A Day in the Life 3

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.

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)

JED QUIAOIT ’25 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

8:30 AM

Wake up and grab some morning hot chocolate from Kindlevan Cafe!

9:00 AM

Learn more about the various routes of drug administration in BME 165 Principles of Controlled Release and Drug Delivery.

10:30 AM

Next up: fluid mechanics and more engineering fun in ChBE 21 Transport Phenomena I.

12:00 PM

Walk to either the Joyce Cummings Center or the FIRST Resource Center to take a “breather” nap and chat with my best chums. Naps = good!

1:30 PM

Final class of the day *drum roll*... ChBE 11 Thermodynamics! Heat, enthalpy, reversible processes, all that fun stuff.

3:00 PM

Stop by Hotung Cafe to grab a well-earned açaí bowl and find a spot at the Campus Center to get a headstart on work.

5:00 PM

Quick dinner at DeWick and catching up with friends!

6:00 PM

Part-time job as a lab assistant at Pearson Chemical Lab.

8:00 PM Head back home…

or take a quick trip to Davis Square via the Tufts shuttle and get a boba tea drink. It’s a wildcard!

11:00 PM

Wind down for the night and start catching some “Zzzz”s.

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