Energy, water, and environment

Tufts School of Engineering is pleased to welcome new faculty members during academic year 2024-25.

Professor Shafiqul Islam wrote for the Daily Star about the crucial role that engineering diplomacy can play in effective disaster management.

Berger Chair Farshid Vahedifard delivered a lecture on climate resilient and equitable infrastructure at Nanjing University.

A Tufts team including principal investigator Associate Professor Rob White and Associate Professor Luisa Chiesa created a sonic anemometer that can measure wind on Mars.

Professor and Berger Chair Farshid Vahedifard spoke with the Boston Globe about the effects of extreme heat on public transportation.

Berger Chair Farshid Vahedifard’s and colleagues’ physics-based model could help prevent further damage from landslides in the wake of wildfires.

Researchers in Tufts’ REAP Labs advance understanding of materials grown using molecular beam epitaxy.

Using silk biomaterials, Tufts researchers copy a jewel orchid’s highly efficient system of capturing and networking light.

Water-based manufacturing could replace use of toxic chemicals and open the door for hybrid electronic-biological devices.