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To build a FYRE

We’re not just breaking the mold of the traditional model of first-year curriculum in our discipline. We’re setting it on FYRE. The First-Year Rossin Experience (FYRE) allows incoming students—from day one of their college careers—to feel the power of engineering through hands-on exploration, creativity, and teamwork in the maker spaces, design labs, and collaborative studios where ideas come to life. Founded upon the rigor of a classic Lehigh education, FYRE invites tomorrow’s engineering leaders to discover their passions and learn by doing, while developing the confidence, curiosity, and connections that will power their journey as future makers.
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

FYRE Social media influencer

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

Faculty engagement

A summer workshop draws Rossin professors into the FYRE

Eric Obeysekare and Christina Haden, Lehigh University

Lighting the way

Christina Haden, Eric Obeysekare step into leadership roles

The Latest at the Rossin College

Alumni Updates

BioE Alumni Spotlight: Natalie Condon '22

Wed, Nov 5, 2025

BioE Alumni Spotlight: Natalie Condon '22

This article was written by Rida M., Bioengineering undergraduate student and student office worker in the Department of Bioengineering.

Natalie Condon, a proud 2022...
Student Success

Lehigh chemical engineering student explores sustainable energy in Portugal through study abroad program

Wed, Nov 5, 2025
Faculty & Programs

Terry Hart on spaceflight, risk, and the future of aerospace education

Mon, Nov 3, 2025

In a pair of recent podcast interviews, Lehigh professor and former NASA astronaut reflects on lessons from spaceflight and introduces the university’s new master’s program in Aerospace and Space Systems Engineering
News Briefs

ACES symposium tackles energy and water demands of AI growth

Fri, Oct 31, 2025

Event hosted by Lehigh's Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions brings together regional and national leaders to address infrastructure challenges shaping the digital future
Faculty & Programs

BioE New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Juan Aceros

Thu, Oct 30, 2025

BioE New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Juan Aceros

This article was written by Rida M., a Bioengineering undergraduate student and student office worker in the Department of Bioengineering.

We are excited to welcome Dr...
News Briefs

Lehigh team develops computational model to guide neurostimulation therapy for atrial fibrillation

Wed, Oct 29, 2025

Study published in 'PLOS ONE' introduces new tool that could help tailor neurostimulation dosages and advance personalized care for AFib

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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