freshman robotics course, started working for our […]
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CEEO Seniors Q&A for 2019 Graduating Seniors
This spring, we graduated 10 amazing STOMP seniors. These students have been working with the CEEO since they were freshman and sophomores, and it has been incredibly rewarding to watch them grow into great STOMP teachers and leaders. Their hard work and dedication to STOMP has helped provide countless engineering experiences for young students in […]
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Kristen Wendell awarded the 2019 School of Engineering Faculty Mentoring Award
Kristen Wendell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, is the recipient of the School of Engineering’s Faculty Teaching and Mentoring Award, as well as the Recognition of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award. We are also excited to announce that Kristen Wendell has received tenure! Each […]
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Research Study – Looking for Teacher Participants
Please pass this study information on to colleagues who may be interested in participating. Researchers at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach are seeking K-12 teachers and educators who are at least 18 years old and live in North America to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is […]
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Novel Engineering Conference in St. Louis, Missouri this June 2019
Join us for the firstNovel Engineering Conference in St. Louis! Novel Engineering is a project based out of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) that uses classroom literature – stories, novels, and expository texts – as the basis for engineering design challenges that help them identify problems, design realistic solutions, and engage in […]
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Recent Publications by Kristen Wendell
by Amelia Becker, CEEO Undergraduate Operations Assistant The Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach’s (CEEO) own Kristen Wendell, in collaboration with CEEO students and UMass Boston collaborators, has recently published two new studies focusing on engineering design in the elementary school setting. The process of engineering design involves utilizing and constructing new knowledge, through “disciplinary […]
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We Want to Make Free Toys!
By Fatima Rahman, Master’s Student in STEM Education Community-connected engineering workshop engages fourth-graders in designing for their own community. Being an engineer is a powerful concept – one that encourages us to embrace our ideas and bring them to life by finding creative and practical solutions to accomplish our goals. Engineers define goals and then […]
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STEAM Discovery Lab
By Sara Willner-Giwerc, Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Discovery Lab is one of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach’s (CEEO) newest research projects. Check it out here: https://www.steamdiscoverylabbeta.com. On the surface, the STEAM Discovery Lab is a website dedicated to providing teachers with new and exciting ideas and […]
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Design and Engineering Workshops (DEW) Registration Now Open for Summer 2019
by Laura Fradin, Education Specialist The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) offers Design and Engineering Workshops (DEW) for students K-12. These workshops are single session after school and weekend workshops. We also offer week-long school break and summer workshops with a variety of different themes. Our workshop programs are designed to give students […]
