Graduate Student Photo Contest
Each year, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering host a photo contest for graduate students. Students are invited to submit photos they have taken, which convey their experiences as graduate students. Contact Kim Ellwood (kim.ellwood@tufts.edu) with any questions.
2026 Winners
Graduate Student Research Category–First Place
Photo by Jeremiah Boso, Master's candidate in Mechanical Engineering
“Experimentation at NASA MSFC”
This photo shows the ESL experimental setup during operation, with the researcher observing the levitation chamber and its optical measurement components. The image highlights the containerless testing environment, where high-temperature alloy samples are studied using laseRbased diagnostics and vacuum instrumentation.
Graduate Student Research Category—Second Place
Photo by Sief Atari, Doctoral candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Hatched From the Wrong Egg, Landed in the Right Bowl”
This image emerged from graduate research on compositional diffusion models using Stable Diffusion. Instead of a single prompt, two expert models for "sea turtle" and "avocado" compete and blend during the generation process, producing visual fusions neither concept would create alone. This is an AND-style composition, where both concepts are synthesized together into a single coherent image.
Graduate Student Life Category
Graduate Student Life Category—First Place
Photo by Zirui Fu, Doctoral candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering
“The cherry blossoms of the Memorial Stairs”
The spring is finally at the door step. A picture of Tufts University's unique scenery that only lasts for a week. Taken with Ricoh GR3x.
Graduate Student Life Category—Second Place
Photo by Briana Lino, Doctoral candidate in Biotechnology Engineering
“Snowy Green Line Stop”
Medford/Tufts GLX stop on a snowy day.
