P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science

Future makers start here.

The First-Year Rossin Experience (FYRE) reimagines the first year of engineering as a hands-on launch into discovery, creativity, and collaboration. From day one, students learn by doing in maker spaces, design labs, and collaborative studios where ideas become real. Grounded in the rigor of a Lehigh education, FYRE empowers future makers to explore their passions, build confidence, and form the connections that will shape their path as engineers and innovators.

First-year student project in soil sampling at 2025 FYRE Expo

Showcasing student creativity

Projects offer a glimpse into Lehigh’s reimagined first-year engineering experience

In their own words

Follow FYRE’s influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn as they begin their engineering journeys

Prof Susan Perry during FYRE bootcamp, Summer 2025

Blazing a trail

Resolve® magazine on a summertime faculty test run—and a Fall semester with students in the hot seat

Eric Obeysekare and Christina Haden, Lehigh University

Lighting the way

Christina Haden, Eric Obeysekare step into leadership roles

The Latest at the Rossin College

Faculty & Programs

National defense program selects Lehigh Engineering professor Keith Moored

Tue, Jun 9, 2026

Mechanical engineering researcher joins highly selective Defense Science Study Group to help address security issues through academic expertise in fluid dynamics and bio-inspired underwater systems

News Briefs

New gold-palladium catalysis mechanism could advance bio-based chemical manufacturing

Thu, Jun 4, 2026

Lehigh University researchers show how separating oxidation and reduction reactions boosts efficiency and stabilizes catalysts, opening new pathways for renewable chemical manufacturing

Faculty & Programs

Lehigh CEE faculty contribute to ASCE award-winning climate and infrastructure book

Tue, Jun 2, 2026

Professors Paolo Bocchini and Dan M. Frangopol co-authored chapters in the 2026 ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award-winning volume

Student Success

Lehigh CubeSat secures federal funding and spaceflight mentorship

Mon, Jun 1, 2026

Members of the Lehigh University Space Initiative join the Air Force–managed University Nanosatellite Program to refine their satellite system aimed at monitoring ocean plastic from space

Faculty & Programs

Javad Khazaei earns NSF CAREER Award to streamline smart grid control

Wed, May 27, 2026

Lehigh University researcher’s “geometry-based, model-free predictive control” approach uses system trajectories to control nonlinear distributed energy resources in power systems, bringing real-time stability to grid modernization

Student Success

Chemical engineering student wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Tue, May 26, 2026

Lillian Wu ’27 earns top STEM honor for her impactful research into bacterial membranes and antibiotic resistance

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.
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 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 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.