Tufts University
School of Engineering
Medford, Massachusetts
Overview
Since its designation as Tufts College in 1852 and as Tufts University in 1955, Tufts has grown to comprise eight primary faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Science; the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine; the Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Science; and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Currently, the total enrollment in all schools is about 9,400 students, of whom approximately 4,325 are graduate and professional students.
In 2004/05, 504 students were enrolled in the School of Engineering. Approximately 30 percent are women, and there is a diverse group of international students.
The Location and Community
Tufts University is located in the Boston suburbs, just 7 miles from the city center and 2 miles from Cambridge. Because of the high density of educational institutions, many distinguished scholars who reside in or visit the Boston area present seminars and confer with colleagues at Tufts. Students with specialized research needs may obtain Boston Library Consortium privileges, enabling them to use the library facilities of other local universities. The area is a center for historic points of interest and some of the finest cultural offerings in the world, including the Boston Symphony, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, the New England Aquarium, and many performing groups and theaters that stage professional productions.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The School of Engineering offers programs of study leading to the Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Engineering (M.E.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. In addition to the usual areas of concentration within these disciplines, distinctive specialties include biomedical technology, biotechnology, environmental sustainability (including health and water resources), hazardous materials management, biomedical product engineering, human factors, electrooptics and bioimaging, and thermal manufacturing.
Applicants for graduate degrees in engineering are required to have a suitable background in mathematics and/or engineering sciences and the prerequisite understanding for the advanced engineering courses to be taken. Requirements for the M.S. degree are ten courses including a thesis?except in civil and environmental engineering, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering, where a master's report or a design project may be elected. There is an oral examination covering the thesis research. For computer science, an undergraduate major in computer science is expected, but other backgrounds will be considered.
Candidates for the Ph.D. degree normally have completed requirements for the M.S. degree in their discipline and must pass a qualifying examination. The candidate must satisfactorily complete a program of course work established by a faculty committee, write a dissertation on the research effort, and defend the dissertation orally.
Full-time students ordinarily take five courses per term or four courses plus thesis research. Students with research or teaching assistantships take the equivalent of two or three courses per term. Part-time students take one or two courses per term, and some programs can be completed in the evening. One year of residence is required for the master's degree; another two years beyond the master's degree for the Ph.D.
Facilities & Resources
The School of Engineering maintains an environment that makes research attractive and productive by providing a strong infrastructure with modern facilities and instrumentation as well as technical and administrative support. Many of the facilities integrate research with teaching for undergraduates, graduate students, and industry personnel. Each department maintains advanced laboratories related to its field. Moreover, Schoolwide initiatives have overcome traditional barriers to allow better access to equipment and facilities for multidisciplinary projects.
The research facilities in the School include laboratories for biomedical engineering and biotechnology, computer systems and software, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resource studies, fluid-flow analysis, materials characterization, thermal manufacturing, rapid prototyping, pollution prevention, heterogeneous catalysis, molecular bioprocessing, biophysical characterization, microwave engineering, and VLSI design.
Expenses and Aid
Tuition for 2004/05 was $30,982, which covers the full cost of a one-year master's program and one third the cost of doctoral programs. Part-time tuition was $3098 per course. Other charges include student health insurance, a health service fee, and a $40 student activity fee.
Financial Aid:
In 2004/05, the school awarded more than $2.6 million in tuition scholarships. Full and partial tuition scholarships are available to many M.S. and Ph.D. students, and both teaching and research assistantships are available. Tufts also awards need-based financial aid through the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Stafford Student Loan programs.
Housing/Living Expenses:
Living expenses are estimated at $1500 per month. There is limited on-campus housing for graduate students. Rent for one-bedroom apartments in Medford and Somerville begin at approximately $900 per month. The cost of sharing an apartment averages about $550 per person. A public transportation system serves the greater Boston area and provides transportation to and from the campus.
How to Apply
For September enrollment, applications should be submitted by February 15 for chemical and biological engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering. The electrical engineering and computer science application deadlines are March 15. For January enrollment, applications should be submitted by October 15. However, applications received after these dates are given consideration. TOEFL scores are required for international students. Scores on the GRE General Test are required for applicants to biomedical engineering, chemical and biological engineering, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering and are recommended for applicants to other departments.
Who to Contact
Office of Graduate and Professional Studies
Ballou Hall
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
617-627-3395
School of Engineering home page
Graduate Programs, Faculty and Reasearch
• Linda M. Abriola, Dean.
• Vincent P. Manno, Associate Dean.
• Scott G. Sahagian, Executive Associate Dean.
• G. Kim Knox, Associate Dean.
• Lewis Edgers, Associate Dean.
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
• David Kaplan, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Syracuse. Bioengineering, biomaterials, biopolymer engineering, tissue engineering.
• Greg Altman, Research Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Collagen-based matrices, ligament formation, bioreactor systems, in vitro tissue formation and development.
• Mark Cronin-Golomb, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Caltech. Optical instrumentation, laser tweezers, atomic force microscopy, nonlinear optics.
• Sergio Fantini, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florence (Italy). Near-infrared tissue imaging, biomedical instrumentation, medical optics.
• Irene Georgakoudi, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Rochester. Spectroscopic imaging and characterization, in vivo flow cytometry.
• Van Toi Vo, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Biomedical instrumentation, vision and ophthalmology, telemedicine.
• Christos Georgakis, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Minnesota. Modeling, optimization and process control, batch processing.
• Aurelie Edwards, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Physiological modeling.
• Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota. Environmental catalysis; clean energy technologies; nanostructured oxides.
• Walter Juda, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Lyons (France). Electrochemistry and chemical reaction engineering.
• David L. Kaplan, Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse. Biotechnology, biomaterials, tissue engineering.
• Brian Kelley, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., MIT. Novel methods for protein purification, large-scale purifications; high-density bacterial fermentation.
• Kyongbum Lee, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Metabolic engineering, tissue engineering, systems biology.
• Jerry H. Meldon, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Mass transfer, membrane processes, reaction-separation coupling.
• Blaine Pfeifer, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Stanford. Biotechnology, cellular engineering, natural product biosynthesis and development.
• Daniel F. Ryder, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic. Polymer and ceramic materials processing, inorganic/organic nanocomposite materials.
• Howard Saltsburg, Research Professor; Ph.D., Boston University. Catalysis, materials science.
• Nak-Ho Sung, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Polymers and composites, interface science, polymer diffusion, surface modification.
• Kenneth A. Van Wormer Jr., Professor; Sc.D., MIT. Optimization, nucleation, reaction kinetics, VLSI fabrication.
• Vladimir Volloch, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., Moscow State. Cellular and molecular biology.
• Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., Belgrade. Transport phenomena, tissue engineering, bioreactors.
• Christopher Swan, Associate Professor and Chair; Ph.D., MIT. Geoenvironmental engineering, geotechnical engineering.
• Linda M. Abriola, Professor; Ph.D., Princeton. Environmental and water resources engineering.
• Laurie Gaskins Baise, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley. Geological engineering, earthquake engineering.
• Linfield C. Brown, Professor; Ph.D., Wisconsin?Madison. Water-quality modeling, environmental engineering and statistics.
• Steven C. Chapra, Professor; Ph.D., Michigan. Surface water-quality modeling.
• Wayne Chudyk, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Drinking water quality and toxic materials, groundwater monitoring.
• Anne Marie Desmarais, Lecturer; M.S., Michigan. Environmental health.
• John Durant, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Environmental engineering, hazardous materials management.
• Lewis Edgers, Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering.
• David M. Gute, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Yale. Environmental and occupational epidemiology.
• Paul Kirshen, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Water resources research.
• G. Kim Knox, Adjunct Assistant Professor; M.S., Tufts. Structural engineering, bridge design.
• Lee Minardi, Lecturer; M.S., Tufts. Computer-aided design, geometric modeling.
• Masoud Olia, Lecturer; Ph.D., Northeastern. Damage in composites, systems dynamics, stress analysis.
• Masoud Sanayei, Associate Professor; Ph.D., UCLA. Structural engineering, finite element analysis.
• Richard M. Vogel, Professor; Ph.D., Cornell. Water resources, statistics, engineering economics.
• Mark Woodin, Lecturer; Sc.D., Harvard. Epidemiology and public health.
• Diane L. Souvaine, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Princeton. Computational geometry.
• Anselm C. Blumer, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Illinois. Data compression, machine learning.
• Carla E. Brodley, Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Amherst. Data mining and computer security.
• Alva L. Couch, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Parallel computing, computer graphics.
• Lenore Cowen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Algorithms, graph theory, probabilistic combinatorics.
• Paul Drongowski, Lecturer; Ph.D., Utah. Software engineering.
• Sarah Frisken, Professor; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon. Computer graphics.
• Margaret Guertin, Lecturer; Ph.D., Boston University. Artificial intelligence.
• Soha Hassoun, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Washington (Seattle). CAD, VLSI design.
• Robert J. K. Jacob, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Human-computer interaction.
• Roni Khardon, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Artificial intelligence.
• A. Kofi Laing, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins. Parallel computing.
• Kris Powers, Lecturer; Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Computer science teaching methodologies
• James G. Schmolze, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts. Artificial intelligence.
• Donna Slonim, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Biological and medical information from gene expression.
• Judith A. Stafford, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Colorado. Compositional reasoning, component-based software engineering, and software architecture analysis.
• Mohammed Nurul Afsar, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., London. Microwaves and submillimeter waves, design and applications.
• Chorng Hwa Chang, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Drexel. Computer engineering, communication networks.
• Denis W. Fermental, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northeastern. Control engineering, analog electronics.
• Ronald B. Goldner, Professor; Ph.D., Purdue. Applied optics; optoelectronic materials and devices; solar energy conservation, conversion, and storage.
• Paul McCormack, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Software-defined radio, FPGA-based computing.
• Joseph P. Noonan, Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Communications, coding and information theory, digital signal processing.
• Karen Panetta, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northeastern. Digital simulation, multimedia computer architecture.
• Douglas Preis, Professor; Ph.D., Utah State. Electromagnetics, signal processing, audio engineering.
• Sameer Sonkusale, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Pennsylvania. Mixed-signal VLSI design, semiconductor physics.
• Anil Saigal, Professor and Chair; Ph.D., Georgia Tech. Advanced materials, manufacturing processes, quality control.
• Behrouz Abedian, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Fluid mechanics, polymer plastics, magnetohydrodynamics.
• Caroline Cao, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Toronto. Human factors, biomedical systems.
• Allan H. Clemow, Adjunct Assistant Professor; M.S., Penn State. Consumer product analysis, products liability.
• Robert Greif, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Applied mechanics, vibration control, composite materials.
• Mark Kachanov, Professor; Ph.D., Brown. Fracture mechanics, micromechanics, overall properties of materials.
• Gary Leisk, Visiting Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Manufacturing science, signal processing.
• Vincent P. Manno, Professor; Sc.D., MIT. Computational thermal-fluid dynamics.
• Douglas Matson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., MIT. Materials processing, solidification.
• Frederick C. Nelson, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Structural damping, vibration and noise control, rotordynamics.
• James P. O?Leary, Associate Professor; M.S., West Virginia. Machine design, manufacturing, bioengineering.
• A. Benjamin Perlman, Professor; Ph.D., Lehigh. Vehicle dynamics, applied mechanics, finite-element analysis.
• Chris Rogers, Professor; Ph.D., Stanford. Experimental fluid dynamics, science education.
• Peter Y. Wong, Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., Tufts. Thermal materials processing, radiative heat transfer.