School of Engineering in the Media

Research Professor and Louis Berger Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus Steve Chapra is quoted at length about factors contributing to the algae infestation in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 2017 collaborative research led by Chapra examining the impact of climate change on algae blooms in U.S. freshwaters is also linked.

Engineering's Fiorenzo Omenetto, director of the Silklab, is quoted about his lab’s collaborative new research to develop a featherlight, silk-based sticker for newborns in incubators that reads four critical health signals at once by changing color.

In this conversation, Engineering Distinguished Professor Karen Panetta discusses her body of research and career, as well as the future of AI and STEM education.

Engineering’s Farshid Vahedifard is quoted from an April 2023 New Scientist article about the threat that large, semiaquatic rodents called nutria pose to levees in California.

Engineering Distinguished Professor Karen Panetta explains how AI and robotics could make space mining a reality in the not so distant future.

Engineering’s Shafiqul Islam and Fletcher Affiliate Amy Jaffe join this episode of The Excerpt podcast to discuss how Americans may be impacted by disruptions to oil and water in the war with Iran.

Engineering postdoc Sanjana Gopalakrishnan comments on new research developing ultrasound-activated nanoparticles that can penetrate bacterial biofilms in the body to deliver effective, localized antibiotic treatments.

Engineering’s Fiorenzo Omenetto, Silklab director, notes that spider silk is five times stronger than steel in this article on supersilk.

Tufts will launch a new innovation hub for lab-grown foods with a $2.1M state grant. TUCCA’s Meera Zassenhaus is quoted about the center’s partnership with the Good Food Institute to make cell lines and growth media, acquired from a now-defunct cultivated meat company, publicly available for academic and industry research.

Engineering’s Nik Nair is quoted from a Tufts Now news story about collaborative research to develop a way to biosynthetically produce a rare sugar called tagatose, which might provide the sweetness and natural taste of table sugar without its potential harms.

Engineering’s Nik Nair is quoted about collaborative research developing a way to biosynthetically produce a rare sugar called tagatose, which might provide the sweetness and natural taste of table sugar without its potential harms.

Engineering’s Nik Nair is quoted about collaborative research to develop a way to biosynthetically produce a rare sugar called tagatose, which might provide the sweetness and natural taste of table sugar without its potential harms.