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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: 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
Through Lehigh's distinctive IDEAS honors program, a design engineer helps others see the world in vibrant colors.
Ashleigh Crawford: Bioengineering
An undergraduate research scholarship leads to grad school and a laser-focus on vaccine development.
The Latest at the Rossin College
Solving big problems, one burrito truck at a time
The Burrito Optimization Game—a free, web-based app created by Lehigh University researcher Larry Snyder and software developer Gurobi Optimization—draws thousands of global users and sparks classroom engagement
Varma '01 PhD earns national lifetime achievement honor
Civil engineering alum, a professor at Purdue University, recognized by the American Institute of Steel Construction for advancing steel-concrete composite structures
George Awad ’22 ’25G: Savoring success
Technical Entrepreneurship student’s startup, Aroi Mango, LLC, brings Thai flavors—and fresh ideas—to the Lehigh Valley’s food scene
Jain awarded honorary doctorate in the Czech Republic
International recognition honors the glass researcher’s impact on materials science, his innovation and leadership in graduate education, and his long-standing collaboration with University of Pardubice
Advancing sustainability through research and collaboration
The annual Lehigh Materials Symposium, hosted by I-FMD, brings together academic and industry experts to explore sustainable solutions in energy, chemicals, and materials
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship supports aerospace research path
Mechanical engineer Harrison Jenkins ’25 earns highly competitive national award to pursue his interests in space robotics and clean energy technologies at Georgia Tech
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.
