The Engineering Class of 2010
This year's entering class continues the Tufts tradition of high quality and selectivity. The Class of 2010 is composed of 183 engineering students, of which 31% are women, 22% are domestic students of color and 9% are international students. The mean high school rank for engineering students is 8%, with 85% of students in the top decile of their high school classes. Class average SAT scores are V684, M731 (total: 1415 out of 1600), up 15 points from just one year ago. Twenty-nine percent applied "early decision," indicating Tufts Engineering was their first choice.
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Engineers without Borders: Building Bridges between Medford and the World
While some Tufts students this summer worked internships in high-rises or were tucked away in research labs, others analyzed water quality in a Salvadoran village and built a bio-gas unit in Ecuador. As members of the Tufts student chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB), these volunteers traveled to underdeveloped nations to put their engineering and leadership skills to work -- and to make a difference in the lives of others.
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Tufts Engineering Researchers in the News
Each issue, Engineering eNews will feature members of our community who are conducting groundbreaking or newsworthy research.

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos: Sopping up Sulfur
For decades, engineers have struggled to find inexpensive ways to remove sulfur; even traces of it in fuel cell gases will wreak havoc on the catalysts that convert hydrogen into electricity. Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos has found a way to "sop up" sulfur with a new technology that removes hydrogen sulfide from hot fuel gases before the gas is used for power production in high-temperature fuel cells or gas turbines.
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David Kaplan: Weaving a Web to Regrow Bone
Professor David Kaplan is weaving a web of spider silk and silica to potentially regrow bone. Kaplan and his team have created a novel nanomaterial that, for the first time, combines the strength of spider silk with the stiffness of silica, resulting in a composite that could be used in medical and industrial applications.
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Lufkin Foundation supports new microfabrication teaching laboratory
Impressed with Tufts' high-quality mechanical engineering program, the Trustees of the Elizabeth A. Lufkin - Richard H. Lufkin Memorial Fund recently awarded the University a $278,000 grant to support the establishment of a microfabrication teaching facility. The microelectronics and microsensors industry continues to grow worldwide, and this grant brings microfabrication equipment to Tufts students, who will gain hands-on manufacturing experience in emerging techniques with cutting-edge research and industrial applications.
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