Tufts University Mechanical Engineering

Ever wonder what happens to Senior Design projects after students graduate? In this case, they kept right on working with the client. Thomas C***s, Christopher Simotas, and Brian Barrows, all 2019 alums from Associate Professor Kristen Wendell's class, continued their collaboration with the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Read more:

A New Tool for Equine Health When it comes to medical procedures, horses are like children, says Melissa Mazan, V93, a professor of large animal medicine at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. They won’t stay still or hold their breath—making it difficult to test their lung function, which is essential to the success of...

Congratulations to senior Olif Soboka Hordofa, who's one of three engineering majors to be named a 2022 Senior Award honoree! Learn more about Olif, Amma, Emma, and the other awardees: https://bit.ly/38Ctm4J

Associate Professor Robert White and colleagues from Tufts University, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, and
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility developed a sonic anemometer that recently flew to over 106,000 feet! The team's work aims to demonstrate a high accuracy, high speed, three dimensional ultrasonic wind measurement system that can work on Mars and in the stratosphere of Earth. Learn more: https://bit.ly/39eDHkb

PhD candidate Olukunle Owolabi earns a CDAC Rising Star distinction for his data-centric approach to exploring risks in energy, climate, financial, and ecological systems. Read more: http://bit.ly/3oFStpg

PhD student Colby Azersky didn’t plan to be a rocket scientist, but one professor helped put him on the path to a career with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Read more: http://bit.ly/2LKh7ra

This spring and summer, senior Klare Hu and recent alum Courtland Priest worked with volunteers from across the country to develop a new ventilator design that could potentially be produced at a fraction of the cost of traditional ventilators. “Tufts had given me the ability to adapt easily across different engineering disciplines,” says Hu. “While I was working with the Ventilator Project, I was reminded a lot of the hands-on experience I had in Brandon Stafford’s class, ME43 Electronics for Mechanical Engineers.”

Breath of fresh air In areas hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic this spring, medical workers faced a grim scenario: there were more critically ill patients than there were ventilators available. Some patients with severe cases of COVID-19 develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which inflamma...

Professor of the Practice Michael Wiklund and students enrolled in Medical Fundamentals recently visited the Clinical Anatomy Lab at Tufts University School of Medicine to learn more about the body. Thank you Dr. Kwan, Dr. Johansen, and Tufts School of Medicine for hosting. To read more about the course, visit http://bit.ly/3ar8IQr

Join us this weekend in cheering for Tyler Andrews, who graduated from Tufts in 2013 with a degree in mechanical engineering! In races that will be televised on Saturday, Tyler and two fellow Jumbos are competing for slots on the U.S. Olympic marathon team. Read more:

Tufts Alumni in the Running for U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Three Tufts alumni have qualified to compete in the 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials, which will be run on February 29 in Atlanta. Tyler Andrews, E13, and Matt Rand, A13, will compete in the men’s race, and Veronica Jackson Graziano, A09, is in the field for the women’s race. Both races will be...

Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering student Joshua Harvey, who has been selected to the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. The program celebrates exceptional undergraduate and graduate students pursuing aerospace careers. Read more: http://bit.ly/3bYtB7o

Congratulations to Tufts University Mechanical Engineering student Joshua Harvey, who has been selected to the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. The program celebrates exceptional undergraduate and graduate students pursuing aerospace careers. Read more: http://bit.ly/3bYtB7o

How Tech should be designed for Kids | Melissa Jane Pickering | TEDxMünchen Melissa leads the interactive product design team at LEGO, blending digital and physical play for kids of all ages around the world. She has worked in the fi...

Senior Jordan Lueck, Associate Professor Jason Rife, and collaborators received a best of conference award for their paper on sensor-aided simulation. Read more: http://bit.ly/2Qj8oMs

The Nolop FAST Facility hosted the Department of Mechanical Engineering's Senior Design Showcase on December 10th. Check out a few of the capstone design projects made by Tufts engineers!

Photos courtesy of Briana Bouchard.