Advancement and Outreach

Development: The School of Engineering had another strong fundraising year, raising over $25.5 million in fiscal year 2022 (FY22). This was the second-highest total amount ever raised for the School, and the sixth year in a row of achieving eight-figure philanthropic support. Led by a transformational Schuler Access Initiative gift to support undergraduate financial aid, donors also supported cutting-edge faculty research, endowed professorships, capital needs, and student academic success. The School has twice exceeded its fundraising goals in the university’s Brighter World campaign, having raised $150 million versus its campaign goal of $100 million. Over 10,750 donors have contributed to the School in this campaign, demonstrating their belief in a Tufts engineering education.

Corporate and Foundation Relations: FY22 was a banner year for the School of Engineering, with $6.9 million in corporate and foundation achievement. Highlights included awards from Massachusetts Life Sciences Corporation funding Professor Sameer Sonkusale’s (ECE) work on the transdermal delivery of monoclonal antibodies and Professor Igor Sokolov’s (ME) research on the non-invasive detection of bladder cancer. The LEGO Foundation continued to support the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) with $2.8 million to amplify local organizations engaged in engineering-based learning. Daniel Votipka (CS), Lin Family Assistant Professor,

received a $150,000 grant from Google to identify and reduce barriers to entry and participation for marginalized populations in cybersecurity vulnerability discovery, and Ocean Winds funded a $150,000 fellowship in Tufts’ offshore wind energy engineering graduate programs.

Alumni Outreach: The Office of Alumni Engagement returned to in-person reunion programming this year with events for three cycles of classes. The office collaborated with the Career Center to host a virtual alumni-student networking night during Engineers Week, and also partnered with the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to survey alumni working in biotech. In the future, the group plans to establish a more formal shared interest group for Tufts biotech alumni.

Career Center: This year, Tufts’ Career Center hosted 24 engineering-specific programs to support students in engineering and tech fields. The Center conducted nearly 1,200 career consultations with undergraduate and graduate students across engineering, computer science, and engineering psychology areas of study, and worked with alumni as well. The co-op program continued for its fourth year, providing undergrads from three engineering departments the opportunity to work in industry with preparation and support from the Career Center and the School of Engineering.

The CEEO continued its longstanding collaboration with LEGO Education Tufts School of Engineering now offers an MS, PhD, and certificate in offshore wind energy engineering