Tufts University School of Engineering

Congratulations Class of 2026! Watch the All-University and Commencement Ceremony starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 16: commencement.tufts.edu #Tufts2026

Congratulations to all SOE Graduate students who are graduating this year! The SOE Graduate Programs Ceremony begins at 9:00AM on 5/16 in the Gantcher Family Sports and Convocation Center. #Tufts2026

Undergraduate students, don’t miss the Baccalaureate Ceremony on Saturday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m. Family and friends are welcome to attend! For more information about the ceremony, visit commencement.tufts.edu

Tufts School of Engineering faculty are involved in five recently announced Springboard Award projects that range from advancing women’s health to detecting colorectal cancer. Learn more: bit.ly/4uBiusg

Commencement Weekend is just around the corner! Join us as we celebrate the Class of 2026 from May 16 - 17th! View information about the event schedule, ticket information, and livestreams: commencement.tufts.edu #Tufts2026

Tufts students have created a new "featherweight" device that tracks subtle changes in physiological signals to help reveal when birds are stressed. Learn more: bit.ly/4w5jhmR

Students in Design for Fabrication (ME93) were tasked with designing a pedal-powered railway for their final project. Their design came to life across the entirety of the Tsungming Tu Complex patio last week. Learn more at go.tufts.edu/soenews. @TuftsUniversity

On a Monday afternoon in the Tsungming Tu Complex, students put robots they built from scratch to the test for the ME-134 Advanced Robotics end-of-semester competition. Learn more: bit.ly/4tRngBY

At the 2026 graduate awards ceremony on April 24, two School of Engineering (SOE) faculty members, six students, and two alumni were recognized for their outstanding achievements in engineering outreach, mentorship, and scholarship. Learn more: bit.ly/4d2pYxr

Congratulations to the winners of the New Ventures competition—an event hosted by Tufts Derby Entrepreneurship Center in which students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni pitch their venture ideas for a chance to win cash and other prizes. Learn more: bit.ly/4w7tUp9

Ph.D. student Avijit Paul and Associate Professor Srivalleesha Mallidi developed a way to enhance the quality of photoacoustic images, a diagnostic tool that uses light waves to craft internal images of the human body. Learn more: bit.ly/4tSGBTs

Ph.D. student Asli Dirik is working with the Tufts Silk Lab to better detect and treat bacterial vaginosis, an overgrowth of harmful bacteria that disrupts the vaginal flora. Learn more about her research with Tufts Silk Lab: bit.ly/48kAajq

It takes passion and persistence to learn how to play a musical instrument. But what about to build one? Students in John R. Beaver Professor Chris Rogers’ Musical Design Engineering class were up to the task. Learn more about the students' performance: bit.ly/4d8i85t

Tufts recently hosted the sixth annual gathering of New England Hardware Security Day, which brought together members of industry and academia to discuss addressing security vulnerabilities in hardware like computer chips and microprocessors. Learn more: bit.ly/3PfOrr8

A Tufts team in the Nemitz Robotics Group is working to make bio-inspired robots and systems easier to manufacture through improved 3D printing techniques. Learn more about their work: bit.ly/4sRSBTM

At this year's Sussman Lecture, Rachel Segalman, Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research at @ucsantabarbara, discussed how to make mixed plastics easier to recycle by changing their attraction and pull polymers into a more uniform blend. Learn more: bit.ly/3OaFnU9

The Computing Research Association (CRA) recently named Assistant Professor Elaine Short the recipient of the 2026 CRA Skip Ellis Early Career Award. Learn more: bit.ly/3OZ9cXU

Congratulations to the 15 Tufts students and alumni who were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a competitive fellowship program supporting outstanding students pursuing graduate degrees in STEM fields. Learn more: bit.ly/4sBBSE3 @NSF

Associate Professor Madeleine Oudin has been inducted into the 2026 Class of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, which recognizes the top two percent of professionals in these fields. Learn more: bit.ly/4sKXr5p

Susan Landau recently participated in a webinar for the Federalist Society discussing foreign state actors, security, and privacy. Learn more: bit.ly/4sfjGQt