A new model for engineering education

Research Experience for Undergraduates
Meet three Lehigh students who took part in research projects through this prestigious national program

Asking the questions that matter
Annual symposium sharpens students' competitive edge

Structural integrity
Lehigh team wins best video award in 2021 PCI Big Beam competition

Global social impact
Interdisciplinary team recognized in NIH "DEBUT Challenge"
Engineering Departments
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
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IRI: Diverse disciplines powering progressWe 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.
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I-FMDThe 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.
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I-DISCThe 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.
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I-CPIEResearch 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.
Graduate Student Spotlight
Leveraging ML in semiconductor design
Onoriode Ogidi-Ekoko ’15 ’16G was 5,400 miles from Nigeria when he defended his doctoral dissertation in electrical engineering, but he's right at home discussing his research into power electronics—work that could lead to compact, faster power conversion devices.
Designing faster, better ways to process data
Amanda Baran ’21 started her master’s research in computer science and engineering during her senior year. Today, she's working on next-generation distributed synchronization protocols so that online consumers can get what they want, when they want it.
Video: Engineering an alternative energy source
Research on tidal turbines by mechanical engineering PhD students Cong Han and Christopher Ruhl may someday help tidal energy become a viable source of renewable power.
Video: Improving disease diagnosis
Caroline Ferguson, a fourth-year PhD student in bioengineering, talks about her research into improving the diagnosis of both cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, and the very personal reason that motivates her work.
The Latest at the Rossin College
Otis Worldwide Corp. CEO Judy Marks ’84 ’13P delivers Commencement keynote
ECE alumna to graduates: "You have been trained, each of you, as great and gifted problem solvers. This world needs your work, your leadership, your ingenuity, your innovation, and your teamwork, more than any generation before you."
Graduate students celebrated at 2022 Doctoral Hooding and Commencement
Student speaker Praveen Sreeramagiri ’22 PhD (mechanical engineering): "Curiosity and encouragement are crucial for science and can lead to unimaginable and breathtaking discoveries.”
Mark Schafer ’20 ’22G: Bridging the divide
Master’s student found his calling by combining his passions for electrical engineering and bioengineering
MSE doctoral student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
BioE alum Andrew Kitson ’21 draws from his healthcare and military experience to propel his research in osteochondral tissue regeneration
In memoriam: Alan W. Pense '59G '62 PhD, ATLSS founding father
MSE professor and renowned metallurgy researcher, who served as university provost and academic affairs VP, helped lead the creation of Lehigh’s Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems Engineering Research Center
Romero named ASME Fellow
Director of Lehigh’s Energy Research Center and newly named university fellow/distinguished research scientist recognized for significant R&D contributions