The School of Engineering is one of the ten schools that comprise

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in several

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

disciplines and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

fields. Along with the School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The School is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations and is well-ranked in it ...

, the School of Engineering is located on the university's main campus in Medford and

Somerville Somerville may refer to: *Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford Places *Somerville, Victoria, Australia * Somerville, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Australia * Somerville, New Zealand, a subur ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. Currently, the engineering school enrolls more than 800 full-time undergraduates and 600 graduate students. The school employs over 100 full-time and part-time faculty members.

History

Engineering instruction began at Tufts College in academic year 1865 - 1866, with the introduction of a three-year degree program in civil engineering. Students in this program received the degree of

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

. In 1890, the Department of Electrical Engineering was created, and in academic year 1892-1893, the course of study was extended to four years. With the advent of the four-year program the degrees granted were bachelor of civil or electrical engineering. Tufts College added the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1894 and 1898, respectively. In 1898, the trustees voted to formally establish an undergraduate College of Engineering with Gardner C. Anthony as the first dean. As part of an administrative reorganization in 1904, the College of Engineering became part of the new Faculty of Arts and Sciences, along with the School (later the College) of Liberal Arts, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and after 1910, Jackson College for Women. To accommodate a high demand for facilities in engineering programs, Anderson Hall opened in 1960 to host facilities and an engineering library. The College of Engineering added graduate study to its curriculum beginning in 1961, with master's degrees available in all four departments. It added Ph.D. programs in mechanical engineering in 1963, electrical and chemical engineering in 1964, engineering design in 1981, and civil engineering in 1985. The College also offered a combined bachelor's/master's degree program. In 1992, the Gordon Institute, the first organization dedicated to the training of leaders in engineering, became part of Tufts University. In 1999, the College of Engineering became the School of Engineering when oversight of graduate engineering programs was transferred from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As part of the same reorganization the Faculty of Arts and Science became the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E).

Admissions

For the School of Engineering Class of 2023, 4,371 students applied and 667 were accepted, resulting in an acceptance rate of 15%. Of those accepted 41% chose to enroll. For students entering the School of Engineering as part of the Class of 2024, the average verbal/critical reading SAT score was 711 and the average math SAT score was 764. The average ACT composite score was 34. Additionally the percent of those enrolled receiving financial aid was 53%. Tufts School of Engineering has 88 full-time faculty members and a Ph.D. student-faculty ratio of 2.6:1, according to the 2018 data compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

Organization and degree programs

The School of Engineering is under the supervision of a

dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

, appointed by the

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

and the provost, with the approval of the Trustees of Tufts College (the university's governing board). The dean oversees undergraduate and graduate education and research in six academic departments and Tufts Gordon Institute. The School of Engineering and the School of Arts and Sciences form the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (AS&E), a deliberative body under the chairmanship of the president of the university. Historically, the Arts and Sciences and Engineering were part of the same administrative division, sharing a common leadership and budget. The two schools continue to share many administrative functions including undergraduate admissions, student affairs, library, and information technology services. The School of Engineering currently offers bachelor of science degrees in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

environmental engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...

data science Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured and unstructured data, and apply knowledge from data across a br ...

computer engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

, and

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

. There are also bachelor of science programs in

human factors engineering Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...

, engineering science, and engineering

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. Graduate programs include

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

and

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...

degree curricula, as well as certificates, in: * Bioengineering (M.S.) *

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

(Certificate, M.S., Ph.D.) * Biotechnology Engineering (Certificate, Ph.D.) *

Chemical A chemical substance is a form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Some references add that chemical substance cannot be separated into its constituent elements by physical separation methods, i.e., wi ...

and

Biological Engineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...

(M.S., Ph.D.) *

Civil Civil may refer to: *Civic virtue, or civility *Civil action, or lawsuit * Civil affairs *Civil and political rights *Civil disobedience *Civil engineering *Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism *Civilian, someone not a membe ...

and

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...

(Certificate, M.S., Ph.D.) * Cognitive Science (Joint Ph.D.) *

Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...

(Certificate, M.S.) *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

(Certificate, M.S., Ph.D., Post-baccalaureate) * Cybersecurity and Public Policy (M.S.) *

Data Science Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured and unstructured data, and apply knowledge from data across a br ...

(Certificate, M.S.) *

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

(M.S.) * Electrical and

(P.h.D.) *

Engineering Education Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any advanced education and specializations that ...

(Certificate) *

Engineering Management Engineering management is the application of the practice of management to the practice of engineering. Engineering management is a career that brings together the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the organizational, admini ...

(M.S.) * Environmental Management (Certificate) *

Human Factors Engineering Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...

(M.S.) * Human Factors in Medical Devices and Systems (Certificate) * Human-Computer Interaction (Certificate) * Human-Robot Interaction (M.S., joint Ph.D.) * Innovation and Management (M.S.) * Manufacturing Engineering (Certificate) * Materials Science and Engineering (M.S., joint Ph.D.) * Mechanical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.) * Microwave and Wireless Engineering (Certificate) * Offshore Wind Energy Engineering (M.S.) * Software Systems Engineering (M.S.) The School of Engineering maintains dual degree programs with the School of Arts and Sciences and the

and joint degree programs with the School of Medicine, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and the

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine of Tufts University is a graduate school of veterinary medicine, located in North Grafton, Massachusetts. The Cummings School is the only college of veterinary medicine in New England. The school is also ...

Centers and institutes

The School of Engineering hosts a number of centers and institutes, including the Center for STEM Diversity, the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Tufts Gordon Institute. Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS) The CABCS is a collaborative research initiative between the U.S. Army and Tufts University. The center hosts a virtual reality lab for monitoring neurological, psychological, and behavior responses. Research at the center focuses around the measurement, predictability, and improvement of a person’s cognitive capabilities in high-stress situations. Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) Founded in 1996 as one of the first university-based engineering education centers in the U.S. CEEO researchers, staff, and students have contributed to key findings on teaching and learning in engineering and the development of tools and technologies used globally. CEEO initiatives include: * Novel Engineering: Program that integrates engineering and literacy in elementary and middle school classrooms. * Tufts Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP): Community outreach program. * Teacher Engineering Education Program: An 18-month certification for in-service teachers in K-12 engineering education. * LEGO Engineering: A web-based resource for educators who use LEGO materials. Tufts Center for STEM Diversity (CSD) The Center for STEM Diversity acts as a resource for student-led STEM based organizations on campus and hosts several programs to focus on recruiting, retaining, and graduating underrepresented students. * Bridge to Engineering Success at Tufts (BEST): Four-year program dedicated to the retention and graduation of underrepresented students in engineering programs at Tufts. * STEM Ambassadors: Community outreach program where Tufts undergraduates go into local high schools and encourage participation and curiosity in STEM fields. * Redefining the Image of Science and Engineering (RISE): Academic advising course that supports talented, first-generation Tufts students majoring in science and engineering. * Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP): Alliance-based program that works with colleges and universities to “diversify the nation’s STEM workforce” by encouraging minority participation in scientific research and knowledge generation/utilization. Tufts Gordon Institute (TGI) Students learn key management skills and how to launch their own businesses. Degrees offered by TGI include an M.S. in Innovation and Management and an M.S. in Engineering Management. Each year, the School of Engineering and TGI provide students with a platform to showcase their work and participation in research during the annual $100k New Ventures Competition.

Research and faculty

Research carried out by faculty and students covers a wide spectrum of fields and disciplines. The School's broad research themes are: energy, water, and the environment; human health and bioengineering; human-technology interface; intelligent systems; and learning science. Notable research and faculty include: * Linda Abriola, civil engineer specializing in the study of organic chemical liquid contaminants in porous media *

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos (1950 - October 28, 2019) was an American chemical engineer and, at the time of her death, had been the Robert and Marcy Haber Endowed Professor in Energy Sustainability and a Distinguished Professor at Tufts Uni ...

, chemical engineer who has authored more than 160 journal articles describing significant advances in

catalysis Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

surface chemistry Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid–gas interfaces. It includes the fiel ...

, and single-atom catalysts * Christos Georgakis, fellow of the

American Institute of Chemical Engineers The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional organization for chemical engineers. AIChE was actually established in 1908 to distinguish chemical engineers as a profession independent of chemists and mechanical engineer ...

* Mark Kachanov, Editor-in-Chief of

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...

*Igor Sokolov, engineer studying physics of cancer and aging, pioneering novel imaging methods, developing new nanomaterials *David Kaplan, biomedical engineer studying biopolymer engineering and silk-based materials * Frederick Nelson, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering *Fiorenzo Omenetto, pioneering the use of silk as a material platform for photonics, optoelectronics, and high-technology applications *Karen Panetta, recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring *Sameer Sonkusale, developing biomedical devices, circuits, and systems * Diane Souvaine, computer science professor and chair of the

National Science Board The National Science Board (NSB) of the United States establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) within the framework of applicable national policies set forth by the President and the Congress. The NSB also serves as an ind ...

*Deborah Sunter, mechanical engineer using computational modeling and data science techniques to explore technology innovation and improved environmental sustainability *

John H. Sununu John Henry Sununu (born July 2, 1939) is an American politician who was the 75th governor of New Hampshire from 1983 to 1989 and later White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Born in Cuba to an American father and a Salva ...

(former professor of mechanical engineering and dean of engineering), governor of

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, chief of staff of the White House for

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

*Kristen Wendell, recipient of the

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. The White ...

and mechanical engineer studying engineering education

Notable alumni

* Robert Adams (B.S., 1976), electrical engineer, fellow at Analog Devices, Inc. and leader in development of sigma-delta converters * Stephen Moulton Babcock, agricultural chemist who pioneered the development of nutrition as a science * Scott C. Beardsley (B.S., 1985), Dean of the

University of Virginia Darden School of Business The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School offers MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. The school was founded ...

Louis Berger Louis Berger (1914 – 1996) was an American civil engineer. A graduate of Tufts College, Berger received his Master's degree in soils and geology from MIT and Doctorate in soil mechanics from Northwestern. He was a former faculty member of Pennsyl ...

(B.S., 1936), civil engineer and founder of

Louis Berger Group Louis Berger (formerly known as Berger Group Holdings) is a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and construction management and economic development firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Founded in 1953 in H ...

Asa White Kenney Billings Asa White Kenney Billings (February 8, 1876 – November 3, 1949) was an American hydroelectric engineer and a pioneer of the electrification of Brazil, where he spent nearly all of the last 27 years of his life. He is best remembered today for ...

(B.S., 1929), American

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

engineer and pioneer of the electrification of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

John T. Blake John Twiss Blake (c. 1901-June 26, 1987) was a research scientist at the Simplex Wire and Cable company. in Boston, Massachusetts who, along with Charles R. Boggs, found that proteins present in natural rubber were responsible for water absorption ...

(B.S., 1921), scientist at Simplex Wire and Cable company *

Vannevar Bush Vannevar Bush ( ; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime ...

(B.S., M.S. 1913), engineer and scientist noted for his work on the atom bomb and early computing, co-founder of

Raytheon Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It is one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world by revenue and market capitaliza ...

* Peter Cheever (B.S., 1975), former president of

LeMessurier Consultants LeMessurier Consultants is a Boston, Massachusetts firm, founded by William LeMessurier in 1961. It provides engineering support services to architects and construction firms. They focus on advanced structural techniques and impacts to construct ...

* Frederick Church, American engineer known for early roller coaster design *

Richard Coar Richard J. Coar (May 2, 1921 – December 29, 2013), an aeronautical engineer, was a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, elected in 1984. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored him with the George Westinghouse ...

(B.S., 1942), aeronautical engineer, recipient of the

Daniel Guggenheim Medal The Daniel Guggenheim Medal is an American engineering award, established by Daniel and Harry Guggenheim. The medal is considered to be one of the greatest honors that can be presented for a lifetime of work in aeronautics. Recipients have include ...

. *

Leo Otis Colbert Rear Admiral Leo Otis Colbert (31 December 1883 – 24 December 1968) was the third director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and a career officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, predecessor of the National Oce ...

(B.S., 1907), Director of the

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS), known from 1807 to 1836 as the Survey of the Coast and from 1836 until 1878 as the United States Coast Survey, was the first scientific agency of the United States Government. It ...

, predecessor of the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, known informally as the NOAA Corps, is one of eight federal uniformed services of the United States, and operates under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ ...

Horace Dediu Horace H. Dediu (born February 25, 1968) is a Romanian-American industry analyst with a focus on mobile phones and especially Apple Inc., as well as micromobility. He is known for his analysis of Apple's business strategy and predictions of thei ...

(M.S., 1992), Romanian-American industry analyst known for his work at

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

John J. Donovan John J. Donovan (born February 12, 1942) is a former management professor at MIT, and the former president and chief executive of the Cambridge Technology Group, an executive training company. On May 3, 2022, Donovan Sr. was convicted of a doze ...

(B.S., 1963), entrepreneur and founder of

Cambridge Technology Partners Cambridge Technology Partners (ケンブリッジ・テクノロジー・パートナーズ株式会社, CTP) is a Japan-based multinational professional services company that specializes in business and IT consulting. The company is known for f ...

* Macy DuBois (B.S., 1951), Canadian architect of several landmark

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

buildings * Ben duPont (B.S., 1986), American businessman, son of

Pete du Pont Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV (January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Rockland, in New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. He was the United States representative for Delaware from ...

* Frederick M. Ellis (B.S., 1929), American sportsman and namesake of Tufts'

Ellis Oval The Tufts Jumbos are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The Jumbos compete at NCAA Division III level as member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Like all Divi ...

Rolf Faste Rolf A. Faste (1943–2003) was an American designer who made major contributions to the fields of human-centered design and design education. He is best known for his contributions to design thinking which he advanced as a 'whole person' approach ...

(M.S., 1971), American designer, director of

Stanford Joint Program in Design The Joint Program in Design (officially Stanford Graduate Program in Product Design, colloquially Stanford Design Program) was a graduate program jointly offered by the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Art Department at Stanford Universit ...

Richard H. Frenkiel Richard H. Frenkiel (born March 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American engineer, known for his significant role in the early development of cellular telephone networks. Professional career Frenkiel earned a bachelor's degree in mechani ...

(B.S., 1963), American engineer known for the development of

cellular networks A cellular network or mobile network is a communication network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless. The network is distributed over land areas called "cells", each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (typically thre ...

Hollis Godfrey Hollis Godfrey (1874 – January 17, 1936) was an American writer, teacher, engineering consultant, and president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. Early life and education Hollis Godfrey was born in 1874 in Lynn, Massachuset ...

(B.S., 1895), former President of Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry *

Seth Godin Seth W. Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive. Background After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions, primarily a book packaging business, out of a studio apartment in ...

(B.S., 1982), American author and former dot-com business executive. *

Bernard Marshall Gordon Bernard Marshall Gordon (born 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is considered "the father of high-speed analog-to-digital conversion". Early life, education, and career ...

, inventor who holds over thirty patents; former President and CEO of Analogic Corporation, Neurologica Corporation, and Gordon Engineering Company *

Eduardo Hochschild Eduardo Hochschild (born 1963/64) is a Peruvian businessman. He is the chairman of Hochschild Mining and Cementos Pacasmayo. Biography Hochschild is the son of Ana Beeck Navarro and Luis Hochschild Plaut. His father founded Cementos Pacasmay ...

(B.S., 1987), billionaire chairman of

Hochschild Mining Hochschild Mining plc is a leading British-based silver and gold mining business operating in North, Central, and South America. It is headquartered in Lima, Peru, with a corporate office in London, is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The mai ...

Ryan Hewitt Ryan Michael Hewitt (born January 24, 1991) is a former American football tight end and Fullback (gridiron football), fullback. He played college football at Stanford Cardinal football, Stanford and was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an und ...

(B.S., 1996),

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

winning record producer * Robert Kayen (B.S., 1981), professor of civil and environmental engineering at

University of Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

, previously

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Ellen J. Kullman Ellen J. Kullman (born January 22, 1956) is a United States business executive. Since November 2019, she has been the chief executive officer of Carbon (company). She was formerly Chair and Chief Executive Officer of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and C ...

(B.S., 1978), ex-CEO of

DuPont DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...

, adviser on Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, member of Board of Directors of

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

Jeffrey Lam Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung, GBS, JP (; born 23 October 1951 in Hong Kong) is a non-official member of the Executive Council (Exco) and member of the Legislative Council (Legco), representing the Commercial (First) functional constituency. He is c ...

(B.S., 1973), vice-chairman of the

Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) is a pro-business pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Wai-kwok, the party is currently the second-largest party in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, holding eigh ...

* Walter E. Lawrence (B.S., 1927), former Mayor of

Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...

* Laurence Marshall (B.S., 1911), co-founder of American Appliance Company, later

Gina McCarthy Regina McCarthy (born May 3, 1954) is an American air quality expert who served as the first White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022. She previously served as the thirteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency fro ...

(M.S., 1981), Administrator of the

EPA The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it be ...

under President Obama *

Rick McKenney Rick McKenney is an American businessman. He is currently known as the CEO of the insurance company Unum. Previously the Unum chief financial officer since 2009, in April 2015 he became CEO and president. Before Unum, he was CFO for Sun Life Fin ...

(B.S., 1991), CEO of

Unum Unum Group is an American insurance company headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded as Union Mutual in 1848 and known as UnumProvident from 1999-2007, the company is part of the Fortune 500. Unum Group was created by the 1999 merger of ...

* Ioannis N. Miaoulis (B.S., 1983, M.A 1986, Ph.D 1987), former President and Director of

Boston Museum of Science The Museum of Science (MoS) is a science museum and indoor zoo in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 700 interactive exhibits, the museum features a number of live presentat ...

, President of

Roger Williams University Roger Williams University (RWU) is a private university in Bristol, Rhode Island. Founded in 1956, it was named for theologian and Rhode Island cofounder Roger Williams (theologian), Roger Williams. The school enrolls over 5,000 students and e ...

Umberto Milletti Umberto Milletti is the CEO and founder of InsideView, a San Francisco-based CRM intelligence company. The company is backed by Foundation Capital, Emergence Capital, Split Rock Partners and Rembrandt Venture Partners. It has raised a total of $4 ...

(B.S., 1985), CEO and founder of

InsideView InsideView is a software as a service (SaaS) company that gleans insights and relationships from more than 40,000 sources of business information, contact data, online news, and social media. Founded in 2005, InsideView is mainly used by marketi ...

Joseph Neubauer Joseph Neubauer (born October 19, 1941 in Mandatory Palestine) is an American businessman and the former CEO of Aramark Corporation. Before joining Aramark, he served as vice-president at PepsiCo and Chase Manhattan Bank. Neubauer is listed at #82 ...

(B.S., 1963), former CEO and currently chairman of the board of

Aramark Corporation Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American food service, facilities, and uniform services provider to clients in areas including education, healthcare, business, prisons, and leisure. It operates in North America (United Sta ...

Pierre Omidyar Pierre Morad Omidyar (born Parviz Morad Omidyar, June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American billionaire. A technology entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist, he is the founder of eBay, where he served as chairman from 199 ...

(B.S., 1988), billionaire founder of

eBay eBay Inc. ( ) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995 and became a ...

Joseph A. Paradiso Joseph Paradiso is the Alexander W. Dreyfoos (1954) Professor at MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences. He directs the MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments Group, which explores how sensor networks augment and mediate human experience, intera ...

(B.S., 1977), Director of MIT Media Lab's Responsive Environments Group * Leon Patitsas (B.S., 1997), founder of Atlas Maritime *

Frederick Stark Pearson Frederick Stark Pearson (July 3, 1861 – May 7, 1915) was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Biography Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson was the son of Ambrose and Hannah (Edgerly) Pearson. He graduated from Tufts University in 1883 w ...

, electrical engineer and businessman * Thomas F. Quatieri (B.S., 1973), electrical engineer, faculty member at

MIT Lincoln Laboratory The MIT Lincoln Laboratory, located in Lexington, Massachusetts, is a United States Department of Defense federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Research and dev ...

* Kristen Ransom, (M.S., 2018), engineer and social entrepreneur, CTO of IncluDe Web Design and Development *

John Reif John H. Reif (born 1951) is an American academic, and Professor of Computer Science at Duke University, who has made contributions to large number of fields in computer science: ranging from algorithms and computational complexity theory to robotic ...

(B.S., 1973), computer science, nanotechnology, and DNA researcher and professor *

Kristina Roegner Kristina Roegner (born November 27, 1968) is an American politician who serves as a member of the Ohio Senate. She has represented the 27th senatorial district since 2019. Her district encompasses the majority of Summit County in Northern Ohio. ...

(B.S., 1990), member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

Mitchell Rose Mitchell Rose is an American director of short films known for comedic work and dance film. He began his career as a choreographer and performance artist and became known at "the dance world's Woody Allen" after being so dubbed by ''The New York ...

(B.S., 1973), American director, known for comedic work and

dance film A dance film (also known as screen dance) is a film in which dance is used to reveal the central themes of the film, whether these themes be connected to narrative or story, states of being, or more experimental and formal concerns. In such films, ...

* David Rosowsky (B.S./M.S. 1987), Provost and Senior Vice President of the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

, former dean of engineering of

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

. * Keith Ross, NYU computer science professor; dean of engineering NYU Shanghai; ACM and IEEE Fellow * Charles Russo (M.S., 1998), Senior Principal and CEO of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. *

Ellery Schempp Ellery Schempp (born Ellory Schempp, August 5, 1940) is an American physicist and the primary student involved in the landmark 1963 United States Supreme Court decision of ''Abington School District v. Schempp'' which declared that required publi ...

(B.S., 1962), physicist and political activist *

Phillip Hagar Smith Phillip Hagar Smith (April 29, 1905 in Lexington, Massachusetts – August 29, 1987 in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) was an electrical engineer, who became famous for his invention of the Smith chart. Smith graduated from Tufts College in 1928 wit ...

(B.S., 1928), inventor of the

Smith chart The Smith chart, invented by Phillip H. Smith (1905–1987) and independently by Mizuhashi Tosaku, is a graphical calculator or nomogram designed for electrical and electronics engineers specializing in radio frequency (RF) engineering to assist ...

, a graphical aid to assist in solving problems with

transmission lines In electrical engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves in a contained manner. The term applies when the conductors are long enough that the wave nature of the transmis ...

and matching circuits * Kevin J. Sullivan (B.S., 1987), Associate Professor at

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

, known for work with ultra-large-scale (ULS) systems *

William L. Uanna William Lewis "Bud" Uanna (May 13, 1909 – December 22, 1961) was an American security expert, who gained prominence as a security officer with the Manhattan Project, which built the first atomic bomb during World War II. Uanna was in charge ...

(B.S., M.S.), American security expert known for his work on

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...

* Gordon Lynn Walls (B.S., 1926), American professor of

optometry Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care. In the Uni ...

at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Norbert Wiener Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher i ...

(B.A., 1909), mathematician known as the founder of

cybernetics Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson m ...

Michelle Ann Williams Michelle Ann Williams is a Jamaican-American epidemiologist, public health scientist, and educator who has served as the dean of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health since 2016. Early life Williams was born on January 1, 1962, and i ...

(M.S., 1986), Dean of

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first ...

References

{{Coord, 42.406, N, 71.117, W, display=title Tufts University Engineering schools and colleges in the United States Engineering universities and colleges in Massachusetts 1898 establishments in Massachusetts Universities and colleges in Middlesex County, Massachusetts