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Experiential learning: Lehigh Engineering's fabled undergraduate program has been all about it since the very beginning. Here, students discover their passions, make real impact, and evolve into the engineers they aspire to be. Our faculty specializes in providing meaningful opportunities for talented young minds to engage in the lab, the workplace, and the community, here in the beautiful Lehigh Valley and all around the world. These are a few examples—are you next?
Belle Sullivan, Lehigh Environmental Engineering

Belle Sullivan: Environmental Engineering

A Global Social Impact Fellow asks: can a savvy approach to mushroom production alleviate the 'hunger months' in Sierra Leone?

Mickias Bekele, Lehigh Computer Science and Business

Mickias Bekele: Computer Science and Business

A rising sophomore uses his summer wisely, learning the ropes of the software industry—from the inside.

Caleb Leaser, MechE and Design

Caleb Leaser: MechE and Design

Through Lehigh's distinctive IDEAS honors program, a design engineer helps others see the world in vibrant colors.

Ashleigh Crawford Lehigh Bioengineering

Ashleigh Crawford: Bioengineering

An undergraduate research scholarship leads to grad school and a laser-focus on vaccine development.

The Latest at the Rossin College

Faculty & Programs

SEED EF: Powering advanced innovation in renewable energy and decarbonization

Wed, Dec 18, 2024

Meet Dawson Berger, a former industry engineer now among the first in Lehigh’s SEED EF program, where he’s building essential skills to pioneer sustainable energy innovations and tackle energy inequities
Alumni Updates

International Safety Equipment Association honors TE alum Jessica Garcia ’12 ’13G

Mon, Dec 16, 2024

Technical Entrepreneurship alum Jessica Garcia ’12 ’13G was recognized with the Rising Safety Star Award at the 2024 International Safety Equipment Association Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA.

Garcia is founder...
Alumni Updates

Engineering efficiency, rolling success

Mon, Dec 16, 2024

Mechanical engineering alum Kevin Takarada ’06G applies technical know-how to revolutionize New York City's sushi scene with MakiMaki
Alumni Updates

Alum mines his way back

Fri, Dec 13, 2024

"Doing research at Lehigh gave me direction"
Faculty & Programs

Gartner invited keynote for ECCP conference

Fri, Dec 13, 2024

Lehigh's Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) Professor Thomas Gartner was an invited keynote speaker at the 5th Engineering Cosmetics and Consumer Products (ECCP) conference this spring. The 2-day AIChE-...
Alumni Updates

Frank ’69G ’71 PhD receives prestigious AISC educator award

Fri, Dec 13, 2024

Civil engineering alum Karl H. Frank ’69G ’71 PhD is the recipent of the 2025 Geerhard Haaijer Award for Excellence in Education, presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction. This award—the AISC's highest...

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Graduate Student Spotlight

Leading beyond the lab

ChBE doctoral candidate Myeongyeon Lee, who served as chair of the department's annual Graduate Student Symposium, was recognized with the Lehigh Graduate Engineering Leadership and Service Award for his contributions to the engineering graduate student community. Lee is researching data-driven strategies for advancing high-performance organic field-effect transistors in the Reichmanis Group.

On a path to professorship

Qi Wang, a PhD student in Lehigh's ISE program, is making strides with guidance from the Future Academic Career Experiential Training (FACET) program, which offers seminars on topics such as applying for grants and teaching. Although she initially envisioned an industry career, Wang has shifted her goal to becoming a professor. She recently co-taught her first course and plans to apply for a postdoc.

Innovative algorithms for safer robot perception

Mechanical engineering PhD student Guangyi Liu, a member of Lehigh’s Autonomous and Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (AIR Lab), is developing a framework to improve the risk awareness of robotic systems. The framework, which can be applied to any robotic system, will allow the robot to act safely with uncertain perception measurements and inputs.

CONCISE Lab shines at World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

Papers by Nazia Raza and Saskia A. Putri won awards in the Graduate Student Technical Paper Competition at the annual ASCE-EWRI event. Both are PhD students in the InterCONnected Critical Infrastructure Systems Engineering Laboratory, led by CEE Assistant Professor Farrah Moazeni.

Engineering Departments

Bioengineering

Bioengineering focuses on advancing human health through bio inspired technologies and the development of new biomedical approaches and techniques.

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

We offer an internationally recognized education and research focus areas in materials processing, environment and energy, bioengineering, and systems and information.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

We offer internationally recognized education and research programs in structural, environmental, geotechnical and water resources engineering.

Computer Science & Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering is at the core of the information age. To prepare our students for the tremendous opportunities in the field, the CSE Department is strongly committed to excellence in both education and research.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research and educational programs are enhanced by strong interdisciplinary interactions with other departments in engineering, mathematics, and science.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Thinking manufacturing? Think again, and think bigger. ISE is distinctive because its tools can be applied to any business in any setting, from production to services, in either the private or public sector.

Materials Science & Engineering

Accredited since 1936, the department offers one of the nation's leading materials science and engineering programs.

Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics

Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering professions, dealing with the design, construction and operation of various types of machinery.

Interdisciplinary Research Institutes

  • Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
    IRI: Diverse disciplines powering progress
    We believe that interdisciplinary research is our best hope for addressing the complex challenges that lie ahead. Lehigh’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) bring together leading faculty and graduate researchers from a variety of fields to focus on a specific challenge. This innovative approach allows these research teams to use their combined strengths to confront problems from every perspective and to develop multifaceted solutions.
    Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
  • Institute for Functional Materials and Devices
    I-FMD
    The Institute for Functional Materials and Devices (I-FMD) focuses on synthesis, fabrication, processing, and characterization of materials, devices and related systems. Existing research interests include photonics and electronics, metals, ceramics, biomaterials, polymers, and composites, and incorporate devices ranging in size from the nanometer and micrometer scales and beyond.
    Institute for Functional Materials and Devices
  • Institute for Data, Intelligent Systems, and Computation
    I-DISC
    The Institute for Data, Intelligent Systems, and Computation (I-DISC) is devoted to the study of problems that involve massive amounts of data and/or large-scale computations, and developing the science that enables the extraction of useful and actionable information across disciplines and research fields.
    Institute for Data, Intelligent Systems, and Computation
  • Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy
    I-CPIE
    Research within the Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy (I-CPIE) underpins all aspects of modern society. The demands and impacts of society’s reliance upon energy, communications, structural, and transportation systems requires a broad approach that’s focused not only on engineering systems, but on improving people’s lives.
    Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy