Staff receive Distinction Awards
Three engineering staff members received Tufts Distinction Awards, honoring them for their exceptional accomplishments.
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Summer Scholars in Engineering
This summer, eight Engineering majors received Summer Scholars funding to remain on campus and work on an independent undergraduate research project.
Georgakis recognized for scholarship
Professor Christos Georgakis has received the 2017 Tufts University Distinguished Senior Scholar Award.
Asatekin and Wendell named endowed assistant professors
Assistant Professors Ayse Asatekin and Kristen Wendell are appointed to endowed professorships in recognition of their outstanding research programs and potential.
A career launchpad
The Bruce-Griffey Leadership and Diversity Internship Fund was established to honor alumni Lena Bruce, E92, and Anita Griffey, J90. Through the fund, chemical engineering major Andrade Hendricks received a stipend to intern at New England Biolabs.
Filtering clean drinking water
In the Summer Scholars program, junior Grace Aro made membranes and tested their ability to filter contaminants out of water.
Nair wins NIH New Innovator Award
Nikhil Nair seeks new treatment for potentially fatal, rarely-studied congenital "orphan diseases" caused by improper food metabolism.