Get to Know Kyongbum Lee
The teacher, administrator, and researcher looks to begin a new chapter for the school as he assumes the permanent deanship.
Dean's Innovation Fund
Previously known as the Dean’s Discretionary Fund, the Dean’s Innovation Fund allows Dean Kyongbum Lee to support new ideas and initiatives presented to him by students and faculty members. This fund allows him to invest in new priorities that will make an impact on the School of Engineering, the esteemed faculty, and the promising student base.
Funds may be used to help attract and retain world-class faculty, buy new equipment that can help expand a curriculum, support student projects and research with the potential to change the world, and more. There are so many different places the Dean can allocate funding — but it is always allocated where it will have the greatest immediate impact on our community.
About Dean Kyongbum Lee
Kyongbum Lee is dean of Tufts University School of Engineering and Karol Family Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Lee joined Tufts in 2002, as an assistant professor, rising to associate professor in 2008 and to full professor in 2014. He previously served as chair of chemical and biological engineering.
As dean, he leads the School of Engineering's mission of educating students and advancing knowledge for the benefit of society.
Highlights
Tufts welcomes the undergraduate Class of 2028
Women account for 48% of incoming students at the School of Engineering.
A modern upgrade for Tufts’ historic engineering hub
Renovations to Halligan Hall, completed this summer, advance electrical and computer engineering teaching and research at Tufts.