Train tracking
Professor Masoud Sanayei and a group of colleagues created a simple closed form prediction models of train-induced vibration transmission within buildings, focusing on metro stations and buildings in Shenzen, China.
News
Cholera control
In the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Associate Professor Daniele Lantagne and postdoctoral scholar Travis Yates examine studies to determine whether household water treatment (HWT) interventions reduce the burden of disease in cholera outbreak
The toxic air we breathe
Professor Doug Brugge discusses his new book, Particles in the Air: The Deadliest Pollutant Is the One You Breathe Every Day, and his research on particulate matter.
Hooper honored by AGU
Research Professor Richard Hooper receives the 2018 Edward A. Flinn III Award.
Teaching science—and hope—in a refugee camp
Ayman Halaseh, EG15, and his wife Shirin Haddadin are bringing STEM education to children at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
Tufts students and alumni receive clean tech award
ZwitterCo, a group made up of engineering alumni and graduate students, received a Catalyst grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for their work on a membrane technology designed to reduce energy consumption in water purification
Warming waters
Professor Steven Chapra points to warming temperatures due to climate change as the reason for more toxic algae bloom in U.S. waters.
Stress test
Professor Masoud Sanayei analyzes the structural health of roller coasters.
Learning up close
While studying abroad in Talloires, France, BEST scholar Talisa Watts is seeing global health engineering and policy at work.