With 59 projects across industries, Tuck students turned classroom insights into actionable solutions for companies and ventures worldwide.
Read MoreThis past spring, T’26s assembled 59 distinct FYP teams, with 50 client-sponsored projects and nine eFYPs. Addressing a complex business problem on an accelerated timeline requires a high degree of focus and the ability to effectively navigate ambiguity. The experience also creates a supportive environment for students to apply their learning, take calculated risks, and receive real-time feedback.
Here’s a closer look at three FYPs from the 2025 academic year.
T’25s helped nearly 50 business clients—from local nonprofits to a leading robot designer and manufacturer—address a unique business challenge.
Read MoreT’25s assembled 59 discrete FYP teams this past spring. Eleven pursued entrepreneurial First-Year Projects (eFYPs) and 48 were completed for business clients, representing a range of industries and geographies. Among them were local nonprofits, an alumni-founded startup, and a UK-based designer and manufacturer of AI-powered humanoid robots.
Here’s a closer look at three FYPs from the 2024 academic year.
Mike Villarreal T’25 reflects on his First-Year Project with the educational nonprofit Abaarso Network.
Read MoreThis project was deeply fulfilling, allowing me to reconnect with my passion for education while applying the finance and strategy tools I learned during my first year at Tuck. I was thrilled to contribute to Abaarso’s mission of transforming education in a region that truly needs it.
The Tuck FYP team identified new growth opportunities for their approach to circular sanitation.
Read MoreWasted* currently deploys its ecosystem by renting portable toilets in the greater Burlington, VT area. According to FYP team member Carolyn DeFalco T’24, portable toilets capture between one and two percent of waste in the country, largely at construction sites.
“Our team was looking at the other 98 to 99 percent of waste that is produced and thinking about how they can deploy their expertise and scale the company’s impact,” says DeFalco.
Students had the opportunity to strategize ways USRowing can strengthen its engagement with a growing wave of coastal rowers.
Read MoreOlivia Hack T’23 has deep ties to the sport of rowing. Her parents are on the rowing board in her hometown of Old Lyme, Connecticut. She and her siblings grew up rowing and her older brother, Austin Hack, is a two-time Olympian as a member of the U.S. men’s 8+.
One of many alumni-led businesses to participate in the First-Year Project Course, Brooks Running, has worked with multiple FYP teams over the years, including these two in 2023.
Read MoreLeading one of those teams was Renna Traboulsi T’24 who hoped to use the FYP as an opportunity to explore her interest in the fitness retail space. After researching several companies, Traboulsi saw Brooks Running as an ideal fit.
Challenge Accepted: Inside Tuck’s 2023 First-Year Project Course
Read MoreBased in Portland, Maine, Blueprint Surf Company is preparing to enter the market with its 3-D printed boards that are both durable and sustainably made using recycled plastics and bio-based resin. This past spring, they partnered with a Tuck FYP team to assist them with customer discovery and market research as well as a digital marketing plan they could use to grow awareness of their brand.
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With hundreds of thousands more Ukrainians expected to join the veteran community in the coming years, providing them with support and training as they eventually transition back into civilian life will be critical. Following their partnership with a Tuck FYP team this past spring, Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) hopes to launch a pilot program to assist in this important aspect of post-war recovery.
Students explored challenges impacting the prison industry, wind turbine manufacturing, technical carbon removals, and more.
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