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Melissa Pickering, E'05
Alumna Melissa Pickering was named a 2011 "Woman to Watch"
by Mass High Tech. Ms. Pickering is the co-founder of
iCreate to
Educate LLC, a startup that uses stop-action animation to teach
STEM topics. "I got involved with the Center for Engineering
Education and Outreach (CEEO) at Tufts, and I got paid to play with Legos and kids. That sealed my understanding that we need these
types of problem-solving activities in the classroom. It
actually helped me stay in engineering," said Pickering.
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Sharon Donald, EG'90
Alumna Sharon Donald was named a 2011 "Woman to Watch"
by Mass High Tech. Mrs. Donald is the Division Leader in
Embedded Navigation & Sensor Systems for
Draper Laboratory Inc., in Donald leads a group of some 75 engineers
working on advanced navigation and control embedded software,
robotics and communications systems for next-generation defense
and intelligence programs.
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Sam Veeraraghavan, EG'10
Sam Veeraraghavan was named one of the
New Faces of Engineering 2011 by the National Engineers Week Foundation. Sam has developed
technology-based solutions to address global humanitarian
issues for children with disabilities, women and students
below poverty lines in India. |
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Pamela McNamara, E'81
Engineering consultant Pamela McNamara returned to
the Hill to deliver the Fall 2010
Lyon & Bendheim Lecture. McNamara spoke with students about the significance of
critical thinking and problem solving in the workplace,
skills that she called essential to engineers and liberal
arts students alike. |
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Ellen Kullman, E'78
Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont, Tufts Trustee and Engineering Board Overseer,
gave the Spring 2010 Lecture in the
Lyon & Bendheim Lecture Alumni Series. Ms. Kullman shared how her
experiences at Tufts School of Engineering influenced her exciting and
successful career as a business leader. Read an interview with Ms. Kullman
in the Tufts
Daily. |
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Sarah Freeman, E'05, EG'08
Sarah Freeman, a water resources engineer for the Louis Berger Group, has been named as one of the 2009 New Faces of Engineering by the National Engineers Week Foundation. Freeman recently conducted a two-year study using global water data sets and GIS to give a much richer picture of water availability in Africa than traditional studies have shown. |
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Todd Chapin, E'97, EG'99
Voice User Interface Designer
Chapin clears up the noise in speech recognition technology. |
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Dave Rosowsky, E'85, EG'87
Creating Safer and Stronger Infrastructure: One Structure at a Time
Rosowsky researches designs capable of resisting natural hazards such as hurricanes and earthquakes. |
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Chris Roughton, E'05
From Nuts (and Bolts) to Soup: General Mills Production Team Leader
Roughton works as a production team leader for General Mills' Progresso Soup line. |
 | Ori Taka, E'01, EG'03
Heavy Metal
As a senior software engineer at iRobot, Taka's job is to optimize the way robots move. |
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Kevin Oye, E'79
Moving at Light Speed
Kevin Oye develops and markets broadband networking products that transport voice and data traffic over wavelengths of light. |
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Will Thompson, E'99
Sunshine on His Shoulders
Thompson is co-founder of Nexamp, Inc., a veteran-owned and operated solar power company. |
 | Andrew Siegle, E'85, EG'89, EG'04
Hidden Treasures
Siegle dreams up new engineering solutions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. |
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Megan Brachtl, EG'05
Environmental Policy
Brachtl tackles fuel issues as presidential management fellow in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality at the U.S. EPA. |
 | Bonnie Schnitta, EG'78
The Science of Sound
Acoustical engineer Schnitta sorts out sound for varied clients like Ralph Lauren, Dunkin' Donuts, and Pfizer Inc. pharmaceuticals. |
