A Day in the Life 3

No day is alike for any two Tufts engineers—so we asked three Tufts engineers to share a day in the life, complete with classes, snacks, and shenanigans.

ELYSIA CHANG ’23, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

9:04 AM: *Cue iPhone Alarm Radar Sound*... Snooze Count: 2

9:23 AM: Time to get up—accept the fact that I will never be a morning person

9:45 AM: Pick up my usual breakfast order from Hodgdon Food-on-the-Run: coffee w/ cream and sugar + Medford bagel (cream cheese, onion, dill & cucumber on a plain bagel)

10:30 AM: ES-2 Introduction to Computing: Professor Cross in the Science and Engineering Complex Anderson Wing

11:43 AM: Join my two friends Gaby & Tara on our short walk between classes

12:00 PM: PHY-11 General Physics 1: Professor Gallagher

1:30 PM: PSY-13 Social Psychology: Professor Remedios begins. We learn about famous social psychology research studies and how they relate to our real life—everything from love and attraction to prejudice and stereotypes

3:00 PM: MATH-34 Calculus 2 recitation

3:50 PM: Now the fun part begins! This semester, I’m working in Professor Kaplan’s Biomedical Engineering Lab with the cellular agriculture team, researching projects regarding culturing cells and growing meat in the lab

5:30 PM: Walk back to Harleston Hall to begin some homework so I can have most of my weekend free to hang out with my friends or explore Boston

7:00 PM: Dinner at Carmichael Dining Hall with some friends from my Harleston Hall floor

8:15 PM: Club volleyball practice in Chase Gym

11:00 PM: FaceTime my family and friends from back home, then call it a day!

EVY MILLER-NUZZO ’24, HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING

9:00 AM: Go to the Fitness Center and lift!

10:30 AM: BIO-130 Animal Behavior: Professor Starks

12:00 PM: Stop by the Nolop makerspace to laser cut or engrave a new project—maybe an engraved charcuterie board?

1:30 PM: ME-40 Engineering Design 1: Professors Hannon, Liesk, & Chiesa

3:00 PM: CSHD-125 American Sign Language 2: Professor Applegate

4:30 PM: ENP-161 Human Factors Production Design: Professor Intriligator

6:00 PM: Study (or nap) at the Women’s Center

7:00 PM: Stop by Dewick for dinner with friends

7:30 PM: Volunteer with Tufts Food Rescue Collaborative (I worked a shift once a week packing excess dining center food—now I’m a coordinator!)

8:30 PM: Work a shift at Ginn Library (I’m a circulation worker at the front desk)

LIAM STRAND ’24, COMPUTER SCIENCE

8:00 AM: Shower, and get breakfast from Dewick (if I actually woke up on time) or Kindlevan (if I’m running late)

11:00 AM: Either host office hours, or run a lab for CS-11, the introductory computer science class

1:30 PM: CS-21 Concurrent Programming: Professor Sheldon

3:00 PM: Look over/rehearse music for MUS-81: Concert Choir, the auditioned curricular choir at Tufts

4:30 PM: CS-116 Intro to Cybersecurity: Professor Chow

6:00 PM: The real work begins! This evening time is usually devoted to partnered homework assignments, as this is when most people are available to work

8:00 PM: I almost always grab dinner with whoever I’m working with at some point before 9. The default choice is Dewick, but if we feel like switching it up, we can go to Carm. Or, if we’ve had a particularly successful day or are planning on working late into the night, we might indulge ourselves and order out from Dumpling Kitchen or a Pho place