Everything You Need to Make Your Ideas Real

ENGINEERING FACILITIES, MAKERSPACES, AND RESOURCE CENTERS EMPOWER AND EQUIP TUFTS ENGINEERS.

Students walk through the atrium of the Science and Engineering Complex.

Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO): The CEEO has more than 20 years of experience in improving engineering education in the classroom, from kindergarten to college. The engineering education research program is aimed at understanding how kids and adults learn engineering, which informs the CEEO’s development of educational tools for the classroom. The CEEO buzzes with activity on a daily basis, with undergraduate students developing and testing innovative educational technologies, staff members facilitating teacher workshops, and visiting professors sharing their knowledge.

Tufts Gordon Institute: For over three decades, the Gordon Institute has provided students with the knowledge and skills they need to be impactful leaders—-from individual projects to entire companies. In engineering management, foundations for future leadership and entrepreneurship programs, students are taught by faculty who have started and run their own companies. Through classes, hands-on projects, events, and workshops, students gain the tools necessary to develop innovative ideas—and many go on to become leaders in public, private, and nonprofit companies.

Three pictures in a row. The top picture is a female student working in an auto shop. The middle picture is a view of the lobby of the Joyce Cummings Center. The bottom picture is a male student working on a model wind turbine.

Science and Engineering Complex (SEC): The SEC reflects Tufts’ interdisciplinary culture and shared belief that collaboration strengthens education and increases the potential for discovery. A 175,000-square-foot facility, the SEC features laboratory suites, teaching laboratories, and social spaces—including a light-filled atrium where students gather to work and chat.

Bray Lab: Part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Bray Lab machine shop is a full manufacturing facility featuring manual and CNC lathes and milling machines, laser cutters, 3D printers, band saws, and drill presses.

Open tables in Nolop.

Nolop FAST Facility: As a makerspace open to everyone at Tufts, the main goal of the Nolop FAST Facility is to help students succeed in making something amazing by providing a large collection of well-maintained tools and teaching safe use. Tools include 3D printers, a laser cutter, a CNC router, a power drill, a table saw, a miter saw, and many others.

Joyce Cummings Center (JCC): Located right next to the new Green Line MBTA station, the recently completed JCC is home to the Data Intensive Studies Center, the Departments of Computer Science, Economics, and Math, and the Tufts Gordon Institute. State-of-the-art laboratories, brand new classroom and event spaces, and ample room for studying and collaborating with peers are open and available to every Tufts student. And if you need a snack break, there’s even a Starbucks on the first floor.

Center for STEM Diversity (CSD): Established in 2008, the CSD partners with the School of Engineering and the School of Arts and Sciences to foster a diverse and inclusive science and engineering learning environment. The CSD focuses on strengthening meaningful student participation in science and engineering, specifically for those historically excluded from the STEM fields, including women, Black Americans, Native Americans, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and those who identify as Hispanic and/or Latinx. The CSD also works intentionally with first-generation college students and with students from low-income backgrounds.

A student works with 3D printed parts in a makerspace.

The Venture Lab: The Venture Lab, located on the first floor of the Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC) building at 574 Boston Avenue, is a working space specifically designed for student-led startup groups to connect and collaborate on their projects and ideas. It is also a major resource for students to connect with professionals who are experts within their field or industry through one-on-one office hours. Many groups who use the Venture Lab participate in the annual $100k New Ventures Competition—where teams of student entrepreneurs compete for a slice of $100,000 to fund their business plans.