Continuous Quality Improvement:
Successful ABET Accreditation for Seven Tufts Undergraduate Programs

Tufts University’s bachelor's degree programs in chemical, electrical, computer, civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering have been re-accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, Inc. as of August 2006. Tufts also received, for the first time, accreditation of the bachelor’s degree program in computer science in engineering by the Computer Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET, Inc.
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Teaching Science Through Engineering:
With a grant from the National Science Foundation, CEEO is joining forces with area partners to enhance elementary school science

For years, the Center for Engineering Education Outreach (CEEO) at Tufts University has used LEGO bricks and LEGO robotics to make engineering more accessible to children in grades K-12. The CEEO houses a thriving graduate research program, with six PhD and three Master's students already involved in a number of grant-funded projects focused on various aspects of engineering education. Now, through a formal partnership with other area researchers, CEEO will test a new curriculum that uses LEGO®MINDSTORMS™ and engineering principles to improve how third, fourth, and fifth graders learn science. This new project is the first to look specifically at how engineering can improve elementary science learning.
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Innovative Nanotechnology Gets Its Start at Tufts
When Regina Valluzzi, PhD, was a research assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts, she studied polymer structure and processing and discovered novel ways of attaining molecular separations. Today, Valluzzi is chief scientific officer at Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. (ENS), a company she helped found. ENS has developed several unique and powerful technologies for chiral separations -- innovations that got their start at Tufts.
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Tufts Engineering Researchers in the News
In each issue, Engineering eNews will feature members of our community who are conducting groundbreaking or newsworthy research.

Is It "Natural"? Brodley, Slonim, and Cowen Study DNA
Professors Brodley, PhD, Slonim, PhD, and Cowen, PhD, in the Tufts computer science department are exploring ways to distinguish between natural and unnatural DNA, thanks to a one-year exploratory grant from DARPA. The project will help medical, legal, and military authorities determine appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.
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Laurie Baise Wins Prestigious NSF Award
Laurie Baise, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, likes to shake things up in her research and in the classroom. A recipient of the National Science Foundation's prestigious CAREER Award, Baise seamlessly integrates research and teaching in her work on seismic hazard mapping.
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